contract 13,547.31 --------- Total paid contractor to Nov. 30, 1918 76,768.07 ---------- Total Amount expended to November 30, 1918 $88,376.99 Umpqua River Bridge One Mile North of Dillard This bridge consists of 3-144 foot covered wooden Howe Truss spans on concrete piers. The spans are continuous, thus forming a roof over 430 feet long. Open windows are constructed at panel points to light the spans and make a more artistic appearance, lack of light and unsightly appearance having been the chief objections to covered wooden bridges. This bridge being on the Pacific Highway, was designed for heavy traffic loading. A laminated wood floor system is used and provision is made for an asphaltic wearing surface although a three inch wooden decking is used temporarily. This type of bridge is regarded as being very durable, and under conditions of the past year or two, very economical. The structure complete will cost approximately $26,500.00. Mr. A. S. Kennedy was resident engineer for this bridge as well as the one two and one-half miles south of Dillard. The construction is being handled by the Portland Bridge Company. [Illustration: VAN TYNE CREEK VIADUCT NORTH OF MYRTLE CREEK IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. BUILT IN 1918] Bridge Two and One-half Miles South of Dillard This bridge is similar to the one described above, except that there are two 144-foot spans instead of three. The cost of construction will be approximately $19,000.00. It is being built under a contract with the Portland Bridge Company. Van Tyne Creek Bridge This is a 60-foot reinforced concrete viaduct on the Pacific Highway near Dole, north of Myrtle Creek. It was constructed by the Grants Pass Construction Company, under their grading contract for the section between Myrtle Creek and Dillard. The total cost of the structure was $3,575.70. Half Viaducts North of Myrtle Creek These structures, two in number, were constructed within a few hundred feet of each other on the Pacific Highway between Myrtle Creek and Dillard and span crevices in the face of a rock bluff. They are of reinforced concrete construction of the through girder type and of spans of 45 feet and 58 feet respectively. The 45 foot structure cost complete $2,415.28, and the 58 foot structure cost $2,648.54. Both were built by the Grants Pass Construction Company under their contract for grading between Myrtle Creek and Dillard. Myrtle Creek Bridge The bridge over the Umpqua River at Myrtle Creek being inadequate for modern traffic a survey has been made for a new structure. As contemplated, the new bridge will eliminate a grade crossing that now exists at one end of the present bridge. Canyonville-Galesville Forest Road Project