SR 163/Friars Rd Interchange Project (SAA #1600-2009-0381-R5)

SCH Number: 2005111032
Lead Agency: San Diego, City of (City of San Diego)
Document Title: SR 163/Friars Rd Interchange Project (SAA #1600-2009-0381-R5)
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 12/1/2010

Document Description: DFG is intending to execute a Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code (SAA # 1600-2009-0381-R5) to the project applicant, City of San Diego. The applicant intends to alter the stream to construct a bridge crossing the San Diego River and install fill in an unnamed tributary to the San Diego River to accommodate construction of a flyover bridge connecting Ulrich Street to southbound SR 163. The new bridge crossing the San Diego River will be an independent structure just west of the existing bridges. It will be designed to pass 100-year flood events, and will be supported on pier walls (above-ground structures) and pile foundations (below-ground structures). Piled will be pounded into the ground to the appropriate depth, and will have footings approximately three feet deep and sex feet wide constructed at the top of the below-ground piles. An excavation approximately 10 feet wide will be made for the pier footing, except that the footing for the two piers located on either side of the river's low-flow channel will be 10 feet wide with an excavation width of 12 feet. Pier walls for the spans over the river will be approximately two feet thick, and would range from 160 to 260 feet long (including the existing pier walls), parallel to the direction of river flow. The footing and piers will be constructed in line with the existing footing and piers on the existing bridge.

Contact Information: Kelly Fisher
Department of Fish and Game South Coast Region
4949 Viewridge Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 467-4207

Counties: San Diego
Cross Streets: Mission Center Road, Fashion Valley Rd, I-8, Genesse Ave.
Zip: 92103/08
State Highways: I-8, SR 163, I-5, I-805
Waterways: San Diego River, San Diego Bay
Other Location Info: Nearest Communities: Mission Valley, Serra Mesa, Linda Vista
Other Information: Zip Code: 92111

Approving Agency: Department of Fish and Game
Approving Agency Role: Responsible Agency
Approved On: 12/1/2010
Final EIR Available Location: City of San Diego 1222 First Avenue, MS 501 San Diego, CA 92101

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment: No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes
(2b) A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project: Yes
(4) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes