US-62 Marshall County Roadway Improvements

Bacon Farmer Workman (BFW) tackled the US-62 Marshall County Roadway Improvements project which was located in a rural area and lacks provisions for pedestrian or bicyclist. The existing bicyclists comfort index (BCI) average rating is a level D with little infrastructure that would help to improve connectivity in this area. The project aims to create a new multi-use path along the south side of US 62 for pedestrians and bicyclists which will connect to the proposed US 62 pedestrian / bicycle facility currently under construction at the I-24 / I-69 (EXIT 27) interchange. To achieve this, BFW provided multiple services including planning such as:

• Landscaping plans
• Interpretive signing
• Interstate 69/24 gateway studies
• Proposed rest areas and parking
• Trail head identifications

In addition, BFW introduced a landscaped boulevard in the plan on US 62 to be compatible with the multi-use path concepts parallel to US 62 to the park, and conceptual themes were offered to city and state officials for consideration as marketing and branding tools for the community. The multi-use path created by the project not only provides connectivity to the Calvert City Park System but also offers opportunity to connect with the existing multi-use path crossing on Kentucky Dam. Eventually, the opportunity to continue the path east to connect with existing paths in the Land Between the Lakes (LBL) will ab available. BFW is proud to contribute to increasing the accessibility of the area and bicyclist comfort index for the community.