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DES MOINES RAIL TRANSLOAD IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPEDIMENTS
DES MOINES AREA MPO August, 2014
Final
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s Railport on of Transport
Moines Areant” report in nes region. ents could bons that trucents could instreets that rristics. A freYear 2035 M
Goods Movems the impedeual or percei
ocations and2.01 through
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2) Euclidinadequafour corneevaluated
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4) 2nd Avis posted
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Metropolitan ment” reportence. Therefived impedim
d their potenh 2.10 show
Avenue andon appear ton the SW quaer.
Avenue andte for truck ters. Left turn
d at this time
30th Street anndard practis intersectioness than ideadditionally, thersection curmake their rig
venue Rail Brat 13’4”.
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ware Avenue urning moveth tracking fo
ments
an Planning report inclu
ht impedimenm of overpasvigate, or briested corridoss, or extendnces map is Transportat
. Very little ifore, each loment may ex
tial impedimthe location
d 2nd Avenueo be inadequadrant of the
d 6th Avenueraffic. Buildning radii are.
nd Scott Avences of its dayn does not mal comparedhe pole and b-line and isght turns.
ridge by Fire
ailroad Crossot distance. wo-track cros to cross in j
and Hull Avements. Theor right turni
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tion Plan andinformation
ocation was gxist.
ments as theys.
e: The cornuately designe intersection
: The corneings are situe probably l
nue: Althouy, design sta
meet today’s d to what wo
pole-mounts vulnerable
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sing(s) north The most no
ossing; and thjust over 100
venue: Thise NW cornerng trucks. T
on (MPO) upthe top ten
her Structuraltoo low for eight restrictic volumes th
/unloading tigure 1. Thisd is based ois provided igiven a curso
y pertain to t
er radii on tned for truck n complicate
er radii on auated up agaess than des
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s rail bridge
of Market Sorthern crosshe last cross0 feet (meas
s is a small inr radius was This is a 4-wa
dated the “Gfreight impel or Operatiotrucks or trations. Operahat impede tme due to ros map comen the locatioin the reportory field revi
truck traffic a
he west leg oturning traff
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all four quadainst the intesirable, but w
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ventions andgned if it werontrol cabinethat require
has a height
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ntersection thincreased toay stop cont
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ons from the t that identifiiew to ascert
are listed bel
of the fic. A buildito reconstru
rants are ersection on awere not
likely designave evolved the span wire to be instaet sits right onlarge amoun
t restriction a
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In additiocandidateorigins/d14th/E 15Ave, E Uninvestigatobserving
The Iowaplanned and the tmaintainranked inadditiona
s Railport on of Transport
intersectiotruck traff
7) 2nd Avturn lanesMadison, than the dPavement
8) NE 22on this sectraffic travalong moBroadwayNE 60th St
9) I-35/8interstate expressedSt/NW Mo
10) 2nd Avtraveling st66th is limitredesign oregarding
on to the tenes to carry trestinations i
5th St, 2nd Aveniversity Avetion of theseg the genera
a DOT Streetimprovementype of impros a safety imntersections. al impedime
tation Impedim
on. Vehicle sic if not stop
venue; from s. This includDouglas, Hu
desired 12 fet Condition I
2nd Street; froction involveversing NE 2ost of the roay, and also at) that has be
80 and N 26with no acce
d regarding aorningstar D
venue at NE traight throuted by the exf this interchthe alternati
locations reruck traffic ton the regionenue/IA 415, Hubbell Av
e roads, or pal geometry a
and Highwants on each oovement wer
mprovement c This list wants in the reg
ments
stopped at thpped at a suf
University Avdes no turn lull, New Yoreet and the pndex (PCI) v
om Broadwae the use of t22nd Street. Nadway. Therat the NE 66t
een widened
6th Street – Iness to the inta connection
Drive.
66th Avenueugh on 2nd Avxisting bridgehange is beinves for const
eviewed, truco/from the D. Aside from
5, MLK/Fleur venue, Hickmortions of thand paveme
ay Capital Imof the road sre noted aloncandidate los checked aggion and the
2
he stop signsfficient distan
ve to Euclid Alanes at the rk, Holcombpavement coalues.
