The in basket: Cindy Sandine has noticed that the bridges in Kitsap County don’t have the same kind of signs as those she recalls seeing on Interstate 5, telling how much clearance there is beneath them, hence how tall a vehicle can pass underneath. Is that just required on I-5, she asked.
The in basket: Cindy Sandine has noticed that the bridges in Kitsap
County don’t have the same kind of signs as those she recalls
seeing on Interstate 5, telling how much clearance there is beneath
them, hence how tall a vehicle can pass underneath. Is that just
required on I-5, she asked.
The out basket: The state will put such a height limitation on any
bridge with a clearance of 15-feet-3-inches or less, they say.
Kitsap County, which is responsible for few bridges that cars pass
beneath, uses 15 feet, says Doug Bear of county public works, based
on a circuitous federal standard that requires signing bridges less
than a foot over the maximum allowable vehicle height of 14 feet,
not counting emergency vehicles and utility trucks. Did you follow
that?
The county’s only bridge with a clearance sign is that via which
Anderson Hill Road in Central Kitsap passes under the Highway 3
freeway, which has 13 feet, 10 inches of clearance, Bear said.
So why is the county responsible for signing a bridge that’s part
of a state highway, you might ask. (I did). It’s because there are
no on- or off-ramps at Anderson Hill Road, Bear said. Bridges with
ramps are the state’s responsibility.
