The Press-Dispatch
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E-10 Stellar Community Finalist H Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The Press-Dispatch 6 SR 56/57 Truck Route Hornady Park entrance on Highway 56 and go along new terrain through fields to Whitelock Ave. where it will then hit right of way that was acquired when Illinois St. was built and continue to Highway 57 and connect to Illinois St. © Bernardin, Lochmuelher & Associates, LLC. One of the keys to the Stellar Communities project is to get truck traffic off of Main St. Above is a bypass that will start just east of the of truck traffic traveling through Petersburg via Main St. to the two power plants located northeast of the city, and to provide infrastruc- ture near the I-69 corridor, a new terrain roadway would connect ex- isting SR56 to Illinois St. at its inter- section with SR57. This new terrain roadway will be In order to eliminate the amount VISION: built to current INDOT 4R stan- dards and begin on SR57 north of Hornady Park, proceed on new ter- rain in a southerly direction just east of the park and continue in an east- erly direction toward the intersec- tion of SR57 and Illinois St., creating a new intersection at Whitelock Dr. and upgrading the intersection of SR57 and Illinois St. The proposed route may poten- tially impact the Immanuel South- ern Baptist Church near the SR57 and Illinois St. intersection. Illinois St. will also get some up- grade including new curbs to go along with its new paving. Try it FREE, go to pressdispatch.net/edition net linois St. and I-69 is the key to cre- ating a special space in downtown The bypass for trucks to get to Il- OVERVIEW: from the standpoint of getting the coal trucks out of town,' said Mayor Craig. "Since I-69 is creating a by- pass of Petersburg, we have to create a destination in downtown Peters- burg to draw people to come here to eat at our restaurants, shop at our businesses and attend our festivals. Petersburg. "The truck route is so important to a screen near you $4.8 million PROJECT BUDGET: It is hard to create that destination environment if it is combined with heavy commercial vehicle traffic, said Craig. One of the things that makes this " route easier for Petersburg is the city already owns the right of way for Il- linois St. to be continued across Highway 57 to Whitelock Ave. "We are going to work with Emmaunuel Baptist Church to minimize any impact it might cause," said Mayor Craig. If Petersburg is able to divert truck traffic from the downtown it will also allow them to go back to angle parking along Main St.