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| Partnerships take the snarl out of Bear Creek (November) |
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Bridge improvements help fish traverse Bear Creek to spawn
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As a result of a long-time partnership with former ODOT and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife coordinator Randy Reeve, a new and improved fish passage will be incorporated into the bridge program project in Curtain. The passage will allow for the migration of fish both large and small, including Coho salmon, without requiring additional state funding.
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| Replacing I-84 bridge helps future trail users (November) |
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Bridge program links future trail users, PDX to The Dalles
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"Slow but steady wins the race" was a winning strategy for the tortoise in the Aesop fable. Like the tortoise, ODOT has steadily worked for more than 20 years to re-establish the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail through the Columbia River Gorge for cyclists and hikers. Read more about how $718,019 from Transportation Enhancement funds will help ODOT install a 12-foot-wide bed that will accommodate 1.25 miles of the future trail.
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| Let's hear it for those hardhats (October) |
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Special guests break ground on the historic project.
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The Willamette River Bridge groundbreaking drew a crowd of 150—including U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio and ODOT Director Matt Garrett—to celebrate the beginning of ODOT’s largest bridge project to date. Read more about the bridge program’s $147 million bridge replacement.
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| Oregon Zoo workers rave about ODOT bat photos (Sept) |
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Oregon Zoo illustrates bat box exhibit with photos from ODOT
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When members of the Conservation Department at the Oregon Zoo found out about ODOT’s work to proactively address declining bat populations by incorporating bat habitats on bridge projects, they jumped at the chance to learn from ODOT’s expertise and to get snapshots of the bridge roosting bats for their new display. Read more.
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| Hidden instruments prove strength in numbers (Sept) |
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ODOT's sensors tested the bridges' structural integrity
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Using a network of wires and sensors embedded in the pavement, bridge program engineers were able to constantly measure the stress placed on the Devils Lake Fork and Mills bridges on Oregon 6. The complex process known as instrumentation helped engineers determine the best course of action in replacing these two bridges. Read more about how the aging structures were safely and cost-effectively rescoped for repair rather than replacement after ODOT was able to confirm their structural integrity with the help of the innovative process of instrumentation.
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| ODOT project takes top honors, three times! (August) |
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TY Lin accepted the ASCE OCEA award on ODOT's behalf
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ODOT has been recognized as among the best of the best at three different national awards competitions for the Oregon 38: Elk Creek-Hardscrabble Creek project. Want to learn more about the competitors the American Society of Civil Engineers considered the top projects in the country? Go to http://www.asce.org/gallery/opal2009/videos/ and watch a video about each contender.
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| Online maps "show us the money" (August) |
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Interactive maps show the bridge program's economic impact
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Which county employed more bridge program construction workers—Jackson or Josephine? How much did bridge program spending benefit design firms in Benton County? Did Multnomah County or Marion County contractors earn more from bridge program work? Three new maps show where funds from the bridge program have been spent with design and construction firms, and with construction workers. Click to see how bridge program funding has entered local economies, county by county: http://www.obdp.org/program/economic_success/
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| A bridge over wild and scenic waters (July) |
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ODOT's Kevin Cassidy rafts the North Fork John Day.
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When the agency planned to replace or repair eight bridges between Pendleton and Baker City in eastern Oregon, work above a federally designated wild and scenic river required special attention to the natural beauty and resources of the area. Read more.
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| The bucks stop here...and here...and here (July) |
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ORStats displays a list and dynamic map of projects.
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On Feb. 5, Gov. Kulongoski signed into law Go Oregon!, a state stimulus package that dedicates $175 million for construction, renovation and major deferred maintenance of Oregon’s public infrastructure. Less than three months later, because of work by members of the Department of Administrative Services, the Employment Department and ODOT’s Major Projects Branch, six state agencies are already able to track, map and report on where that money has gone and who has benefitted from it. Read more about the current and potential applications of ORStats, the Oregon Stimulus Transparency and Accountability Tracking System.
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| Archived news briefs |
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To read archived articles and stories about the OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program, click here.
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