hobnail-tom-trail-bridges-morrison-maierle

Hobnail Tom Trail Bridges Located in the picturesque Lolo National Forest, the Hobnail Tom Trail Bridges provide access to the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wilderness areas. This trail connects to the trail system that serves the entire Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex (BMWC). It is heavily used for administrative purposes and for recreation by outfitters, guides, hunters, and backpackers. There are many substantial trail bridges in the BMWC. The Hobnail Tom Trail, approximately 27 miles in length, crosses the North Fork of the Blackfoot River with two bridges—Smokes Bridge and the North Fork Bridge. Morrison-Maierle completed bridge inspections on each structure in September 2013. Both bridgesRead More →

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west-laurel-interchange-morrison-maierle

West Laurel Interchange A 2005 summary report from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) reported a crash cluster on I-90 near the West Laurel Interchange. In five years time, there were 27 vehicle accidents in the westbound lanes and 48 in the eastbound lanes. By far the most crashes occurred in icy conditions as traffic attempted to negotiate the tight curves on the bridges over the Montana Rail Link (MRL) tracks. In 2014, MDT made a commitment to “Vision Zero”—a multi-pronged initiative with the goal of eliminating deaths and injuries on Montana highways. This program focuses on four areas: education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency medicalRead More →

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Jim Scoles

Jim Scoles receives new promotion at Morrison-Maierle Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Scoles as its new Transportation Market Group Leader. In his new role, Jim will be responsible for all transportation projects that includes design of interstates, roads, bridges, and all other modes of transportation infrastructure. As Morrison-Maierle’s leader of the bridge discipline in the Transportation Market Group, Jim has been with the company since 2001. He and his team recently received the 2019 Montana American Council of Engineering Company’s Engineering Excellence Award for their Cabinet Gorge Bridge project in northwestern Montana. Some of Morrison-Maierle’s other Transportation Market Group projects includeRead More →

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