The ODOT bridge inspection team had to contend with thousands of double-crested cormorants, their nests, and their guano that covers areas of steel that needed to be inspected on the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
A wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture accompanied the inspectors to provide on-site advice and expertise as they worked around the cormorants.
In addition to the weather and the birds, inspectors had to comply with COVID-19 requirements.
Our bridge inspectors do love a challenge!
