The Harrison County Highway Department is responsible for maintaining Harrison
County’s roadway system. This includes everything from patching potholes and
mowing the right-of-ways to replacing culverts and bridges and paving roads.
We clear snow from the roads after winter storms and trees from the roads after
summer storms. The Highway Department is responsible for approximately 818
miles of county roads, 75 bridges, over 300 small structures (culverts with a span
greater than 4-ft but less than 20-ft), and many more smaller roadway culverts.
The Highway Department’s annual budget for 2010 is approximately $3.5 million
and is comprised of approximately $490,000.00 funded from the Local Road and
Street (LRS) account, $2.77 million funded from the Motor Vehicle Highway (MVH)
account, and approximately $260,000.00 funded from the Cumulative Bridge
account. Both the MVH and LRS accounts are funded through taxes paid on
diesel and gasoline. The cumulative bridge account is funded through an
assessment on property taxes. In addition to these funds, the Highway
Department typically manages approximately $5 million each year in riverboat
funding. $3 Million of this funding is committed to paving roads. $1 Million is
spent on road improvements such as road widening, striping, preparation work
for paving, and culvert replacements. $500,000 is budgeted for stone and
$500,000 is budgeted for equipment.
The Highway Department is located in two separate offices, the County Engineer’
s Office and the Harrison County Highway Department Garage.
The Harrison County Highway Department is located just off Quarry Rd at 3185
Harrison Way in the Industrial Park north of Corydon. The Highway Department
regular business hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
The Harrison County Engineer’s Office is located on the first floor in Room 107 of
the Harrison County Courthouse. Engineer's Office hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Monday through Friday. The County Engineer’s Office provides design and
construction administration of road and bridge projects and oversees design
and construction of all subdivisions located within Harrison County’s
unincorporated areas. The complete duties of the County Engineer are outlined
in Indiana Code and are as follows:
The county highway engineer shall, subject to the policies of the county
executive, perform the following functions:
(1) Prepare and publish a county-wide inventory and classification of the county
highway system so that the total county federal aid secondary system is included
in the county primary or arterial system of roads.
(2) Prepare and keep a perpetual inventory of all bridges and culverts serving
the county highway system. The inventory must show the location, dimensions,
condition, and the year of construction for all bridges and major culverts.
(3) Prepare and publish standards of design, construction, and maintenance of
the county arterial, feeder, and local roads that make the best and most
economical use of local road materials.
(4) Prepare a long-range county-wide program of road and bridge construction
and improvements, with the proposed projects arranged in order of priority. The
program of proposed projects must cover a period of at least four (4) years.
(5) Investigate requests and petitions for road or bridge improvements that are
received either by the county executive or at public hearings, and make
recommendations to the county executive.
(6) Prepare surveys, designs, plans, and specifications for all county road and
bridge construction projects, prepare contracts, and advertise for bids.
(7) Make construction and materials inspection of all county road and bridge
construction projects, inform the executive of the status of construction work,
and certify completed construction projects.
(8) Develop a county-wide program of traffic safety that provides for traffic
control signs, signals, and speed limits, warning protection at railroad crossings,
load limits, and detour routings.
(9) Inspect and approve the construction of subdivision streets that are to be
taken into the county highway system, and recommend appropriate action to the
executive when roads and streets in subdivisions are being taken into the
county highway system.
(10) Prepare engineering estimates and make recommendations to the executive
concerning the materials and equipment needed in the annual budgeting of both
construction and maintenance funds.
County’s roadway system. This includes everything from patching potholes and
mowing the right-of-ways to replacing culverts and bridges and paving roads.
We clear snow from the roads after winter storms and trees from the roads after
summer storms. The Highway Department is responsible for approximately 818
miles of county roads, 75 bridges, over 300 small structures (culverts with a span
greater than 4-ft but less than 20-ft), and many more smaller roadway culverts.
The Highway Department’s annual budget for 2010 is approximately $3.5 million
and is comprised of approximately $490,000.00 funded from the Local Road and
Street (LRS) account, $2.77 million funded from the Motor Vehicle Highway (MVH)
account, and approximately $260,000.00 funded from the Cumulative Bridge
account. Both the MVH and LRS accounts are funded through taxes paid on
diesel and gasoline. The cumulative bridge account is funded through an
assessment on property taxes. In addition to these funds, the Highway
Department typically manages approximately $5 million each year in riverboat
funding. $3 Million of this funding is committed to paving roads. $1 Million is
spent on road improvements such as road widening, striping, preparation work
for paving, and culvert replacements. $500,000 is budgeted for stone and
$500,000 is budgeted for equipment.
The Highway Department is located in two separate offices, the County Engineer’
s Office and the Harrison County Highway Department Garage.
The Harrison County Highway Department is located just off Quarry Rd at 3185
Harrison Way in the Industrial Park north of Corydon. The Highway Department
regular business hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
The Harrison County Engineer’s Office is located on the first floor in Room 107 of
the Harrison County Courthouse. Engineer's Office hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Monday through Friday. The County Engineer’s Office provides design and
construction administration of road and bridge projects and oversees design
and construction of all subdivisions located within Harrison County’s
unincorporated areas. The complete duties of the County Engineer are outlined
in Indiana Code and are as follows:
The county highway engineer shall, subject to the policies of the county
executive, perform the following functions:
(1) Prepare and publish a county-wide inventory and classification of the county
highway system so that the total county federal aid secondary system is included
in the county primary or arterial system of roads.
(2) Prepare and keep a perpetual inventory of all bridges and culverts serving
the county highway system. The inventory must show the location, dimensions,
condition, and the year of construction for all bridges and major culverts.
(3) Prepare and publish standards of design, construction, and maintenance of
the county arterial, feeder, and local roads that make the best and most
economical use of local road materials.
(4) Prepare a long-range county-wide program of road and bridge construction
and improvements, with the proposed projects arranged in order of priority. The
program of proposed projects must cover a period of at least four (4) years.
(5) Investigate requests and petitions for road or bridge improvements that are
received either by the county executive or at public hearings, and make
recommendations to the county executive.
(6) Prepare surveys, designs, plans, and specifications for all county road and
bridge construction projects, prepare contracts, and advertise for bids.
(7) Make construction and materials inspection of all county road and bridge
construction projects, inform the executive of the status of construction work,
and certify completed construction projects.
(8) Develop a county-wide program of traffic safety that provides for traffic
control signs, signals, and speed limits, warning protection at railroad crossings,
load limits, and detour routings.
(9) Inspect and approve the construction of subdivision streets that are to be
taken into the county highway system, and recommend appropriate action to the
executive when roads and streets in subdivisions are being taken into the
county highway system.
(10) Prepare engineering estimates and make recommendations to the executive
concerning the materials and equipment needed in the annual budgeting of both
construction and maintenance funds.
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