Why Is ODOT planning to extend this lane?

Currently, the high volume of traffic exiting to northbound I-205 backs up onto the eastbound I-84 travel lanes, especially during the afternoon rush hours. This causes merging hazards and results in cars being slowed or stopped in the travel lanes. 

Construction Impacts to the local area

To add the new auxiliary lane, ODOT will widen I-84 by 16 feet in this area.  Retaining walls will be built on ODOT right of way at the base of the hillside on the east side of I-84.  The purpose of the walls is to maintain the stability of the slope.  The face of these new walls will have the same look as existing ODOT walls in the area.  For a cross-section illustration of this project showing the wall location, click here.

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Daytime Work:  All lanes will be open during weekdays and weekends except for one weekend closure (see below).  Some drilling, retaining wall construction and signage work will occur during the day. 

Traffic impacts

Night and Weekend Work and I-84 Closures:  Due to the high volume of traffic and to minimize delays to the traveling public, much of the construction work will occur at night. This work will include retaining wall construction, grinding and paving and installing new overhead signs. 

The eastbound lanes of I-84 between the southbound I-205 exit and NE 102^nd Avenue exit will be closed at night for up to 15 nights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. to complete this work.  There will also be one weekend closure of eastbound I-84 when the new lane is paved.  This weekend closure will be coordinated with the planned closure of the eastbound lanes during ODOT’s I-84 paving project from I-5 to I-205, occurring this summer (described on the reverse). 

Detour Route

During the nighttime and weekend closures, motorists will be directed to the detour route from I-84 eastbound (exit 6) to I-205 south, to the Glisan Street exit traveling eastbound, to I-205 northbound and back onto I-84 eastbound. See detour map here and also below.

New Interstate Highway Signs

In keeping with new federal highway sign requirements of listing only cities and towns or streets as destinations, the signs in advance of the exits at exit 7 (Halsey St.) and exit 9 (NE 102^nd Ave.) will no longer list Gateway or Parkrose on the overhead signs, respectively.  At the exit itself, the overhead sign at exit 7 will say Halsey Street and at exit 9 it will say 102^nd Ave.  An additional sign for the Gateway District will be installed on the shoulders of I-84 in advance of the Halsey Street exits.

An Additional I-84 Project

This summer, ODOT will pave I-84 in both directions between I-5 and I-205.  This project will require two weekend closures of I-84, one in each direction, a partial westbound weekend closure for sign installation and striping and four nighttime full closures of one direction or the other.  Construction will be coordinated between the two projects.  More information about the paving project is available at www.i84paving.org

Project Cost

The construction cost for the auxiliary lane project is $6 million and is federally and state funded.

How can I get more information?

Contact: Susan Hanson, ODOT Community Affairs Coordinator, 503-731-3490 susan.c.hanson@odot.state.or.us

Project website:  www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/Pages/I84auxlane.aspx