West El Camino Avenue Bridge

Dokken Engineering provided full project development services to the City of Sacramento for this project to close (West) El Camino Avenue at the Steelhead Creek (NEMDC) bridge and replace it with an aesthetically pleasing six-span modern concrete bridge.

Profile: The project profile design was restrained by the existing levee elevations, surrounding residential access, creek hydraulics and the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks. Dokken Engineering balanced these constraints to provide a best fit profile with exceptions which received approval from the Union Pacific, City, Caltrans and Sacramento Area Flood Control District.

At Grade Crossing: Dokken worked with the Public Utilities Commission and Union Pacific Railroad to come up with a compromise solution for maintaining the existing at-grade crossing. The solution includes raised medians, replacement of crossing panels and improved entrance and exit profiles to the track crossing. Dokken Engineering received approval from the PUC and concurrence from the Union Pacific via an expedited approval process.

Dokken Engineering worked with the City to derive 4 staging alternatives. The best 2 alternatives were presented to the neighborhood community. The community selected the project staging alternative, which included closing the roadway for 8 months and constructing a temporary pedestrian bridge over the creek for use during construction.