The Utah Dept. of Transportation’s one-year-old Beaver Creek Bridge is located between the cities of Spanish Fork and Price. The scenic U.S. 6 mountain pass is “notorious for wildlife hits,” says UDOT Structural Designer Rebecca Nix. “The new bridge is an effort to reduce those accidents,” by providing a generous space under the bridge for wildlife to cross in addition to a creek crossing. Many safety projects, such as road widening, bridge replacement and other new crossings, have been completed on U.S. 6 in the last several years. Besides improving safety, the bridge is also serving as a testing ground
The not-so-common oscillation method of drilling holes for enormous underground pillars of concrete proved to be an excellent solution in a construction area that called for careful mitigation. Slide Show Photo: UDOT Drilled shafts are nothing new in the bridge construction industry; along with pile foundations, drilled shafts are one of the two most common foundations used to secure large structures like bridges. In Utah, however, the not-so-common oscillation method of drilling holes for enormous underground pillars of concrete proved to be an excellent solution in a construction area that called for careful mitigation. The Utah Department of Transportation Region