[WRE | SPOTLIGHT]
Another Day on the Job in CANYON COUNTRY
RSCI makes it look easy with technical bridge project. T
here are plenty of jobs in unique settings with unique challenges. And then there’s the Manning Crevice Bridge Replacement Project—14 miles east of Riggins, Idaho, on the Salmon River Road, tucked into a canyon with vertical cliffs on both sides reaching into the sky, and a fast-moving river below.
Te project replaces the existing bridge, which was constructed in 1934. Te new bridge will span over 300 feet, as a one-lane asymmetrical suspension bridge, including a 75-foot-tall steel tower on the north end. Awarded to Record Steel & Construction Inc.
(RSCI Group) in June 2014 by the Western Federal Lands Highway Department, the nearly $10 million project is on pace to wrap up as scheduled this fall. Based in Boise, Idaho, RSCI provides pre-construction, general contracting, construction management, design- build, and electrical contracting services nationwide. Connor Edlund, field manager at RSCI, admitted that, all jobs considered, the Manning Crevice Bridge job has certainly been special. “With how technical the scope is, and even more so, how challenging it is to be working in the canyon with all the space constraints and other specifics, this job was definitely unique.”
“FALLING ROCK, INSTABILITY, AND HIGH RIVER WATER WERE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY CHALLENGES AT THE ONSET.”
In fact, the initial game plan focused on simply building space to access the structure. “As far as crane pads and all of that, at one point, we had four temporary work platforms built for equipment and excavator and drill rig access,” Edlund added. Te project broke ground in April 2016. “It’s
a relatively small, one-lane, 15-foot-wide bridge,” said Edlund, “but because of the setting, it required extremely technical foundations, and a technical main cable system.”
22 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE Photo courtesy of RSCI
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