Project Update- Winter Shutdown Letter

RICH POUR - Sept 21 ,2012

They poured the final part of the deck today. After allowing the weekend for the concrete to cure, they will be removing forms Monday or Tuesday. You should be back to having two lanes open by the later part of next week. 

The next step is to install barrier at the edges of the bridge.

Once that is complete, the project will go into winter hibernation, as will this blog. 

Watch the Thurston County Public Works website for notification of when we will resume both construction work and blog posts next spring.

And remember to follow our Public Works Twitter feed to stay notified of road conditions throughout the county this winter.

Update for Sept 5th,2012

For Rich Road this week there will not be too much activity until Friday when the girders will be placed. Saturday they will be doing some welding on the girders.  They are anticipating winter shut down by the end of this month.  Over the winter both lanes will be open and functioning.The contractor will return to the project in the spring. 

Rich Road Happenings- Aug 27 - Sept 7.

Rip rap was placed today under the bridge and along the abutments. There were traffic hold ups while this was done. With placement now complete traffic impacts should return to the one lane traffic. There will be small windows of time when the one lane is stop controlled by flaggers for moving construction equipment. On or around Sept 7th a crane will arrive to place the last 7 girders (5 are already in place) and that will cause traffic impacts. In the mean time work will continue on building the walls.

PICTURES! And an Update! July 31st, 2012

Here are some pictures from last weeks girder placement... look at the size of those things!

The voided slabs for the first half of the new bridge are in place.  The contractor will be working on placing a temporary deck on the slabs and building approach ramps.  Work on the welded wire faced structural earth wall has begun and will continue through late fall.   Several utilities are in the process of relocating their facilities so work on the project can continue.

CLOSURE TONIGHT (TUESDAY - JULY 17th)

Public Works

ISSUE ALERT

WHAT:  EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE

WHERE:  Rich Rd. S.E. at Spurgeon Creek (by Lattin’s Cider Mill)

WHEN:  10:00 p.m. July 17^th to 2:00a.m. July 18^th, 2012

WHO’S INVOLVED / AFFECTED:  Emergency road closure for installation of a bypass culvert to increase capacity of water flow due to recent storm activity.  There are reader boards in place notifying roadway users of the closure.  There will be NO thru traffic and no detour route marked.

CONTACT PERSON/PHONE NUMBER:  Contractor Rognlin’s, Inc. – Ed Clevenger at 581-0860 or Thurston County Public Works Inspector Shawn Brandt at 239-2525.

July 12th, 2012

From the field:

  For the rest of the week the contractor will continue with forms for abutments nos.1 & 2 with little interference with traffic, although the contractor is moving in more equipment and materials for next week when we will be in the fish window and activity will increase.

 On Friday we will be pouring concrete into abutments nos.1 & 2, about 21+- yards each which could cause slight traffic delays. Scheduled time is in the afternoon but the contractor is trying to move the time up to 8:00 a.m. in the morning.

What this means:

Traffic impacts will increase during the week while we prepare for the time that we have permission to work in the area that would normally impact riparian life (fish). 

Friday there will be some traffic delays for entry and exit of trucks and movement of equipment. Please watch for traffic control and use alternate routes to your destination if possible.

-Project Information-

Here is the project overview:

• Project Name:Rich Road Upgrade -- Deschutes River to 87th Ave SE
• Contractor: Rognlin's Inc
• Project Cost: $3,104,882.55
• Length: June 2012 thru Summer 2013
• Scope: Building a 60' bridge over Spurgeon Creek, placement of structural earth walls, widening and re-alignment of two horizontal curves.
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• Contacts:
•  County Project Coordinator: Lucy Mills 867-2358
•  Assistant Design Engineer: Shawn Brandt  
•  Field Inspector: Gordon Coleman 
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• Major Traffic Impacts:Beginning the week of June 25, 2012 the contractor will install temporary traffic signals in the area of Spurgeon Creek.  Traffic will be reduced to one lane 24 hours per day to allow construction of a  new bridge and placement of a structural earth wall.  Please expect long delays.
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• Twitter: @TCPWProjects  hashtag #richroad    
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• We will post regular blog updates as the project progresses.