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Show -j i- Attm s. I s ,., r.r ;si,,: rf ,. rT77"l f r f ' " ' " LiJ-J ; l - IS The state park purchased this old flatbed railroad car and used it for a bridge over the (ioggm Drain diversion canal so that the park would have access to the Southern Causeway to Antelope - Southern causeway to Antelope Island recieves rudimentary repairs The UDOT recently performed basic repairs on the southern causeway to Antelope Island at minimal cost. j By JOHN W. CANNON ANTELOPE ISLAND - The southern causeway to Antelope Island recently received some crude repairs so that the structure could be used to transport a new solar-powered solar-powered generator to the island. The southern causeway runs from the south end of Antelope Island, and it should not be confused confus-ed with the Syracuse causeway which runs from the north end of Antelope Island to Syracuse. Both causeways were washed out and flooded by the Great Salt Lake in 1983. The southern causeway had at least one major breach, and the surface sur-face was made impassable from years of being pounded by the heavy salt waters. The state park was looking for an inexpensive way to get its rtew solar panel to the island, and the price of a helicopter was prohibitive. Since the southern causeway has reappeared as the Great Salt Lake has receded, the park felt that it might be cheaper to grade off the causeway. So the park decided to be creative and instead of building a $90,000 bridge over the Goggin Drain diversion diver-sion canal, they purchased an old flatbed railroad car and used that for the bridge. Garfield Railroad donated do-nated hauling and moving of the flatbed car, and the Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation donated some concrete girders on which to set it The Division of Parks and Recreation obtained property easements from five private lan- downers so that the park would have access to the southern causeway. Then the Utah Department of Transportation brought in a bulldozer to grade the surface of the causeway and make it passable to vehicles. Several dump trucks hauled haul-ed loads of earth out to the breach in the canal and the hole was filled in. The causeway is not open to the public but it will provide access to the island for the park rangers who work therea welcome relief since they have been driving boats to the island since the causeways were flooded in 1983. |