,, P2200 f ~ ~,~ ,,. ~ ~ , ~'~: ~ ~' C A L I~ O R N I A,~~ ~ ~ °~ ~r ~ ~' h w a~! nd Public: Works F~ t . `~ ~ 1 ~. _ ,. i1 ~ fib. ,i t ~ ~` s s, ~ ` ~ t~' ;~ ~ ~ ~. ,~.~p _ ~~ ,,,~ ~ ~~ yb r .,~~ ~ ,: ~" .~ t ~, -~ ~' > ~~ ;/ ~"` *' ' ~. ,, _ e ... ..tl_~ - ,. I , ~ ~ ,`~ .,,~. y.. .. '~~ ~.. ".~ •a r ~„ lr a .' y ~ 'k s° „~'~ '; .y ... y 1;.g,~ ~ v '.~' ~. ~,/ /~ ~ , ,z r ~. ,~ ! n } . ~' 1 .. .. 't F a'. '~ ,, ,.. m t ~ .. Y "' ~ ~ .~;,,~- ~c4s . ..~p •u, ~ ~t r .. '~ .` "' ~ it e. ~ ~~`~ X ~~ ~,:iw_ ~.w ~ , ~ do ~~ '. .. ... _ ..~~; ~' MARCH-APRIL i ~.~,~~~ ~ ~ r ,~e ., , f v e _ . a 4 , -: q ff Sa z.......~. ~. m ~, &,s-.~ ~ m .... ..d. .s w _ ~ . ~._..~..._F _ ,a x At upper left is shown a view of the canyon that Squaw Creels, in Mendo- cino County, near Cummings, cut across the Redwood Highway during the Christmas storms. Photo was made uavv ree December 27, 1964, before any recon- struction was yet organized. Photo above shows gulf from other side on January 16, partly filled. Below is a picture of the highway on March 17, 1965, carrying normal traffic. About 25,Q00 truckloads of fill were required to bring the road back up to grade. (See article beginning on page 14.) ..~, ~; a ~.~ 6 ;. C~.I1~0~'111~. I~1~ hwa Y sand Public Works Official Journal of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California Vol. 44 March-Apri I Nos. 3-4 CONTENTS Page Opening aLifeline ----- - -- - -- --- ------ - -- -- - -- - ------ -- ----- 2 By John Robinson, Information Officer 'The Redwood Highway—Rebuilding After the Flood___________ _________________ 14 By John Robinson, InformaTion O~cer Kudos Tell Story-- - - - ----- --- -- ------ ---- -- ---- ----- - ---------- - - 26 District 7 Progress--- ---- ---- ---------- --- --- - ---- - ------ - ----- -- 30 By E. T. Telford, District Engineer Equal Opportunity - ---- ------- -- ----- ---------------- ---------------- 52 By Mickey Matsumoto, AssisTant Training O~cer ITTE Conference ---------- ---- - ---- -- -- - ------ -- -------- ------- - 54 State Parks Chief Clarifies National Tribute Grove Status___________________________ 56 MountShasta -- --- - -- ---- -- -- _-- - - ----- - ----- - ---- - 57 By Charles Moss, Resident Engineer Experimental Paint Results FRONT COVER: View of the Golden State Freeway -- -- -- - - - ---- ----- - - ------ -- -- 60 (Interstate 5) in Los Angeles, showing development of By H. A. Rooney, Senior Chemical Testing Engineer and Icndscaping in six years. Planting was made late in A. L. Woods, Bridge Painting Inspector 1958, photograph was made late in 1964. Palms in r foreground framing view are Mexican fan palms, Highway395--------- -- -------------------- -- --- - - --- - --- ---- - ----- 63 Washingtonia robusta, closely related to the California fan palm, but more By F. A. Thudium, Project Engineer—Design vigorous and adaptable. Ground cover is Algerian ivy. Trees were 3-4 feet high when Whitehurst, Guthrie Reappointed to planted. Overcrossing is of Los Feliz Boulevard. Photo Commission__________________ 67 by Sam Smith, District 7, Los Angeles. WASHO Conference Set for Santa Fe-_---_-----___-__----__-__.--__-_-_--_____-_- 67 BACK COVER: Photo made exactly two months after Slipform Paving-2 --- - ----- -- --- - -- -- - ---- ----- - -- — ---- ----- 68 disastrous Christmas week floods in northern Cali- fornia shows Bailey bridge in place across washed-out By L. R. Gillis, Assistant State Higway Engineer and span on Smi}h River, US Highway 199, L. S. Spickelmire, Assis4ant Construction Engineer between Crescent City and the Oregon line. Torrents fore out Dillard Road several miles of this highway, in addition to three ---- ----- ---- - ---- 76 major bridges. Since major traffic load in winter is By A. F. Effinger, Residen4 Engineer, Sacramen}o County industrial, reconstruction had to support full legal loads, which road is now carrying. See articles on Route Adoptions ---- - -------- -- -- -- --- --- --- ----- ------ - ------ - 78 reconstruction in this issue. Photo by Robert Mulno. In Memoriam -- ----- ---- -------- — -- ------ ---- -- - -- - ------- ----- 67 Department Marks Retirement of 46 Employees__ ____ _______________________________ 79 LESTER S. KORITZ, Editor STEWART MITCHELL, Associate Editor MARCIA J. MICKELSEN, Assistant Edrtor WILL1AAh R. CFiANEY, Chief PhoPographer Editors are invited fo use information contained herein and to request prints of any black and white photographs. Address communications to: EDITOR, CALIFORId~., HIGHVs0,4YS AND PUBLIC WORKS P.O. Box 1499 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95807 t~ • • Temporary Bridges, Mud, /Machines and Hard Work By JOHN ROBINSON, Information Officer In the aftermath of the Christmas mountainous terrain. Also, many tele- Helicopters and light aircraft were 1964 floods, came an