The Ashland FRO, Ashland-Bayfield-Douglas-Iron County Land Conservation Department, Town of Ashland Road Crew and Ken & Dale Excavating, Inc. of Ashland cleared several trees and brush from the road sides before construction could begin. 

This replacement was rather challenging as the slope in the area was rather steep and a large ravine ran along the road on the downstream side of the culvert.  Next, the crew from K & D dug out the fill over the culvert, which was approximately 16’ deep over the downstream side of the culvert. 

When the fill removal was completed and the proper slope obtained in the new stream bed, a large 7’ x 80’ culvert was put in place.  The culvert was in two 40’ pieces so the crew spent some time aligning the pieces and banding the culvert together. 

Fill was placed along the pipe and tamped down to prevent movement, then more fill was placed and tamped down until approximately two feet of fill covered the culvert. 

The creek was then allowed to flow through the new culvert, and the head cut on the upstream side quickly placed 8 – 10” of new substrate in the culvert.  By the end of the first day, they had cut down close to two feet of debris that had been backed up by the improperly placed culvert and had traveled upstream approximately 75’.