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Bob Sevedge and Chad Kincheloe inspect the underside of a bridge as part of regular evaluations to access the conditions of bridges around Whitman County.

The Whitman County Public Works department is near the midpoint of its annual bridge inspections.

Work evaluating about 200 bridges per year on one and two-year inspection cycles began in October by County Bridge Supervisor Bob Sevedge and assistant Chad Kincheloe, engineering technician.

The two now work exclusively on bridge inspections – often in waders, standing in creeks – until the list is complete in mid-January, or early February. Th...