Steptoe Bridge work inches ahead

The Steptoe Canyon Road bridge work south of Colton moves forward toward completion as a deadline nears of Oct. 15 on the permit from the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Brandon Kruger, Whitman County maintenance operations manager, reported to county commissioners Monday that the new bridge’s pilings have been driven and steel caps installed for girders to be attached.

Delivery of the 34-foot span concrete girders is now being coordinated along with scheduling a crane.

County Public Works Director Mark Storey expects it all to be finished by Oct. 15.

“It’s more likely it will...