A drawing of the CR 1300N extension project.

By David Slone
Times-Union

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Highway Department Superintendent Steve Moriarty presented drawings for the CR 1300N overpass project to the county commissioners Tuesday morning, Feb. 1.

“I’d like today to bring in front of you the approval of the 1300N overpass project, the drawings. There’s a cover sheet you have to sign,” he said. “One is for the road construction itself and one is for the bridge going over the railroad.”

He said Michael Baker International is the engineering firm that is part of that, and USI originally helped with the drawings and finalized them “so they’ve been looked over a couple times.” Norfolk Southern has been a big part of the process, making sure the clearance for them is good, he said.

The commissioners unanimously approved the drawings.

The project includes proposed improvements of CR 1300N over Norfolk Southern Railroad and North Main Street. It goes from just east of Old SR 15 to North SR 15. The project is estimated to cost $10 million, with nearly 80% of the cost funded by a grant from the Local TRAX Rail Overpass Program.

Construction could begin as early as this spring, according to information presented at a public meeting April 29.