Guardrail pieces set for Sand Road

Whitman County Commissioners Monday, June 6, approved a $31,400 purchase of guardrail ends and terminals for the Sand Road Edmundson Bridge project southeast of Pullman.

The project, awaiting Army Corps of Engineers approval, may start this week or next month.

The county Public Works Department built some of the needed guardrail and will now buy ends and terminals from Frank Gurney Inc. of Spokane.

An increase in traffic on Sand Road has led to the need to widen the 19-foot-wide Edmundson Bridge on the 25-foot-wide road. The roadway serves as an alternate route between Pullman and Moscow.

The...