Yakima - NORTH MEYERS ROAD BR #502
Project Number: 1296
From milepost 2.81 to milepost 2.83
RATA Funds: $367,000
Legislative District: 15
Status:
Date Approved: 2007
N. Meyers Road is the primary access route connecting the cities of Zillah and Toppenish, and provides access to Interstate 82.
The superstructure and substructure condition of Bridge #502 were both listed as “marginal” with the need for major rehabilitation. Bridge #502 (with a bridge rating of only 13.99) required replacement due to superstructure girder cracking and problems regarding poor depth of the piles vs. the channel bottom (scour). The bank protection was severely deteriorated and washing out, which compromised the abutments.
Although the existing bridge railing and approach guardrails were adequate for the existing bridge design, the bridge was narrow and needed to be widened. Bridge approaches showed signs of roadway surface failures.
The bridge was replaced and both the bridge and roadway were reconstructed to a 40-foot width (12’ lanes / 8’ shoulders), thereby eliminating the unsafe traffic choke point.
The superstructure and substructure condition of Bridge #502 were both listed as “marginal” with the need for major rehabilitation. Bridge #502 (with a bridge rating of only 13.99) required replacement due to superstructure girder cracking and problems regarding poor depth of the piles vs. the channel bottom (scour). The bank protection was severely deteriorated and washing out, which compromised the abutments.
Although the existing bridge railing and approach guardrails were adequate for the existing bridge design, the bridge was narrow and needed to be widened. Bridge approaches showed signs of roadway surface failures.
The bridge was replaced and both the bridge and roadway were reconstructed to a 40-foot width (12’ lanes / 8’ shoulders), thereby eliminating the unsafe traffic choke point.