y Ave to NE trucks and heNE 22nd Streee are turn lath Street inter
d and improv
nterstate Highterstate. Thrn or access to
: While thevenue, accese clearance.ng pursed antruction. Co
ck routes werDes Moines Rm the intersta
Dr/19th St, Mman Rd, 6th Aese roads, w
ent condition
mprovement segments in ngside the fi
ocations (SICgainst the loeir potential
s could be innce back fro
Ave: This issignalized in, and Colleg
onditions are
66th Ave: Mence there iset is a 2-lan
anes at the 5rsection. Theved beyond
hway: Currroughout theo the intersta
ere is no impss to and fro Clearance
nd public meonstruction is
re identified Rail Port andate freewaysMerle Hay RAvenue, E 18was made fons.
t Program waquestion. Teld observat
CL) list that idocations/roadfor improvem
nterfering witm the interse
s a 4-lane sentersections ge). The lane “fair” as de
Many of the s a large ame facility with
54th Street sigere is one sethe typical 2
rently N 26th
e years intereate to and fr
pediment for om certain di
is posted ateetings haves scheduled f
that would b respective
s, these routeRd/IA 28/63rd
8th St, and Scor purposes o
as used to idhe year of thtions. The Io
dentifies the 2d segments tment selectio
th left turningection.
ection withou(Aurora, e widths are
efined by the
parcels of lamount of truchout turn langnal, at ection (NE 582-lanes.
passes overest has been om NW 26th
vehicles irections on t 12’1”. The been held for FY 2019
be the most
es were: US 6d St, Universcott St. A fieof visually
dentify futurehe improvemowa DOT als200 highest to help identon.
g
ut
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and k nes
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r the
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DIDes Moines Railpordentification of Tra
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ments
ht Impedences MMap
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Fig
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gure 2.01 –
gure 2.02 –
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Euclid Avenu
Euclid Avenu
ue and 2nd A
ue and 6th A
Avenue
Avenue
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Figur
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ure 2.03 - Ea
e 2.04 - 2nd
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ast 30th Stree
d Avenue Ra
et and Scott
il Bridge by
Avenue
Firestone
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re 2.05 - Ea
Figur
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st 18th Stree
re 2.06 - De
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et Railroad C
elaware Aven
Crossing(s) n
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ket Street
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tation Impedim
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igure 2.08 -
N
2nd
ments
07 - 2nd Ave
NE 22nd St
NE 22ndStreet
d Avenue
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nue; from U
treet; from B
University Ave
Broadway Av
e to Euclid A
ve to NE 66th
Ave
h Ave
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Figure 2.09
Fig
ments
9 - I-35/80 a
gure 2.10 -
8
and N 26th
NE 66th Ave
I‐35/80 at NW
Street – Inte
nue at 2nd Av
W 26thSt
rstate Highw
Avenue
way
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Of the telong rangyears 202with the ian intercthat regiothese locAvenue aThat leavprogram
Table 1 –
Location
Euclid Avenand 2nd AveEuclid Avenand 6th Av
2nd Avenueby FirestoneEast 18th SRailroad Crnorth of MaDelaware AHull Avenue2nd AvenueAve to Eucl
NE 22nd St(Broadway 66th Ave)
A field obvarious mthese rouassociate
s Railport on of Transport
n impedimege plan. SE 26-2035 anmprovemenhange in yeaonal leaders ations. Polk
and plans to ves seven of . These are
– Non-progr
nue enue nue enue
e Rail Bridge e
Street rossing(s) arket Street Avenue and e e (University id Ave)
treet Ave to NE
bservation wmetropolitan utes in order ed planning
tation Impedim
nts listed in t30th from Scd it is assumt project. Anars 2026-20recognize a
k County is preplace it wthe impedimlisted in Tab
ammed “Go
Impedime
NW and SinadequatCorner raquadrants
Height res13’4”. Multiple ra
Corner raquadrants4-lane secturn laneslanes less
2-lane facturn lanes amount of
was completelocations anto address plevel constru
ments
the “Goods cott Avenue t
med that bothnd NW 26th
035. These “and are in aglanning the ith an at-gra
ments from thble 1with app
oods Movem
ent
SW corner radte dii; all four s.
striction of
ail crossings.
dii in 3 of thes. ction without; PCI “fair”; than 12 feet
cility without but with a h
f truck traffic.
ed of additiond the rail popossible impuction cost is
9
Movements”to Vandalia h intersectionStreet at I-35“dates” are ngreement forremoval of t
ade intersecthe report thaproximate pl
ments” Truck
Potenti
dii Recons
No impwithoutbusinesReconsclearanConstrubetwee
e 4 Reconsimprov
.
Add lefsignalizMadisoYork, H
igh .
