Papich Construction Co. Inc. initiated operations on the California Department of Transportation's $16.8 million Sonora Junction Shoulders Project on May 14 in Mono County in eastern central California, a rural area adjacent to the Nevada border.
A key element of the project, taking place along U.S. 395, is the installation of two wildlife crossings beneath the highway this summer. The work along the two-lane scenic highway, with the Sierra Nevada in the background, is taking place along 3 mi. between Burcham Flat Road and State Route 108 North, 14 mi. north of Bridgeport.
Construction crews also are tasked with widening the shoulders of the highway to 8 ft., installing rail-element retaining walls and stabilizing cut slopes with anchored wire mesh.
