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BNSF bridge ‘swap’ will take place in the spring

Planning for $10 million construction effort began several years ago

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Work continued Tuesday on the $10 million BNSF Railway Washougal River bridge replacement project. According to Spokesman Gus Melonas, the new bridge will be put into place in late April or early May. The current structure was originally built in 1908.

The BNSF Railway bridge replacement project that began in Camas in 2014, is expected to wrap up by mid-2017.

According to BNSF Spokesman Gus Melonas, work that is currently being completed on the Washougal River railroad bridge project includes drilling below the water’s surface, and pouring cement for the placement of steel peer supports.

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