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County Highway Department
2452 State Street • Columbus, IN 47201
Phone 812-379-1660 • Fax 812-378-9480
About Us
Mission Statement
To efficiently manage and maintain the Bartholomew
County road system to provide safe, convenient and efficient movement
of traffic.
Responsibility to the Community
The essential function of the County Highway Department
is to manage and maintain the Bartholomew County road system. The
county road system consists of approximately 700 miles of road and
side ditches, 203 bridges (each being 20' or more in length), 400
major culverts (each being 5' to 20' in length), numerous culverts
less than 5 feet in length and thousands of traffic signs.
Management and Maintenance Activities
- Prepare and administer the annual budget for
highway related activities (Approximately $3.5 million)
- Approve all county highway related purchase and
service claims
- Inspect and maintain inventories of road system
- Prepare program for construction and maintenance
projects
- Perform or coordinate preparation of design surveys,
construction plans, and specifications, acquisition of land and
construction inspection of county construction projects
- Issue permits and inspect utility work within
the county road right-of-way to insure compliance with the road
cut ordinance
- Issue approvals and inspect construction of driveways
intersecting county road to ensure compliance with the county
driveway ordinance
- Review subdivision requests to ensure compliance
with the county subdivision control ordinance for items related
to traffic and drainage
- Inventory and maintain the entire county fleet
of vehicles and equipment
- Manage and schedule construction for maintenance
and repair activities performed by the county highway crews such
as road overlay and chip sealing, road reconstruction, bridge
and road reconstruction, bridge and culvert repair and replacement,
snow removal, mowing, ditching, tree removal, spraying, equipment
repair, etc.
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