SC 153 Extension, Pickens County
SC 153 was being extended from US 123 to Saluda Dam Road. Design and construction challenges included bridge widening and ramp reconfiguration; modifying alignments to avoid rock outcrops, a potentially hazardous brownfield site; designing and constructing three bridges; obtaining a railroad permit; avoidance of an historic farm property; and coordinating an environmental mitigation plan, including a detailed wetland mitigation plan.
The solution? To develop, evaluate and compare four alternatives. Important factors considered in identifying and evaluating alternatives were impacts to homes, businesses, cultural resources, natural resources, special flood hazard areas, wetlands, streams, traffic noise and hazardous material sites. There was an effective and extensive coordination effort with SCOOT, the City of Easley, Pickens County, numerous environmental resource agencies, utility companies, and the public.
Project summary
Three bridges, including a bridge over the CSX Railroad.
Three roundabouts.
Four alternatives evaluated.
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Bryan Busch, PE*
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Bryan provides strategic and operational leadership to CHA’s growing national transportation business line, addressing some of the most complex highway, bridge, traffic infrastructure, survey and construction engineering and inspection (CEI) projects around the country. With over three decades of professional experience, he has led design teams and managed complex transportation and bridge projects involving rehabilitation, replacement, and new construction throughout New England.