Tawkes-Foster Bridge, WA

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Setting pylon form                    Brian Highberger pouring pylon base

 

Pylons wrapped in canvas tents to prevent freezing of concrete                    Robert Mitton and Brian Highberger pouring concrete tower pylon

 

Pouring concrete in deadman anchor                    Robert Mitton setting tower base

 

Placing tower leg                    Working at the tower top

 

Working at the tower top                    Centerline; with deadman anchor in foreground

 

Ready for placing cross beam                    Mainlines over the first tower

 

Mainlines over the river

 

Russ Dalton

 

Ken Nattinger                    More Ken Nattinger

 

Halfway across

 

Ready for stringer installation                    Jeremy Eyre

 

Centerline view; ready for stringers and deck                    Installing decking

 

Robert Costa with hardware                    Deck, stringers, and floor beams

 

Robert Mitton pouring socket with wire lock                    Robert Mitton and Jeremy Eyre installing decking

 

Al Highberger, the Engineer                    Cindy Heyden and Kim Vogel installing fence

 

Centerline view

Centerline view

 

Load testing with surburban

 

Bridge dedication day

 

Methow River, with Goat Peak in the distance