Flood repairs force closure of road segment by County Parks building
A pair of dotted lines at lower right shows
where bridge repairs have temporarily closed Creek Crossing Road at Bear Creek.
The straight dotted line at left shows how a pedestrian bridge can be used to get
from the parking lot by Pavilion #4 to the County Parks building, located on the
south side of Bear Creek.
Courtesy of El Paso County Parks
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The 2 ½-week project is scheduled for completion Feb. 27, a press release states.
Just east of 21st Street, Creek Crossing Road ties into Rio Grande Street several hundred feet north of Bear Creek. The road passes a parking lot near the park's Pavilion #4 and normally - on the south side of the creek - provides access to the County Parks administration building and the Nymann Garden.
During the current closure, the south side can be accessed via a creek pedestrian bridge near Pavilion #4. Cars can park in the lot that's also by the pavilion.
In the Creek Crossing Road bridge project, contractors are removing damaged culverts and installing a concrete box culvert, riprap and guardrails. Paving will occur at a later date, the release adds.
The work has been planned since last fall, with 75 percent of the $57,000 cost covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to county information at that time.
Westside Pioneer/press release
(Posted 2/10/15;
Projects:
Flood control)
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