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and delineation improvements to this corridor are cost -prohibitive so the county has prioritized <br />the phases in order of mileposts. <br />This project is a priority for Kittitas County because it prevents most common type of accident <br />(run -off-road) and scored high on risk-based prioritization, and because recreation opportunities <br />are rapidly increasing along this roadway. It is a lower priority than other projects because we <br />are already addressing the first roadway segment in a project to be constructed in 2017. <br />6. Bridge Rail Improvements -Code 2 <br />a. Phase 1- County Maintenance Districts A -D <br />i. 6 bridges or structures <br />b. Phase 2- County Maintenance District E <br />i. 16 bridges or structures <br />c. Phase 3- County Maintenance District F <br />L 17 bridges or structures <br />d. Phase 4- County Maintenance District G <br />i. 21 bridges or structures <br />e. Phase 5- County Maintenance District H -I <br />i. 14 bridges or structures <br />f. Phase 6- County Maintenance District J -K <br />i. 14 bridges or structures <br />g. Phase 7- County Maintenance District <br />i. 12 bridges or structures <br />The second-highest risk bridges or structures were rated as Code 2. These bridges have railing <br />that does not meet modern standards for crashworthiness and do not have approach railing. <br />Many of these bridges have w -section metal beam rail and steel posts attached to the outer <br />edge of the bridge deck. This is a design that was crash tested and approved by FHWA in 1959 <br />and has since been discontinued due to a tendency of the concrete deck to fail at the post <br />connection upon impact, allow errant vehicles to continue off the deck. Bridges that lack <br />approach railing do not provide any protection to an errant vehicle that leaves the roadway just <br />before the bridges. There are 100 bridges that are coded 2 throughout Kittitas County. As with <br />12 <br />