Bith 244484 Cmr

The project is located at Big Thicket National Preserve (BITH) near Kountze, TX. The project will repair and protect the pedestrian bridge abutments on the Kirby Bridge (Village Creek) and Turkey Bridge (Turkey Creek) along the Turkey Creek Trail. The bridges were damaged in past hurricanes and have been impacted by multiple weather events and erosion, and the foundations are failing. Specifically, the soil supporting the bridge sills was eroded by storms. Due to the erosion undermining the footings of Turkey Creek bridge, it has been closed to visitor use. This project will stabilize the bridge foundations by bracing the eroding slopes beneath the bridges with a rock "mattress." This is a wire mesh structure that will be filled with small - medium sized rocks. The project work consists of, but is not limited to: adding rip-rap adjacent to existing timber walls, addition of material as needed, re-grading of adjacent areas, removal of portions of failing timber walls, repair of timber wall bracing, re-grading of adjacent areas, and addition of material as needed, addition of helical piers under the bridge abutment to stabilize the bridge foundations, placing Geotech fabric and rock mattresses along the slope as needed.