County receives F&W okay to raze Oakesdale RR bridge

The proposed Oakesdale trestle removal project moved a step forward Monday when the county Public Works department received a permit from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The permit calls for the 120-foot long structure to be removed by the end of November.

A Whitman County crew will do the work, estimated at a week long. They will start after the Steptoe Canyon Bridge project south of Colton is finished.

County commissioners Sept. 5 approved the purchase of the low, wooden railroad bridge near Oakesdale with intent to tear it down. The span, owned by Union-Pacific, would...