associated eco- phone lines had been destroyed. It chartered by the Division of High- nomic problem for the areas isolated took a,few days to get complete in- ways in a number of instances to ferry by the destruction of the transport formation on which to base decisions, in small groups of employees with the system. It was a simple chain reaction. particularly since most early efforts necessary authority to organize emer- If the industry of the affected coun- were devoted to opening emergenc}T gency contracts with whatever local ties, 75 percent timber prodnets, could routes where possible, evacuating equipment was available. Because this not get its production to market, pro- duction must cease as soon as all stor- trapped motorists, bringing nut the was logging country, there usually age facilities were filled. Within two sick and injured, and trying to move was enough. weeks, this was costing the area about vital supplies into isolated coinmuni- When practicatzle, these "guerrillas" $75,000 a day. ties. had radios with them for communica- The areas of worst damage were in As more and more aircraft moved tions, but these did not always work. the State Division of Highways Dis- in, they took over these emergency One engineer was dropped in at the trict 1, and western portions of Dis- transport functions. In many cases, town of Ti-Bar, far up the Klamath, trict 2. This included Del Norte, ground transport was literally impos- and then seemed to disappear. A few Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Sis- sible, no matter how geat the effort; days later a low-flying aircraft re- kiyou, and portions of Shasta and Te- and had it not been for the prompt ported considerable truck and bull- hama Counties, all of which had iso- arrival of the aircraft, particularly the do~`r activity on the vi- lated sections, some hopelessly cut off roads in the from outside help. helicopters, there would have been cinity; so it was assumed he was on much greater privation and suffering. the job. Although there were emergencies everywhere, it was obvious that a ma- jor object of highway workers must be the earliest possible reopening of a highway "lifeline" into and out of the isolated region. In the initial phase of reconstruction of transport, the same factors that hampered other agencies hampered the highway employees. With the breakdown of vehicular travel, inspec- tion trips that previously took hours suddenly took days. Mud covered the roads, in the form of slides and slumps from rain-softened slopes and knee- deep silt left by receding waters. While the State Highway vehicles had awell-organized radio system, it The log emergency bridge at Willow Creek on January 7, 1965. At upper left is collapsed bridge. Photo does not always function well in the on opposite page made same day gives aerial view of this area. 2 California Highways and Public Works View from air of break afi Willow Creek Bridge on State Route 96, emergency log bridge and collapsed bridge in center. Trinity River at lower left, town of Willow Creek and Rate 299 top of picture. March—April 1965 3 By December 24th, teams from Eu- ',._~..~.g. ~ ~ _:~..:~_. _ ~~.~____.____~ _ _ ___ _ ~~~ relca and Redding were out on foot surveying many of the damaged sec- tions, and reporting in by radio or ~~~~~~qA °~_ _~~, rl+3~`~o I telephone, whichever was most read- ~ g .. Ga'esce~t C~r~:~ ~~*4* _. ' ily available. It was data from these t. ~'r'°'^~.e neRa reports added to those coming in from .{--{,y ~9 the maintenance stations, that began to fill in the picture of the damage so ~ that a plan of action could be decided .~ ,~ ~. upon. On Christmas Day reports were • ~ t_.~__ in on most of the routes, and the pic- r ~~ ture was bleak. _..~ ,.. , 7. ~ r. ~ ~ ~ ~~ .y a~ ~:~~~~ ` Obstacles on the Redwood High- ~ ~ way to the south included damage to two major bridges which made them -.... ~;~ f ~ ~ ~ ,,~... ~ ~ ~-~---, ,~ ~ ..v.~, 5_~. ~ < . unusable without substantial repairs, and great sections of highway washed 2i6- -,-. a, nut and slipped out farther up the Eel .. .. ~ °~~~ s River, which meant weeks of laborous .. ~ ~~., ~, .. a_: :; ~u«t~ . ., ~ .. reconstruction. To the north the 440- foot gap in the Klamath River Bridge ~ .. ~ rr~ar.f " r" + ~ 1! ' _ ~ • veaw v ne( effectively stopped traffic, for the 3 f~~~~. }.. .. F~ ~y;~ ~ ~ -.,a m.~ t~~ ~~.,_' ,. ,. , stream was too deep and strong for any quick, temporary bridging. ~ .. At Willow Creek, where State w, ~ .~,~. ,w,.,.. »~. ,, ~, ~~ ~,, ../~ :.~~.,,:. Route 96 joins Route 299, a bridge ~ 3~ ~ -- ~~j spanning the creek was completely destroyed, ~~ . ~ ~ cJ ~~ -_" and Route 96 beyond this point was impassable at dozens of places. In addition, a ~ ~. ~ ~ 1 RetlBiut number of ,;.-~ +~k~..,~... 4 'T' s rt bridges over the Klamath River