Boy Scout Camp Tahquitz

Boy Scout Camp Tahquitz - Highway 38
Angelus Oaks, California
Pedestrian Crossing
Owner:
Long Beach Area Council Boy
Scouts of America
Engineer:
Prime Source Consulting, Moffatt
& Nichol
Contractor:
Powell Constructors
Technical Description:
• Width: 8 ft
• Span: 100 ft
• Style: Connector
• Finish: Weathered Steel
• Decking: Douglas Fir
Installation:
October 2014
Owned by the Long Beach Area Council Boy Scouts of America and
located in the San Bernardino Mountains, the 640-acre Camp Tahquitz
annually serves approximately 16,000 Scouts from the Southern California
area. Since opening in 1959, the camp has specialized in providing Scouts
with the "finest possible camping experience" in a setting with both rolling
green meadows and thick forests of cedars, oaks, and pines (including
some of the world’s tallest Ponderosa Pine trees). Located at 6,500 feet
elevation, the camp offers many spectacular views of the mountains above
and the valley below as well as an abundant variety of birds, mammals and
other wildlife. At the camp, Scouts are able to partake in a wide variety of
outdoor activities, such as archery, rifle shooting, canoeing, climbing, nature
studies and horseback riding.
Since Highway 38 bisects the camp, Scouts were required to cross the dangerously busy highway in order to
participate in activities located throughout the camp. After four years of planning and fundraising, the camp raised
$350,000 in order to build a safe pedestrian crossing. As a solution, a 100' x 8' Connector®-style, Continental®
truss bridge with Douglas Fir decking was installed in just one day providing the Scouts with safe passage over the
busy highway below. Exhibiting an extremely generous spirit, two firms, Prime Source Consulting and Moffatt &
Nichol donated design time while the contractor, Powell Constructors, donated its time and labor during installation
of the bridge.
"Caltrans is excited to make our roadways safer," stated Terri Kalinga, Public Affairs Chief with Caltrans District 8.
"In this case for pedestrians and equestrians."
Scouts cross the highway approximately 15-20,000 times annually making the installation of a safe crossing
imperative. The installation of the bridge also allowed for the removal of a crosswalk across Highway 38.
"We have this bridge so that our kids are not going to be in danger while crossing the highway; it's a good day on
our mountain," concluded Andy Hale, Scout Master with Camp Tahquitz.
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