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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Upgrades on cache sites needed
and the Tolovana Wayside.
Panels will include emer-
gency preparedness informa-
tion and a site-specific tsu-
nami evacuation route map,
upcoming monthly events and
local recreational attractions.
The kiosks are funded
by a $30,000 grant from the
Oregon Office of Emergency
Management. The grant also
funded eight beach access
identification posts and a
dozen pavement markers for
the tsunami line that lets peo-
ple know they reached the
“safe zone.”
After the recent Manza-
nita tornado, the committee
discussed the need for torna-
does to be part of the commit-
tee’s education efforts.
The Red Cross will assess
whether certain Cannon
Beach locations could be
used as future shelters, said
Stacy Burr, the city’s emer-
gency consultant. Locations
could include Coaster Con-
struction, Cannon Beach
Bible Church, Tolovana Inn,
Breakers Point condomini-
ums, Sea Ranch RV Park,
Cannon Beach Christian
Conference Center and Hay-
stack Gardens, depending on
whether the property owners
would like to use the area as
a shelter.
“There’s a lot of prepared-
ness going on in the next
eight months,” Burr said.
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
Dave Fisher/For EO Media Group
With the steel framework now in place the new Lommen Bridge, which spans the Ne-
halem River on Miami-Foley Road in north Tillamook County, is beginning to take shape.
Nehalem River replacement
bridge serves as a model
Designed to
withstand major
seismic event
By DAVE FISHER
For EO Media Group
NEHALEM — Building a
bridge to withstand “the big
one,” a Cascadia Subduction
Zone earthquake, has been
ever-present on the mind of
Tillamook County Public
Works director Liane Welch
ever since a winter storm in
2007.
The replacement of the
382-foot Lommen Bridge,
which spans the main stem
of the Nehalem River on
Miami-Foley Road, became
Welch’s number one priority.
In December of that year,
the north Tillamook County
bridge, which dates back to
1955 and is named after a pio-
neer family, shifted as much
as 3 inches on its founda-
tion when debris carried by
the river stacked up against
the base of the structure. The
bridge, according to Welch,
had the dubious honor of being
rated the second worst bridge
in terms of safety in Oregon,
second only to Portland’s Sell-
wood Bridge, which has since
been replaced.
The 12.5-mile Miami-Fo-
ley Road east of U.S. High-
way 101 serves as a detour
route linking north Tillamook
County to its neighbors to the
south in the event the main
coastal highway is closed.
“If the bridge were to fail,
we no longer have this vital
line during an emergency; the
Miami-Foley is the backbone
of the north county transpor-
tation system,” said Welch in
explaining why it was import-
ant to design a structure that
would not only hold up during
a winter flood but also to a
major seismic event. To that
end, the bridge incorporates
the use of isolation bearings
atop foundations, which act
as shock absorbers of sorts to
minimize damage during large
earthquakes.
With the recent completed
fabrication and installation of
the rigid steel framework the
bridge is beginning to look
more like a bridge. Tradition-
ally, concrete is used in almost
80 percent of bridge con-
struction, however that could
change in the future, accord-
ing to Steve Fugate, president
of Northwest-based Fought
and Co., steel fabricator for
the Nehalem River bridge
project.
“Since we can construct
longer spans with faster instal-
lation, we’ve shown that
steel is a great environmen-
tal choice, especially with
bridges spanning rivers and
waterways,” said Fugate.
Building bridges over
water adds to the complexity
by strictly limiting work in the
water and providing a short
window of time allowed for
each season. Using steel has
provided the opportunity to
save time in the construction
schedule.
“We are striving to reduce
the number of 24-hour shifts
during the water season for
less impact on the public and
the environment,” added Scott
Butler, project manager for
the bridge contractor, Farline
Bridge.
After a “pretty rough win-
ter” this past year with rising
river waters the project is still
on schedule, says Welch of
the nearly $11 million project,
made possible with a $10 mil-
lion grant, 90 percent of which
is federally funded with a 10
percent local match. Barring
any weather-related delays,
the project will be completed
in the fall of 2017. One thing
that won’t change is the name;
the new bridge will still be
called Lommen Bridge.
During
construction,
Welch reminds motorists to
be aware that the traffic pat-
tern has changed slightly in
the vicinity of milepost 11.5
where construction is taking
place. There will be two lanes
open unless the flaggers are
needed at certain times.
“Also, the speed limit
through the work zone is
posted as 30 miles per hour and
the sheriff has been enforcing
this area more frequently, so
please drive safely.”
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sider purchasing a prototype
for the sanitary facilities. Sup-
plies needed might include
propane-cooking burners and
utensils.
“When you’re feed-
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need something to feed them
with,” Adamson said.
Although budget prior-
ities could include seismic
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Residents store medicine,
provisions and other supplies
in three emergency cache
sites in Cannon Beach. Will
those sites survive the Big
One?
Ensuring that the cache
sites are able to withstand an
earthquake is important to the
city’s emergency prepared-
ness committee.
“My priority is to make
sure all three sites are shored
up to withstand a seismic
event,” committee mem-
ber Paula Vetter said at a late
October meeting.
Many agreed that internal
building modifications on the
city’s three emergency con-
tainer cache sites, for seismic
purposes, would be one way
to use the committee’s funds.
“The seismic upgrades at
the three cache sites are the
No. 1 priority, along with
supplies and outreach for the
fiscal year,” committee chair
Karolyn Adamson said after
the meeting.
The committee’s budget
for this fiscal year is $6,500.
The amount can be spent on
preparedness and education
efforts through June 30. Cost
estimates for the cache site
modifications have yet to be
determined.
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