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The Northern Bridge Corridor Study (Study) was developed to identify a northern component of a future regional beltway around the cities of Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota. The Study focuses on roadway alignments west of US Highway 83, following ND Highway 1804 west towards the Missouri River valley. The cities of Bismarck and Mandan are divided by the natural boundary of the Missouri River. Currently, three bridges exist between the two cities of medium population size: Bismarck with 56,619 and Mandan with 16,969. As the cities were developing the City of Bismarck Growth Management Plan and Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Area Long Range Transportation Plan (Plan) it was evident that most of the growth of the cities was located in the northern sections, and was occurring at a rapid rate. This fast paced development would potentially cause land use conflicts and increase the need for transportation systems in unanticipated locations. The Plan identified a need for a northern and southern beltway around the two cities. The first priority was to develop the northern beltway and river crossing. The Plan recommended preserving a corridor for a river crossing corridor now—before even more development occurs in the area. The BMMPO (Bismarck Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization) completed a Fringe Area Road Master Plan1(Road Master Plan) in 2003 that identified future arterial and collector streets and their alignments in areas outside the cities’ corporate limits. The Road Master Plan considered the two proposed river crossing locations identified in the Plan, but deferred recommendation of a river crossing location to a future study. Additionally, the city of Bismarck prepared a Growth Management Plan in 2003. The purpose of the City of Bismarck Growth Management Plan2 was to help manage change in growing areas of the city. The Growth Management Plan confirmed that rural non-farm growth was significantly on the rise immediately north of Bismarck, with city services anticipated to extend to within 1-mile of ND Highway 1804 within the next 15 years. It also recommended preservation of a corridor for a future northern river crossing and the creation of greenway corridors. While the Growth Management Plan was being developed, the city of Bismarck placed a temporary moratorium on new residential subdivision plats within the extraterritorial limits of the city of Bismarck. This moratorium extended from January 2, 2003 until September 30, 2003. The cities of Bismarck and Mandan extended their extraterritorial limits. To assist in managing the growth experienced and projected in the extraterritorial areas, the city of Mandan extended their extraterritorial limits from one to two miles, and the city of Bismarck extended their extraterritorial limits from two to four miles beyond their respective city limits. In preparation for the Study, the BMMPO conducted a cultural resource survey of the proposed study area in 2002. This survey identified historic properties that could preclude the development of potential alignments for the Northern Bridge Corridor. The cultural resource survey was approved by the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Officer) and consultation with tribal affiliates was conducted by the NDDOT (North Dakota Department of Transportation) Cultural Resource staff. The Plan recommended a detailed corridor study to identify and preserve ROW for various portions of a regional beltway proposed to connect ND State Highway 25 in Morton County and US Highway 83 in Burleigh County. In July 2003, the BMMPO selected KL&J (Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc.) to develop the Study. This Study was a vast change from other corridor studies that had been previously done in North Dakota. Three main components bridged the gap between NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) and corridor studies with this Study: environmental issues/NEPA, intensive public involvement program, and detailed engineering analysis/implementation strategy.

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English

11p

2006

10th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

CD-ROM

Tables (2)

Cultural resources; Highway corridors; Land use planning; Long range planning; Medium sized cities; Metropolitan planning organizations; Right of way (Land); Urban growth

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Growth management; Highway corridor preservation

Bismarck (North Dakota); Mandan (North Dakota)

Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

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