Okanogan - Joe Moses Road
Project Number: 1861
From milepost 2.11 to milepost 2.196
RATA Funds: $309,500
Legislative District: 12
Status:
Date Approved: 2016
Joe Moses Rd is a rural 2-lane road that provides access to range lands and homes on the Colville Reservation. There is no alternate access. Park City Loop Rd on the other hand is, as the name suggests, a loop that connects Hwy 155 with Gold Lake Rd. This road accesses rural ranches and dispersed homes.
The center pier cap on bridge B-15 (Joe Moses Rd) had rapidly deteriorated to the point that a 5 ton weight limit had to be imposed. Bridge B-3 (Park City Loop Rd) had deteriorated in the same fashion, but was more severe and had to be closed.
Load ratings resulting in closing B-3 and severely restricting B-15 were conducted in October 2015. Federal funds to replace the structures were secured in December 2015, with RAP matching funds following the next month. The design was completed and the project was advertised in the end of July 2016, which was an impressive feat made possible by the funding agencies, the BIA and Colville Tribes, and a dedicated consulting engineering firm. Construction was somewhat hampered by high water and a very cold snowy winter, but both bridges were still able to be opened early in 2017.
The center pier cap on bridge B-15 (Joe Moses Rd) had rapidly deteriorated to the point that a 5 ton weight limit had to be imposed. Bridge B-3 (Park City Loop Rd) had deteriorated in the same fashion, but was more severe and had to be closed.
Load ratings resulting in closing B-3 and severely restricting B-15 were conducted in October 2015. Federal funds to replace the structures were secured in December 2015, with RAP matching funds following the next month. The design was completed and the project was advertised in the end of July 2016, which was an impressive feat made possible by the funding agencies, the BIA and Colville Tribes, and a dedicated consulting engineering firm. Construction was somewhat hampered by high water and a very cold snowy winter, but both bridges were still able to be opened early in 2017.