Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital

Located at the southeast corner of the US 231 and Interstate 65 interchange on the outskirts of Crown Point, Indiana, the Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital campus is situated on a 70-acre site, and includes 600,000 square feet of facilities comprised of a seven-story, 235-bed hospital, four-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building, and cancer center.

EEA was involved in the project since the early planning stages, helping to develop the site layout, utilities, landscape buffering and traffic flow to meet the requirements of multiple AHJ’s while providing a positive patient and associate experience.

The owner wanted a dedicated entrance from US 231, which the State DOT agreed to, provided it was a roundabout. EEA designed a multi-lane roundabout to accommodate future growth, coordinating with the DOT. The intersection geometry was designed as an offset roundabout to avoid adjacent property owners and facilitate construction while maintaining through traffic on this state highway during construction. EEA also assisted on coordinating the relocation of several utilities in conjunction with this part of the project.

Two existing borrow-pit ponds were converted into storm water basins that were designed to provide storm water management for the campus. This saved the owner the considerable expense of constructing new detention facilities.

EEA coordinated with the city and its consultants to extend a water main under Interstate 65 to serve the site and future developments east of the interstate. In addition to designing the extension and permitting the interstate crossing, EEA helped the owner navigate the crafting of the development agreements and easement grants necessary to extend this utility.