PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDITION
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October 20 2024 Vol. VIII • No. 21
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Wildish Construction Klamath River Dam Removal Project Repairs Damaged Finished; Land Restoration Ongoing Bridge on U.S. 101
The Link-Belt HTC-86100 (N3) is braced for work.
By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
For a traveler, it’s a wish on the bucket list of awesome drives; for a business owner, it’s a transportation artery for goods transiting the West Coast; and for a local, it’s the twisting, climbing road that leads to everything. But in August, milepost 39.5 on U.S. 101 was simply a tragedy waiting to happen. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) got the call on Aug. 29 that something was amiss on the Necarney Creek Bridge near Manzanita. A section of the concrete guardrail and sidewalk on the 95-ft.-tall bridge had collapsed and, save for a damaged bit of steel rail, there was almost nothing preventing northbound vehicles from plunging over the side. see WILDISH page 12
Construction crews removed the top of the cofferdam left of Iron Gate Dam, allowing the Klamath River to run in its original path near Hornbrook, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2024.
The removal of four hydroelectric plants and dams on the lower Klamath River in California and Oregon was recently completed, according to the Klamath River Renewal Corp., Hydro Review reported. KRRC said Kiewit, the Omaha, Neb.-based dam removal contractor hired by KRRC, finished the required work along the river. Knight Piesold, headquartered in South Africa, was
the civil prime design partner on the project. Part of the Iron Gate cofferdam and a temporary river crossing at Copco No. 1 were left in place after the cofferdam breaches in September to provide access to the far side of the river so diversion infrastructure could be removed, Hydro Review reported. see DAMS page 14