Blue Lot Pedestrian Bridge over Hedges Creek
Earlier this month, Otak engineers and construction managers coordinated and watched crews connect the City of Tualatin’s Blue Lot Parking Lot and the Tualatin City Park with an 80-foot pedestrian bridge. To minimize disruptions to the existing businesses, construction workers maneuvered a 100-ton-capactiy crane at 9 o’clock at night that unloaded the new steel bridge into place. After three and a half hours of hard work (even the contractor’s dog was supervising!), including maneuvering the bridge around light poles and under an existing tree canopy, the bridge was set. The City of Tualatin now has a valuable new entrance to the City Park while restoring the stream and wetland functions previously impacted by the trail and culvert.
