Near Manzanita in Tillamook County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Safety and Beauty
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 22, 2017
1. Safety and Beauty Marker
Captions: (left) The men who worked on the masonry took their lives in their hands. This 1940 photo shows them preparing the steep rick face.; (bottom center) The Chasm Bridge, half viaduct, and several hundred feet of concrete curbing and masonry stone wall were all completed by 1941. (bottom, second from the right) By 2005, the original wall was leaning outward in several places. Some sections had even fallen onto residential properties below.; (bottom right) The restoration project began with a careful disassembling of the existing wall. Workers put marks on each rock to make sure they went back where they belonged. They then reassembled the wall with improved structural support.
Inscription.
Safety and Beauty. . Three-quarters of a mile of roadwork added safety and beauty to the Coast Highway flanking Neahkahnie Mountain. Talented masons who had once worked for the Works Progress Administration blasted away tons of rock off the mountainside and built support walls and bridges. This engineering feat was the largest state highway rock work project in Oregon up to that time. , Weather and time took their toll, and in 2006 the National Scenic Byways Program awarded grants to ODOT to restore two sections of rock wall. The Transportation Enhancement Program later provided funds to restore a third section of the wall in 2014.
Three-quarters of a mile of roadwork added safety and beauty to the Coast Highway flanking Neahkahnie Mountain. Talented masons who had once worked for the Works Progress Administration blasted away tons of rock off the mountainside and built support walls and bridges. This engineering feat was the largest state highway rock work project in Oregon up to that time.
Weather and time took their toll, and in 2006 the National Scenic Byways Program awarded grants to ODOT to restore two sections of rock wall. The Transportation Enhancement Program later provided funds to restore a third section of the wall in 2014.
Location. 45° 44.611′ N, 123° 57.506′ W. Marker is near Manzanita, Oregon, in Tillamook County. Marker is on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) near Meadow Loop, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Manzanita OR 97130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 22, 2017
2. Safety and Beauty Marker
Rock work behind the marker
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 22, 2017
3. Neahkahnie Mountain Rock Work
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 22, 2017
4. Neahkahnie Mountain Rock Work on the left
Neahkahnie Beach in the background
Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 160 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 4, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.