City of Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio.
RJM is responsible for the planning and engineering design of this project for the City of Nelsonville. This project includes 7,800-feet of new bike path that will extend the Hock-Hocking Adena Bikeway into Nelsonville. This project requires the relocation of existing railroad track and a modification to an existing railroad bridge to accommodate the new bike path in the vicinity of Hocking College. RJM is responsible for providing the following services associated with this project:
• Preparation of a feasibility study, certified construction cost estimates, and
TEA and Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant applications
• Boundary surveying necessary to determine right-of-way limits and property boundaries for
preparation of standard highway easements, temporary easements for construction, and
right-of-way plans.
• Topographic surveying necessary to prepare plan and profile drawings for 7540 feet of
bike path design.
• Modifications to an existing historic railroad truss bridge over the Hocking River that
includes the removal of an existing track and installation of a new concrete bridge deck for
the proposed bike path
• Demolition and relocation design of existing railroad track for the Hocking Valley Scenic
Railway (HVSRR), including the relocation of two switches, removal of three sections of
track, and the construction of three new railroad crossings.
• Phase 1 Study to determine the potential impact on the Hocking Valley Railroad Historic
District. This study included the structural assessment of a Concrete Coaling Tower
scheduled for demolition and owned by the HVSRR.
Click here for an aerial of the bike path route.
Below: The future bike path will replace the right side tracks.
