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Week of December 20, 2018

MT PARK 63(1) Tom Miner Creek Road Capital Improvements Project Construction Newsletter

For questions regarding the project contact:

Matt Bean - WFL PE

(360) 607-4061

matthew.bean@dot.gov

CONTRACT NO: 69056718C000009 AWARDED TO: Pavkov Contracting Corp Sumter, SC 29150

TheTomMinerCreekRoadCapitalImprovementsProjectislocatedapproxi-mately40milesSouthwestofLivingston,MontanainParadiseValley.Thepro-jectworkconsistsofremovalandreplacementofthetwodeterioratingshortspanconcretebridgesoverTomMinerCreekandRockCreek.TheexistingbridgeswillbereplacedwithlongerandwiderGRS-IBSbridges,riprapprotec-tion,andguardrail.TheprojectwillalsoincludesomerehabilitationworkontheCarbellaTrussBridgeconsistingofreplacingtheexistingbridgedeckandrepairingsomeofthetrussmembers.

Traf icControl

CurrentOperations

TheRockCreekbridgehasbeencompletedtothepointitisopenforusebypublictraf ic.Thetemporarytraf icdetourandbridgehavebeenremoved.Pleasedriveslowlythroughthepro-jectareaoverthewintermonthsastheroadwaywillbecompletedin2019.

Theprojectworkisbeingshutdownfortheremainderofthewintermonthsasthefrozengroundandwinterconditionshavepreventedtheremainingearthworkfrombeingcompletedthisyear.TheRockCreekbridgehasbeencompletedtothepointwhereitisopenforpublictraf ic.ThesepasttwoweekstheContractorhasworkedonopeningthenewbridge,buildingthebridgeapproaches,installingguardrail,removingthetemporarybridgeanddetour,andcompletingriprapinstallations.Workwillresumeinthespringof2019onceweatherconditionsallowfortheremainingroadwayworktobecompleted.Itisanticipatedthattherewillonlybeafewweeksofworkin2019inordertocompletetheremainingprojectwork.

Construction Photos

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The Rock Creek bridge opened for traffic over the winter shutdown. Work will resume to complete the roadway in 2019.

Guardrail being installed along with the tempo-rary bridge re-moved and riprap installed around the bridge abut-ments.