Route from Greencastle to Fillmore at center of county funding
While it technically goes by six different names along the way, the northern route from Greencastle to Fillmore might as well be considered a single road.
That 4-plus mile route is the centerpiece of the $1 million in funding Putnam County received from the State of Indiana as part of the winter 2019 round of funding in the Community Crossings grant program.
All told, the county is looking to repave more than 12 miles of county road through the 75-25 matching grant program that brings the total value of the project to $1.33 million.
The projects entail new hot mix asphalt for five different roads or sets of roads at various locations around the county.
The aforementioned project will provide 1.5 inches of pavement going from the Greencastle City Limits on Albin Pond Road (about a quarter mile west of Round Barn Road) then continuing east on Rangeline Road to County Road 225 East.
After a brief jog north on 225 East, the route continues east on County Road 50 North, which becomes 75 North, and then Right-of-Way Road to the Fillmore town limits.
The 4.0644 stretch of roads runs through Greencastle and Marion townships.
Other projects being funded include:
• The shortcut from U.S. 231 North to U.S. 36 East in Monroe Township.This includes County Road 500 North from U.S. 231 to County Road 25 West, then 25 West (Shortcut Road) north to U.S. 36.
This well-traveled 2.752-mile route in Monroe Township will receive a 1.5-inch layer of hot mix.
• County Road 500 West/550 West in Washinton Township from the bridge over Interstate 70 south to the Clay County line.
A 2-inch layer of hot mix will be applied to this 2.656-mile stretch of road.
• County Road 475 East from County Road 50 South, north to Westwood Road in Fillmore.
Two inches of hot mix will be applied to this 1.034-mile section of road in Marion Township.
• County Road 1000 East from U.S. 40, south to County Road 400 South. This is the stretch of county road in Jefferson Township that continues south from where State Road 75 ends at U.S. 40.
The 1.862-mile stretch of road will be paved with two inches of hot mix.
County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts told the Banner Graphic that the application process for this round of funding was completed without an engineering firm, representing further value to the county.