DESCRIPTION
This project seeks to develop a preliminary design and cost estimate for replacing a bridge over the Deschutes River on the 550-acre Nelson Ranch. The bridge washed out 15 years ago and since then the landowners have been using a ford in the river to move equipment and cattle across the river. This project would help determine the feasibility of replacing the bridge sometime in the future.
This design-only project developed a preliminary design and cost estimate for replacing a farm bridge over the Deschutes River on the 550-acre Nelson Ranch, in central Thurston County. The bridge washed out 15 years ago and since then the landowners have been using a ford in the river to move equipment and cattle across the river. This project proided information to help determine the economic and technical feasibility of replacing the bridge sometime in the future so as to avoid the negative impacts of over 1,000 river crossings each year by livestock and farm equipment. The river is used for spawning and rearing by Coho, Steelhead and Cutthroat.
