Farmington Bay WMA Bridge Repair
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Project ID: 6766
Status: Completed
Fiscal Year: 2024
Submitted By:
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Project Manager: Brian Teel
PM Agency: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
PM Office: Salt Lake Office
Lead: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
WRI Region: Northern
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Description:
Equipment bridge at Farmington Bay WMA has sunk 8" on the south side. This project will raise and reinforce the foundation against sinking and erosion from the canal.
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Location:
The project location is at Farmington Bay
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Project Need
Need For Project:
Farmington Bay WMA bridge foundation has settled around 8 inches due to water erosion, and the deck is not wide enough for the track hoe to travel across without using mats, both of which create a safety risk to life and property.
Objectives:
Lift the bridge foundation, reinforce with helical piers, riprap, and increase width of the deck. These repairs will return the bridge to original elevation, reinforce against future sinking, prevent water erosion from undercutting the foundation and the extended width of the deck to allow for safe travel across with a trackhoe for WMA maintenance.
Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?):
There are threats and risks associated with those bridges every time someone uses one to cross a channel on the current bridges.
The project is completely engineered and bid, ready for award with construction to be completed before hunting season in 2025.
Relation To Management Plan:
The relation to the Farmington Bay WMA habitat management plan is to maintain infrastructure.
Fire / Fuels:
N/A
Water Quality/Quantity:
The water quality may improve because there will be anymore erosion occurring at Farmington Bay around the bridge.
Compliance:
All archeological compliances will be followed as needed. DFCM is also involved, therefore the project will follow applicable codes and their rules.
Methods:
Farmington Bay will install helical piers to lift and stabilize the foundation, fill under the foundation and riprap to prevent further decay. Finally the deck can be modified by removing concrete curbs and installing steel curbs on the edges to add approximately 16" of additional width to the bridge for the heavy equipment and track hoe traffic.
Monitoring:
The bridges will be walked and safety will be noted into the future. Close attention will be paid to the bridge abutment conditions as well.
Partners:
N/A
Future Management:
Future management will consist of managing Farmington Bay WMA for wildlife, but with the safety of our users in mind.
Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources:
By installing and repairing this bridges, safety measures are being taken for our users. Also, future erosion is being prevented and water quality will improve.
| Budget | WRI/DWR | Other | Budget Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $50,000.00 | $0.00 | $50,000.00 | $228,334.32 | $278,334.32 |
| Item | Description | WRI | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Contractual Services | Construction/repair of equipment bridge at Farmington WMA | $0.00 | $0.00 | $215,000.00 | 2025 |
| Contractual Services | Construction/repair of equipment bridge at Farmington WMA | $50,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 |
| Contractual Services | Construction/repair of equipment bridge at Farmington WMA | $0.00 | $0.00 | $13,334.32 | 2026 |
| Funding | WRI/DWR | Other | Funding Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $115,000.00 | $0.00 | $115,000.00 | $228,334.32 | $343,334.32 |
| Source | Phase | Description | Amount | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Federal Aid (PR) | Federal Bridge Grant Funds | $0.00 | $0.00 | $215,000.00 | 2025 | |
| SFW Admin Expo Fund ($3.50) | S114 | $40,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 | |
| MDF Admin Expo Fund ($3.50) | S113 | $25,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 | |
| SFW Expo Permit ($1.50) | S054 | $50,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2026 | |
| Federal Aid (PR) | Federal Bridge Grant Funds | $0.00 | $0.00 | $13,334.32 | 2026 |
Species
| Species | "N" Rank | HIG/F Rank |
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Habitats
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| Riverine | ||||
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| Riverine | ||||
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Project Comments
| Comment | 09/01/2026 | Type: 2 | Commenter: Melissa Landeen |
| Completion reports were due August 31st. Please fill out the Completion Form, enter expenses that are highlighted in rust on the Finance page, update final map features, and upload during and after photos ASAP. If you have any questions about this don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks. | |||
| Comment | 09/28/2026 | Type: 2 | Commenter: Melissa Landeen |
| Thank you for submitting your completion report with photos. I have moved this project to Completed. | |||
Completion
Start Date:
09/15/2025
End Date:
03/30/2026
FY Implemented:
2026
Final Methods:
Bridge repairs at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area have been completed. Work included lifting sunken equipment bridge abutments to their original grade, installing helical piers to provide permanent structural support, placing riprap to protect the bridge foundation from erosion, constructing wingwalls, and removed concrete guard rails and replaced with steel to increase the usable width of the bridge deck.
Project Narrative:
The bridge foundations had settled approximately 8 inches into the soft wetland soils, and the narrow bridge deck created stability concerns for the heavy equipment required to perform maintenance. No changes were made to the originally proposed repair methods.
The primary lesson learned involved construction timing. Scheduling the work to avoid peak-use seasons resulted in construction occurring during extremely high water conditions, requiring the addition of sheet piling and extensive dewatering, which increased both the project cost and the timeline to completion.
Future Management:
No further work is currently planned for this structure.
Map Features
| ID | Feature Category | Action | Treatement/Type |
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| 2928 | Other point feature | ||
| 2929 | Other point feature |
Project Map
