GARFIELD BRIDGE. Building A Bridge to No-Where

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1 GARFIELD BRIDGE Building A Bridge to No-Where

2 OCEANA COUNTY

3 LOCATION Garfield Road leads to Stony Lake Outlet, a Benona Township park and popular Lake Michigan access

5 GARFIELD BRIDGE OVER STONY CREEK STONY CREEK OUTLET PARK (THE OVAL) STONY LAKE PARK

6 LOCATION Garfield Road leads to Stony Lake Outlet, a Benona Township park and popular Lake Michigan access The Bridge over Stony Creek is the only access to the township park

7 LAKE MICHIGAN AT STONY CREEK OUTLET

8 LAKE MICHIGAN AT STONY CREEK OUTLET

9 LOCATION Garfield Road leads to Stony Lake Outlet, a Benona Township park and popular Lake Michigan access The Bridge over Stony Creek is the only access to the township park The park contains one of Oceana County s 2 boat access points to Lake Michigan

12 HISTORY A Road Commission truck went through a wooden structure in the early 30 s

15 HISTORY A Road Commission truck went through a wooden structure in the early 30 s In the?early 1950 s? a 9 10 by 14 2 by 20 long Steel culvert was installed. This provided a wide 1 lane access to the park. A letter from MDNR in 1980 states that the culvert is undersized, but assumes that it was properly sized at installation years before.

17 SHOWING RESTRICTION (Hydraulic Jump Upstream end of Culvert)

18 SHOWING RESTRICTION (Hydraulic Jump Upstream end of Culvert)

19 HISTORY In the 1970 s, 80 s and through out the 90 s, minor cave-ins have been experienced on both approaches. A storm in 1998 caused severe erosion on the site. At this time a through inspection of the structure was done. Findings were not good. Severe under mining was present on both ends of the culvert

20 HISTORY Brechting Bridge & Engineering, Inc. was hired to scope the site for possible solutions. Recommendations were replacement with a Conspan (3 sided frame culvert), or a timber bridge. The 3 sided culvert was settled upon due to the flexibility of adjusting the road grade

24 HISTORY Road Commission, Benona Township, WMSRDC representatives met in early 1999 to address the culvert. All supported culvert replacement and park enhancement, and began applying for grants to fund the construction of these as a combined project.

25 Funding Applied For Numerous grants & funding sources were applied for & denied, including: Critical Bridge not a bridge because of 14 span of existing culvert WMSRDC, MDNR, CMI, GLFT,- Not Applicable Township Primary Road, and they were upgrading park, they couldn t handle both

26 HISTORY Meanwhile nature continued to tear apart the road

29 HISTORY Meanwhile nature continued to tear apart the road Different storms further eroded the site In 2000 alone, $22,133 was spent on restoration after a storm event

30 HISTORY At the end of 2002, the culvert replacement appeared to be a dead project. Everybody still wanted it, but nobody could afford it. The project had grown to an estimated $434,000 ($320,000 was for the structure replacement) Benona Township stated they were committed to park improvements regardless if the culvert was replaced or not. They began to secure their own funding.

31 HISTORY In 2004, various agencies & individuals pressed the Road Commission to improve the culvert. Most of this was because the township was improving the park. (They built a boardwalk in late 2003 & were working on the parking lot) The Road Commission made one last look for economical alternatives for replacement County work crews had done several timber decks in the previous years with little difficulty, so the timber bridge option was seriously looked into

32 HISTORY Krenn Bridge Companies, Inc. was contacted to review the site & rough quote timber bridge materials. Using the County s workforce, the project seemed feasible.

33 ESTIMATED Costs Wood Structure $ 84,500 Pile Driver $ 27,000 Misc. Materials $ 5,500 Labor & Equipment $ 83,800 Asphalt $ 6,000 TOTAL $206,800 Precast Concrete $320,000

34 HISTORY Krenn Bridge Companies, Inc. was contacted to review the site & rough quote timber bridge materials. Using the County s workforce, the project seemed feasible. Also Benona Township and MDEQ was in favor of the timber bridge

35 HISTORY In 2005, the Road Commission contracted with Krenn Bridge companies to deliver materials for a timber structure.

38 HISTORY In 2005, the Road Commission contracted with Krenn Bridge companies to deliver materials for a timber structure. Work began in October 2005.

