Plastics Manufacturing Plant
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Key Railroad Development, LLC. personnel provided design services for the rail service to a new manufacturing plant. The rail service consisted of an industrial rail line and passing track. The primary rail spur crossed the Pike River and skirted a wetland.
- Client Benefits
- A vacant 600,000 square foot warehouse building was successfully converted to a rail-served manufacturing plant.
- $1.3 million state grant was successfully applied for and received.
- Operating costs were reduced by utilizing rail service rather than trucks.
- The project was completed ahead of schedule.
- Unique Issues
- Multiple span bridge design.
- Hydrology study was performed for the proposed Pike River bridge structure and a flood area reduction plan.
- Regulatory permitting was performed for the wetland delineation and flood zone modifications.
- Project Details
- Alternative analysis was performed to determine bridge structure over river including a planned stream widening. The multiple-span bridge was selected to maintain equal flow conditions at flood stage and to accommodate stream widening.
- Design required a balance of flood volumes along the river.
- Design included a retaining wall to protect the wetland area.
- Coordination and cooperation with adjoining property owners, community, and regulatory agencies was performed to successfully accomplish the required work schedule.
