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Haines Road over Wise Canal
Watt Avenue at Dry Creek
Yankee Jims Bridge Replacement

Dalby Road over Yankee Slough

Dalby Road over Yankee Slough

The current structure is deficient and was recommended for closure by Caltrans. Placer County has installed temporary supports in order to keep the bridge open and the County is regularly monitoring the bridge. The proposed bridge replacement project will bring this bridge into compliance with current structural and roadway geometric guidelines.

Haines Road over Wise Canal

Haines Road over Wise Canal

The existing bridge over Wise Canal is functionally obsolete because it only accommodates one lane of traffic on a two-lane road. Furthermore, the bridge was constructed in 1930 and is beyond its design life. This bridge replacement project will bring the structure into compliance with current structural and roadway geometric guidelines.

Click hereHaines Road over Wise Canal for Environmental Documents

Watt Avenue at Dry Creek

Watt Avenue at Dry Creek

The existing Watt Avenue Bridge over Dry Creek was built in 1940 and is obsolete. Due to the condition of the bridge and the new development in the area, the existing bridge will be replaced.

The project site is adjacent to the Placer Vineyards and Riolo Vineyards Specific Plan areas and within the Dry Creek/West Placer Community Plan area. Project objectives include replacing the existing bridge to meet future land use and circulation demands, meet regional flood control objectives, improve roadway safety and structural load capacity, and provide a bridge and roadway facility that meets current design standards.

Construction is tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2024.

Yankee Jims Bridge Replacement

Yankee Jims Bridge Replacement
Placer County Department of Public Works, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and Caltrans, proposes to build a new arch suspension bridge adjacent to the existing Yankee Jims Bridge over the North Fork American River. The existing bridge is structurally deficient based on a Caltrans Bridge Inspection, which prohibits emergency vehicles from using the bridge. The new bridge will improve emergency access and provide a safer evacuation route between Colfax and Foresthill. The existing Yankee Jims Bridge will be kept in place.

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Roadways

Bell Road at I-80 Interchange
Placer Parkway
Rollins Lake Road Slide Repair

Bell Road at I-80 Interchange

Bell Road at I-80 Interchange

Currently, traffic at the interchange is controlled by stop signs, slowing the flow of traffic at two increasingly busy intersections. The project would include the nearby Bell Road and Bowman Road intersection in the roundabout design and remove the existing traffic signal there.

This project will reduce congestion and improve safety by creating two multilane roundabouts at the I-80 and Bell Road interchange.

Click hereBell Road at I-80 Interchange for Environmental Documents

Placer Parkway

Placer Parkway - Phase I

Placer County Department of Public Works proposes to construct Phase I of the Placer Parkway which will extend from State Route (SR) 65 with the construction of a new roadway to the west, connecting to Foothills Boulevard North. In its full build out condition, Placer Parkway will be a limited access roadway that connects SR65 in Placer County to SR 99 in Sutter County.

Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study for Placer Parkway Phase I Improvements (PDF)
Placer Parkway Corridor Preservation Project Tier I Documents

Click herePlacer Parkway for Environmental Documents

Rollins Lake Road Slide Repair

Rollins Lake Road Slide Repair

Rollins Lake Road is the old Highway 40 which was turned over to the County for maintenance from the State after completion of the current alignment of Interstate 80. In the area of the slide, Rollins Lake Road curves and runs through many areas of roadway cut. During the winter of 2017 a section of roadway cut just east of Barb Wire Lane suffered a significant slide which resulted in the short term shutdown of one lane of traffic. Additional erosion of the slope has also occurred during the winter of 2018 requiring on-going efforts to clear debris from the roadway.

A claim for the damage resulting from this slide has been submitted to the County’s insurance carrier and that carrier agreed to reimburse the County for the cost to prepare an Engineering Report. To prepare this report a firm was selected from the existing list of qualified geotechnical engineering firms and they will complete this report in the late spring / early summer of 2018. This report will review the slide that occurred and the on-going erosion of the slope, determine the failure mechanism and come up with an engineering solution to stabilize the slope preventing additional failure and providing protection for a home near the top of the slope.

Funding for the work to study the slide and prepare an engineering report will be provided by reimbursement through the County’s insurance carrier.

Click hereRollins Lake Road Slide Repair for Environmental Documents

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