paradisePWoffrd
Recovering Project Junkie
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2005
- Location
- Newton, NC
One of the other threads reminded me.
Trying to help a friend determine the best, most cost effective way to build the drive into his new property.
Given the ROW he was granted, he must cross a creek to get into where his homestead will be. It is at the flatest portion of the land, but there is still a decent size section to cross. No existing creek crossing/bridge on the property.
The creek is only about 6 ft wide and 6-8" deep mostly, but the channel that has been eroded out over time is ~6ft deep and ~25ft across from grade on each side.
During heavy storms the water will rise a few feet. During the big storm a few years ago it was out of the top of the channel and flooded 100ft in both directions.
This will mainly be a drive for personal verhicles, but they are going to be building a house, so any conrete or delivery trucks will need to cross this too.
A few ideas we have come up with:
- build a steel/concrete bridge over the creek. Likely the best option, but extremely costly and not likely to happen.
- place 2 - 6ft concrete culverts in creek. They would be side-by-side and backfilled around and over top. Most likely option atm, but some concern about strength of this solution and possibility of it washing out in the future.
- Grade the bank away on each side and build a heavy gravel road that crosses through the creek bottom. Could even do something like this:
This is the least likely, but cheapest option so far. Concern about large storms coming out of the creek since the channel walls would have an exit in them.
I have also thought about trying to use those large rectangle concrete barriers and stack them in such a way that the water can pass between them, but you could span the gap and backfill gravel over top?
Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations? Have access to a dozer, skid steer, excavators, etc to do grading and work if needed, just trying to figure out what will be best long term.
Trying to help a friend determine the best, most cost effective way to build the drive into his new property.
Given the ROW he was granted, he must cross a creek to get into where his homestead will be. It is at the flatest portion of the land, but there is still a decent size section to cross. No existing creek crossing/bridge on the property.
The creek is only about 6 ft wide and 6-8" deep mostly, but the channel that has been eroded out over time is ~6ft deep and ~25ft across from grade on each side.
During heavy storms the water will rise a few feet. During the big storm a few years ago it was out of the top of the channel and flooded 100ft in both directions.
This will mainly be a drive for personal verhicles, but they are going to be building a house, so any conrete or delivery trucks will need to cross this too.
A few ideas we have come up with:
- build a steel/concrete bridge over the creek. Likely the best option, but extremely costly and not likely to happen.
- place 2 - 6ft concrete culverts in creek. They would be side-by-side and backfilled around and over top. Most likely option atm, but some concern about strength of this solution and possibility of it washing out in the future.
- Grade the bank away on each side and build a heavy gravel road that crosses through the creek bottom. Could even do something like this:
This is the least likely, but cheapest option so far. Concern about large storms coming out of the creek since the channel walls would have an exit in them.
I have also thought about trying to use those large rectangle concrete barriers and stack them in such a way that the water can pass between them, but you could span the gap and backfill gravel over top?
Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations? Have access to a dozer, skid steer, excavators, etc to do grading and work if needed, just trying to figure out what will be best long term.