Improvcross-se66th Strmedianselect in
nal routes thort. There is
pediments. Aprovided in
” document, Road is prog
ns at each en5/80 is prognot set firmlyr the need tothe bridge ation. Constru
at are not belanning leve
Impediment
al Improvem
truct NW cor
provements ct purchasing sses/buildingtruct rail brid
nce. uct a grade s
en the rails an
truct three quved radii. ft turn lanes tzed intersection, Douglas, Holcomb, andve this sectionection to the reet (4-lane fans and left tuntersection).
hat would ass potential foA description
Table 2.
only two aregrammed fond would begrammed fory in place, bo pursue impt 2nd Avenueuction is set
eing addresseel constructio
ts
ment
rner.
could be madthe existing
gs. dge with desir
separation nd the road.
uadrants with
to the ons of AurorHull, New
d College. n to a similar one north ofacility with rn lanes at
sist in movinor improvemn of the impr
e in the regioor widening ie reconstructer the additiout simply me
provements ae and NE 66t
for FY 2019ed through a
on costs.
PlanninC
$2
de n
red $2.
$4
h $3
a, $1
f $12
ng goods to/ent on some
rovement an
onal n ed n of ean at th
9. a
ng Level ost
20K
n/a
.5Mil
.1M
35K
.8M
2.5M
/from e of d an
Des MoinesIdentificatio
Table 2 –
Location
US 69/E 14(E Universit
IA 28/Merleat Universit
E 18th StreeE 18th Stree
Some of King (MLwere not on improaligning wMLK/Fleucorrecteda truck improgramexist on tmuch of addition improve impedan
Construcand will iredeveloproadway River. Cofor Phase
The costsThese aremagnitudTable 2 c
s Railport on of Transport
– Additional
4th St. ty to I-35/80)
e Hay/63rd ty
et @ Scott et @ Maury
the additionK)/Fleur Dr/considered
oving truck imwith the poteur Drive primd through roumpedance asmed for a sehe section bthe roadwayto I-235 beiHubbell Aveces for the r
tion of the Simprove the pment oppois open from
onstruction oe II from SE 1
s provided ine not intendede of the potcombined, n
tation Impedim
Impediment
Impedime
) No turn laUniversity
Less than on both cwheel-paton pedestCorner raCorner ra
al routes tha/19th St. Impfor various r
mpedances oential interch
marily concerutine maintes it affects thection of Unietween 6th Ay is geometring nearby.
enue as a rouail port proje
E Connectormovement ortunities. Th
m SW 2nd Stof the segme15th Street to
n Table 1 anded as construtential improon-program
ments
ts
ent
anes from E y to I-35/80.
adequate raorners. Truckth encroachetrian area. adii. adii.
at were evaluprovements toreasons. Witon parallel rohange constrrn the pavemenance and rhe overall noiversity Aven
Avenue and 1ically acceptaThe completute to/from tect were not
r is expectedof trucks andhe SE Connetreet to SE 9tent from SE 9o US 65 is pr
d Table 2 aruction cost o
ovements, whmmed improv
10
Potenti
Add tursignalizWashin
diik es
ImprovNE corsignals RelocatMinor iradii at
uated includeo these roadth no connecoutes, with aruction. The
ment conditioresurfacing prmal roadwaue that will r10th Street. Uable and othtion of the Sthe rail port considered
to alleviate d their goodsctor has beeth Street, inc9th to SE 15th
rogrammed f
re preliminaropinions andhich totals apvements).
al Improvem
rn lanes at thzed intersectington, and Mve turning radners. Upgrato current sta
te utilities as improvementt both interse
e University,dways, to corction to I-35any improvee issues to theon and rougprograms anay function. rectify any trUniversity waher functionaE Connectorto/from US for Hubbell
some of thes while provien under concluding dual is currently for years 20
ry ball-park d are merely pproximately
ment
hree of the ons (Clevela
Madison). dii on NW ande traffic andards. appropriate.ts to turning
ections.
, Hubbell, anrrect any truc
5/80 at MLK,ments on MLe south of doh ride. This nd is not con A wideninguck impedimas not heavial parallel ror will elimina65. TherefoAvenue.
e traffic in theiding economnstruction sinbridges ovein progress.
016-2025.
figures in toa demonstra
y $22.4 Milli
PlanninC
nd, $1
nd
S4
$7
nd Martin Luck impedime, the focus wLK/19th Streeowntown onwould be
nsidered so mg project is ments that mly evaluated
outes exist, inate the need ore, truck
e downtown mic nce 2006. Tr the Des Mo Constructio
day’s dollarsation of the ion. (Table 1
ng Level ost
.0M
00K
70K
uther ents,
will be et
much
ight as
n to
area
he oines on
s.
1 and