Red Brick Road Condition Assessment, 196Th Avenue NE, King County, Washington
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RED BRICK ROAD CONDITION ASSESSMENT, TH 196 AVENUE NE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON December 22, 2015 King County Department of Transportation Project Number 1126665 Contract Number P00112P12, Work Order Request Number 12 SWCA Project Number 24958.12 Report Number 15-676 SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON RED BRICK ROAD CONDITION ASSESSMENT 196TH AVENUE NE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Report Prepared for King County Department of Transportation, Road Services Division By Eileen Heideman Sharon Boswell Robert Krier December 22, 2015 King County Department of Transportation Project Number 1126665, Contract Number P00112P12, Work Order Request Number 12 SWCA Project Number 24958.12 SWCA Report Number 15-676 SWCA Environmental Consultants 221 1st Ave W, Suite 205 Seattle, Washington 98119 CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT COVER SHEET Author: Robert Krier, Eileen Heideman, Sharon Boswell Title of Report: Red Brick Road Condition Assessment, 196th Avenue NE, King County, Washington Date of Report: December 22, 2015 County(ies): King Section: 7, 8, 17, 18 Township: 25N Range: 6E Quad: Bellevue North Acres: 7.7 PDF of report submitted (REQUIRED) Yes Historic Property Inventory Forms to be Approved Online? Yes No Archaeological Site(s)/Isolate(s) Found or Amended? Yes No TCP(s) found? Yes No Replace a draft? Yes No Satisfy a DAHP Archaeological Excavation Permit requirement? Yes # No Were Human Remains Found? Yes DAHP Case # No DAHP Archaeological Site #: TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... II LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... II PROJECT BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION ...................................................................... 1 HISTORIC CONTEXT ................................................................................................................ 1 Initial Road Construction .......................................................................................................................... 1 Snoqualmie Pass Route ............................................................................................................................. 6 Automobiles Bring Changes ...................................................................................................................... 7 Yellowstone Trail ....................................................................................................................................... 7 James Mattson Road ................................................................................................................................. 8 The Red Brick Road ................................................................................................................................... 9 Historical Reports ...................................................................................................................................... 9 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS .................................................................................................11 Maintenance and Repair Information .................................................................................................... 11 Traffic Operations ................................................................................................................................... 12 Potential Development of Gunshy Manor Farm Property ...................................................................... 12 FIELD METHODOLOGY ...........................................................................................................13 PUBLIC INTERACTION ............................................................................................................13 RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................14 Subgrade ................................................................................................................................................. 14 Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 15 Concrete Sub-base .................................................................................................................................. 15 Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 19 Surface .................................................................................................................................................... 19 Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 19 Additional Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 21 REFERENCES .........................................................................................................................23 APPENDIX A: 1987 REPAIR PLANS AND 2015 CONDITIONS ............................................. A-1 APPENDIX B: TEST PROBE TABLE ...................................................................................... B-1 APPENDIX C: CADMAN SITE BRICK INVENTORY ............................................................... C-1 APPENDIX D: SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES: STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION ................................... D-1 SWCA Environmental Consultants i December 22, 2015 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Red Brick Road location, showing relationship to nearby Redmond. ......................................... 2 Figure 2. Red Brick Road location. ............................................................................................................. 3 Figure 3. The Red Brick Road extends between NE Union Hill Road and Redmond-Fall City Road........ 4 Figure 4. Diagram of typical plan and section of brick road (KCM 1986: Figure 4-1). ............................... 5 Figure 5. The Red Brick Road provided access for local residents, including this funeral procession in the 1920s. Courtesy of the Redmond Historical Society. ......................................................... 10 Figure 6. The Yellowstone Trail guides showed the route extending from Snoqualmie and Fall City to Redmond. .................................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 7. Test probe with Rank 2 conditions. ........................................................................................... 14 Figure 8. Surface settlement showing apparent subgrade bearing failure (note sag in road on left side of photograph). .............................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 9. Test probe showing failure of sub-base. ................................................................................... 17 Figure 10. Test probe 46 with loose brick. ................................................................................................. 18 Figure 11. Missing edge restraint segment. ............................................................................................... 18 Figure 12. Road segment with fractured brick. .......................................................................................... 20 Figure 13. Parallel tracks with crushed and fragmented brick. .................................................................. 20 Figure 14. Sagging in vicinity of monument case. ...................................................................................... 21 Figure 15. Vegetation in road. .................................................................................................................... 22 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Previous Work on Red Brick Road ............................................................................................... 11 SWCA Environmental Consultants ii December 22, 2015 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION The Red Brick Road, which is also known as 196th Avenue Northeast, is a 1.3-mile segment of a brick- paved roadway located in Township 25 North, Range 6 East, following the section line between Sections 7 and 8, as well as a small portion of Sections 17 and 18. The road’s north-south alignment connects Northeast Union Hill Road on the north and the Redmond-Fall City Road (State Route 202) on the south (Figures 1 to 3) and is immediately to the east of the City of Redmond in King County, Washington. Built in 1901 and originally called the James Mattson Road after a local landowner, the road was repaved with brick in 1913 (Figure 4). It became an important connection to the route across Snoqualmie Pass and ultimately part of the well-known cross-country highway, the Yellowstone Trail. King County Road Services Division (RSD) was awarded a grant from 4Culture, a public development authority that provides support and funding for cultural services in King County. The grant enabled RSD to engage SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA), which was asked to conduct a visual review of the road and evaluate its current condition. This conditions assessment provides a preliminary overview of issues that should be addressed and is not intended to be an engineering document. The goal of the project is to identify