Page 43 - Valparaiso, IN U.S. 30 Corridor Plan

Adopted July 25, 2011

This area is set off by new a proposed new “three-point” development at Sturdy
Road and extends westward to the easternmost railroad trestle. The focus
here is mostly on aesthetic improvements (mostly landscaping) that effectively
identifies this segment as being an outgrowth of the VU campus.

The campus’ landscape scheme of prairie plantings and limestone should
extend out to, and include, the highway. University monumentation should be
more prominent along the corridor and new campus buildings near the southern
edge of the campus, should present a face to the highway. Well-defined cross
walks and other pedestrian appointments extend from the campus across the
Campus Drive highway as well as Sturdy Road.

An overhead bike-ped bridge should connect across the highway either in the
PLAN SEGMENT vicinity of the Sturdy Road intersection (Sturdy Road has been identified in the
City’s recreation plan as a regional bike segment), or farther west where it could
parallel the railroad bridge and connect into an improved wooded area west of
the cemetery. Here it could take advantage of the lower road elevation and the
earthen risers on either side of the highway.

Throughout this segment, the roadway should have the appearance of a verdant
parkway winding its way between the two largest landscape features along the
corridor. A new university-themed entrance to the VU law school is envisioned
near Brick Street.

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