39 JUST STARTING WORK

40 WEST SIDE REMOVALS

41 VIEW OF CHANNEL UPSTREAM

42 PILING SET ON THE W. SIDE PIER AND HEADWALL

43 VIEW OF OLD CULVERT

44 FALL OF 05

45 MARCH 16, 2006

46 TOOL CRIB AND MATERIAL HANDLER

47 BUNDLE OF MATERIAL 1 OF 5

48 LOOKING CREEK FROM E. DAY 1

49 DAY 1 DEADMEN AND PILING

50 PILING BEING CABLED OFF AND CUT

51 PILING OF E. HEADWALL

52 DAY 2 SHOWING PILING CAP IN PLACE

53 HEADWALL STARTED DAY 3

54 NEARING COMPLETION OF E. HEADWALL

55 FABRIC BEING INSTALLED

56 FABRIC IN PLACE AND TIE-BACK RINGS INSTALLED, DAY 5

57 THIS WOULD BE CALLED JOB PERKS

58 LOOKING E. SHOWING HEADWALL

59 TUG AND PULL, PULL AND TUG!!!!

60 THE WRENCH IS FOR THE BOLTS, NOT A FISH CLUB!!!

61 EAST PIER SHOWING HEAVY CROSS BRACING

62 OH $#!?, I HAD THE PLANS UPSIDE DOWN

63 SETTING THE FIRST PANEL

64 CHECK OUT THAT STEELHEAD

65 WORK ON LAND

66 COMPLETED FIRST SPAN, SPREADER BEAM, HEADWALL, AND DECK

67 DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS!!!!

68 SHOT LOOKING W. SHOWING W. PIER AND HEADWALL

69 FIRST CENTER SPAN PANEL SET DAY 10

70 INSTALLING LOAD TRANSFER (SPREADER) BEAM

71 ANCHORING CENTER SPAN TO CAPS AND PIER

72 SKID SHOWING SOME OF THE HARDWARE

73 TOOLS USED

74 SHOT OF CENTER SPAN WITH SPREADER BEAM INSTALLED

75 ANOTHER VIEW OF SPREADER BEAM IN PLACE

76 SETTING ANOTHER PANNEL

77 MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS HAMMER DRILL & SLEDGE

78 HIT IT MIKE

79 CENTER DECK SPAN ALMOST COMPLETED

80 MORE DRILLING AND POUNDING

82 LOOKING W. FROM THE CENTER SPAN

83 SQUARING THINGS UP AS WE GO

84 LOOKING DOWNSTREAM NEAR THE END OF DAY 13

85 INSTALLING W. WING WALL PLANKS

86 WORK PROGRESSING ON THE W. HEADWALL

87 GOT TO GO DEEPER

88 EXCAVATION MOVIE

89 NOW THE LAST BOARD WILL FIT

90 COMPLETED W. HEADWALL

91 MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

92 GETTING LAST DECK PANEL READY FOR INSTALLATION

93 AT LAST WE HAVE A BRIDGE AGAIN

94 SHOT SHOWING FULL SPAN W/SCUPPERS AND REINFORCING RINGS

95 CLOSE-UP SHOWING SCUPPERS AND RINGS

96 GETTING CURBING STARTED

97 STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A BRIDGE

98 LOOKING E. SHOWING GUARDRAIL POSTS AND WINGWALL

99 AGAIN LOOKING W. TOWARDS LAKE MICHIGAN

100 EROSION CONTROL IN PLACE

101 AGAIN LOOKING E.

102 LOOKING W. TOWARDS LAKE MICHIGAN LAST DAY

103 N. VIEW OF STRUCTURE

104 S. VIEW OF STRUCTURE

105 NEW IMPROVED FLOW LINE OF CREEK

106 PRECONSTRUCTION (Hydraulic Jump Upstream end of Culvert)

107 GOOD JOB GUYS

108 LAST DAY SHOWING FINAL PRODUCT

Actual Costs Wood Structure $ 84,104.19 Pile Driver $ 27,000.00 Misc. Materials $ 8,291.

109 Actual Costs Wood Structure $ 84, Pile Driver $ 27, Misc. Materials $ 8, Labor Equipment $ 65, Asphalt $ 8, TOTAL $193, Precast Concrete Estimate $320,000

110

111 QUESTIONS?

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