{"id":3961,"date":"2021-02-23T11:27:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3961"},"modified":"2021-02-24T11:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:06:53","slug":"bridge-work-east-of-bogose-nubea-going-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2021\/02\/bridge-work-east-of-bogose-nubea-going-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge work East of Bogose-Nubea going forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEUM engineer Kade Zongalinga is making good progress on replacing the center section of bridges on the long dike &amp; series of 11 bridges on the road going East of Bogose-Nubea.\u00a0 This has been impassable for trucks for over 35 years and very difficult for motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians.\u00a0 About 1,200 people per day cross this dike coming\/going to the Bogose-Nubea hospital, to the market and main road.\u00a0 The link below is of an aerial view of the stretch of dike and bridges.\u00a0 Or, click on the photo to see the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/394985512\">2018 drone video of dike &amp; bridges heading East of Bogose-Nubea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year Kade completed the replacement of the smaller bridges on each side and widened &amp; leveled the dike.\u00a0 Due to the water volume of the river the main section can only be worked on during the dry season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3962\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers.jpg\" rel=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/394985512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962\" class=\"wp-image-3962\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/aerial-photo-of-center-section-of-bridges-w-numbers.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial of the center section<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When the bridge was first installed the middle section (2) was filled in, bridges being only on each side.\u00a0 The plan Kade worked out with advisor Tom Lawson is to reduce the middle section to the level of the water during dry season and span this as well.\u00a0 The final result will be 3 bridge sections which will increase the water flow during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3963\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/detour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963\" class=\"wp-image-3963 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/detour-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/detour-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/detour-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/detour.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detour around the series of 3 bridges<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3964\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KRLY4915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3964\" class=\"wp-image-3964 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KRLY4915-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KRLY4915-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KRLY4915-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KRLY4915.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Working out in the middle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3966\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3966\" class=\"wp-image-3966 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-32-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-32-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-32-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-32.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Height of the gabions<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3965\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/MZRC8224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965\" class=\"wp-image-3965 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/MZRC8224-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/MZRC8224-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/MZRC8224-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/MZRC8224.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking down the middle section<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3968\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/middle-section-from-detour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3968\" class=\"wp-image-3968 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/middle-section-from-detour-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/middle-section-from-detour-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/middle-section-from-detour-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/middle-section-from-detour.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work begins to dismantle old bridges &amp; dike in middle.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3969\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3969\" class=\"wp-image-3969 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-35-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-35-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-35-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/PHOTO-2021-02-22-04-03-35.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New gabion bridge pillars. There will be 3 spans, so I believe that the area before first gabion will be filled in with rock and made into a dike<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3967\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KPQQ3749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3967\" class=\"wp-image-3967 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KPQQ3749-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KPQQ3749-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KPQQ3749-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/KPQQ3749.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digging down to set a gabion and remove rock from the middle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3976\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/combo-old-B-N-bridge-woman-crossing-crop-800x600-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-image-3976 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/combo-old-B-N-bridge-woman-crossing-crop-800x600-1-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/combo-old-B-N-bridge-woman-crossing-crop-800x600-1-300x89.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/combo-old-B-N-bridge-woman-crossing-crop-800x600-1-768x228.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/combo-old-B-N-bridge-woman-crossing-crop-800x600-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These two photos show was this section used to be like.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3961&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEUM engineer Kade Zongalinga is making good progress on replacing the center section of bridges on the long dike &amp; 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