Caltrans Announces $44 Million Project to Replace Horse Creek Bridge in 2024
This is a press release from Caltrans District 2:
Klamath River Bridge near Horse Creek on State Route 96 planned for replacement starting in 2024.
The Horse Creek Bridge Replacement Project will replace the Klamath River Bridge on State Route 96 in Siskiyou County near Horse Creek. Construction is currently planned to begin in the spring of 2024, with tree cutting in the fall of 2023.
Originally constructed in 1953, the existing bridge is planned for replacement due to scour around the piers. The new bridge will be 545-foot long, 44-foot wide, and constructed on a new highway alignment in the area.
The purpose of the project is to provide a safe, sustainable, and traversable structure to the public, reduce operational deficiencies, improve worker safety, and decrease maintenance and repair costs.
A video presentation with more information on this project is available here.
The $44 million project will be funded in part by Senate Bill (SB) 1. Please contact District 2 Public Information with questions at 530-225-3426 or by email.
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It had better be wheelchair accessible.
“The existing bridge is planned for replacement due to scour around the piers.”
Too bad the engineering knowledge and technologies of six decades past lacked the expertise sufficient to construct piers which could withstand friction from freshwater current. Thankfully today’s engineers can build a bridge which can withstand getting wet. (Or so we would like to believe!)