bike/pedestrian design

Middle Levee Corridor/

Pigeon Creek Greenway

Middle Levee Corridor, Pigeon Creek Greenway, Evansville, Indiana

Storrow Kinsella Associates began planning the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage in 1994.  The award-winning master plan that resulting has been instrumental in securing over six-millions dollars in federal transportation enhancement funds for phased development of this Greenway system.  This first phase of construction resulted in 1.8 miles of levee-greenway from the Heidelbach Canoe Lunch to the Uhlhorn Animal Animal Control Shelter at First Avenue.

Storrow Kinsella was lead design firm with support from Morley and Associates for surveying and engineering.  SKA developed the early coordination and environmental submissions, secured all Army Corps of Engineers and DNR permitting, and the final construction documents to INDOT standards. 

The ten-foot wide asphalt trail meets AASHTO and ADA standards.  The trail is generally placed at a benched section along the toe of the levee slope to minimize the cost of cut and fill and to provide accessible ramping transitions at roadway underpasses.

A gabion retaining wall edge was utilized where necessary at constrained areas to protect existing trees from excessive fill and to stabilize slope conditions.  The design also provides a natural area character experience since it removes the user from the  view of adjacent development.  Hydrographs of creek flooding characteristics were carefully studied to determine the elevation of the trail to minimize seasonal flooding.

additional resources

Pigeon Creek Greenway Master Plan Link

Link to Pigeon Creek Downtown Greenway

Link to Evansville Downtown Riverfront Renovation Project

Link to the Evansville Parks Master Plan