Road Maintenance & Operations

The Department's primary function is to maintain the County Road System and to respond to public emergencies.

The County Road System serves three main functions:

1. It provides access to large public and private timber tracts.
2. It provides for commerce and industry.
3. It links areas of population as a secondary system to the state highway system.

The majority of the staff and equipment is headquartered in Newport. There are two satellite facilities. One is at Eckman Creek in the Waldport area and the other is at the south end of Lincoln City (Cutler City).

Roads

The Lincoln County Road Department maintains approximately 333 miles of paved and graveled roads throughout the county.

Maintenance

Routine Road and Bridge Maintenance includes:

• Surface Maintenance - Rocking and grading of gravel roads; patching, chip sealing, sweeping, crack sealing and overlaying of paved roads.
• Traffic Services - Removal of road hazards (slides, trees, rocks, washouts), snow plowing and sanding.
• Drainage structures - Culvert and ditch maintenance and installation.
• Traffic control devices - Investigation, installation, repair and replacement of signs, pavement markings (striping centerline, fog lines, stop lines, crosswalks).
• Structure maintenance - Maintaining and replacing bridges, guardrails and retaining walls in the road system.
• Emergency response to road hazards and natural disasters.