(Audubon) Audubon County Engineer Mitch Rydl provided the Board of Supervisors with an update on bridges within the county during their meeting this week.
Doug Sorensen, Supervisor’s Chairman, reports progress is being made on an effort to reduce wooden structures. “Audubon County when he started had 212 bridges. Of those, 90 were timber bridges or wooden structures. We are down to 60 timber bridges and are gradually trying to replace all of those.”
There is now a total of 189 total bridges within the county. “Some of those timber structures have been replaced with concrete box culverts or steel tubes and then they have annual maintenance and inspection.”
Sorensen adds the board accepted the resignation of Tom Gardner. The motor grader operator is retiring.
