Bridge height gain over Pine Creek

Drivers on Highway 27 can get a comparison view of the old and new bridge elevations across Pine Creek on Highway 27 just east of the Fairbanks-Seabury Road intersection. The new bridge will add eight feet of elevation to the span at one of the county's most frequent flood sites. The guardrail of the 73-year-old wooden bridge is in the foreground. Thompson Brothers Excavation, Vancouver, is contractor on the $2.3 million project. Crews are now working on the approach road to the new span which is 64 feet north of the present bridge....