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The Western News
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana
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County Commissioner Mahoney's bridge crew completed repairs on the damaged piers of the Kootenai River bridge in Libby just in time to prevent collapse from high water or ice. The piers had eroded foundations with short pilings and crumbled concrete, fixed by encasing bases in sheet steel filled with rock and cement.
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During the past week County Commissioner Mahoney's bridge crew finished repairing the piers of the Kootenai river bridge at Libby. Before starting the work Mr. Mahoney took some pictures of one of the piers that was in the worst shape. The pictures show a highly dangerous condition. The gravel had been washed away to such an extent as to uncover about a foot of the top of the piling driven down for the foundation of the pier.
These piling, it is said, were only about five feet long. On top of the piling the base of the concrete pier was badly crumbled and weakened.
It is very doubtful if the pier could have again withstood high water or the heavy bombardment of breaking up ice. Evidently the repairing was done just in time.
Sheet steel was placed around the base of the piers leaving three or four feet between the steel and the pier. This space was then filled with rock and cement, which makes the pier practically as good as ever.
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County Commissioner Mahoney's bridge crew repaired the piers of the Kootenai river bridge at Libby after documenting severe damage from washed-away gravel exposing short pilings and crumbled concrete bases. The repairs involved placing sheet steel around pier bases and filling with rock and cement, averting potential failure from high water or ice.