Hoback Bridge Repair Slated

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is currently working with the United States Forest Service to schedule some bridge repair work in the Hoback Canyon. The bridge is experiencing what engineer’s call “scouring” or a change or removal of channel material around bridge abutments or piers.  It’s usually caused by swiftly moving water and can scoop out holes around the base of the structure, compromising its integrity.  WYDOT has determined that some slope protection work and installing rip-rap on the foundations of the structure, to alleviate the “scouring” is needed. The bridge is located at Stinking Springs, right at the western mouth of Hoback Canyon at Bryan Flats, and is a crucial connection to the Teton Valley as one of the 3 main routes in and out of Jackson.
 

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