Crews are using cranes to assemble bridge shafts on westbound SR 16 as part of the work to improve fish passage in Purdy Creek.
Tags: ^CM State Route 16 Purdy Creek Fish Barrier Removal
Before crews could begin work under westbound SR 16 near Purdy Creek, crews had to build temporary lanes in the median to shift traffic.
Tags: ^CM road construction Fish Passage Barrier Removal State Route 16 Purdy Creek
A project that will improve habitat and passage for fish in Purdy Creek under SR 16 is well under way. Drivers may be seeing large steel structures in the work zone adjacent to eastbound and westbound lanes of SR 16. Crews are assembling the bridge shafts that will eventually be lowered into the ground. The new bridge structures are 206-feet long.
Tags: ^CM SR 16 Construction Fish barrier removal Purdy Creek
Crews had to move both lanes of westbound SR 16 into the median while they build a new bridge structure under the highway. The new bridge structure will allow for improved fish habitat in Purdy Creek. This project is located in Pierce County.
Tags: ^CM Purdy Creek State Route 16 fish habitat construction
Crews use heavy equipment and dump trucks to excavate the roadway on westbound SR 16 in preparation for building the new bridge over Purdy Creek.
Tags: ^CM Purdy Creek Fish passage State Route 16 rainbow