A plan for railroad and harbor development, Evansville, Indiana

              'Seven  tracks—Danger"   is  the  appropriate  warning  here  at the  approach  to  the  Broadway crossing of the L. & N. Railroad tracks.
of a worse location for a street crossing. A subway at this point would most likely be too expen¬ sive to consider and the choice lies between a viaduct on the present alignment of Broadway or a subway several hundred feet north where there are only three tracks involved. The latter plan re¬ quires a change in the alignment of the street but with long radii and a skew crossing the increased curvature can be made unobjectionable.
Following a conference with the officials of the L. 8C N. Railroad Company, a detailed study with estimates of cost is being prepared by the engineers of the railroad company, with a view toward eliminating both the Broadway and St. Joseph Avenue crossings. Several plans are under consideration in addition to that discussed above. One involves a material relocation of the tracks sufficient to permit Broadway to skirt Forest Hills Park on the west side of the tracks and practi¬ cally paralleling them. A grade crossing would remain at St. Joseph Avenue for industrial use and the present Broadway crossing would be closed. Decker Avenue would remain at grade, and the pro¬ posed new street would cross the north leg of the L. 8C N. wye track at grade and would pass under the south leg of the L. & N. wye track (St. Louis Division), thence to a connection with Broad¬ way about opposite the north end of Howell Yard. It is understood, of course, that the north leg of the wye would be for emergency use only and not subject to numerous train movements.
Another plan is to relocate Broadway on the same alignment as above described but only about to Decker Avenue, passing both Decker and Broadway in one subway under the two main line tracks and rejoining St. Joseph Avenue by the present route. A subway would be built to bring St. Joseph Avenue under the main line, but the tracks would be swung southward sufficiently that the City later can extend Broadway along the north side of the track from Decker Avenue to St. Joseph Avenue. The advantage of this plan is that small and inexpensive subways will suffice both at St. Joseph Avenue and Broadway, which, after the relocation of Broadway, will serve for indus¬ trial purposes only. This plan avoids the heavy cost of large subways, yet leaves no crossing at grade.    The amount of track relocation is also reduced.
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