June 16, 2008

Traffic disruptions: South end of Discovery Park

Several streets will be affected this week by the Harrison Street Aerial Line Relocation Project. Plans call for closure of South Martin Jischke Drive at Harrison Street until Saturday, such that southbound vehicles will not be able to reach that intersection. East-west traffic on Harrison/Nimitz Drive will continue to have rerouted lanes. At times, Gates Road may be blocked and flag workers will direct traffic.  Also, plans call for positioning of a crane at the southeast corner of Gates Road and Nimitz Drive at 10 a.m. Tuesday for installation of electrical material for the aerial line project; traffic is likely to blocked during that work. A general pattern of disruptions for construction of Discovery Learning Center and Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, each just north of Harrison Street on either side of South Martin Jischke Drive, will continue through summer 2009.

In other traffic matters:

-- The area north of Harrison Hall, and south of Hillenbrand Hall, is now a plaza and unavailable for parking or through traffic.

-- South Russell Drive, south of Harrison Street, is expected to close July 7 for reconstruction. During the closure, access to the south service area of campus will be from South River Road via Ahlers Road. http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/travel/pdf/S.Russell_RR.pdf.

-- Closure of Stadium Avenue along the intramural fields is expected July 7. The Tippecanoe County Highway Department plans to replace a small bridge on Stadium Avenue just west of David Ross Road. http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/travel/pdf/Tippi_Bridge_Stadium.pdf.

-- Numerous other summer projects call for caution by motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. The High Voltage Project continues in several areas: http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/HVP. Masonry work is under way on Hicks Undergraduate Library, Stanley Coulter Hall, the Civil Engineering Building, and Lynn Hall.