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| Franklin to I-5 ramp reopening early |
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| 01/15/2010 |
January 15, 2010 For more information: Rick Little (541) 726-2442
01-015-R2 email at: mailto:richard.little@odot.state.or.us
Franklin Boulevard on-ramp to Interstate 5 southbound re-opens
SPRINGFIELD— Contractors for the Oregon Department of Transportation are re-opening the Franklin Boulevard on-ramp to southbound Interstate 5 today, Friday, Jan. 15.
The ramp has been closed since Nov. 30 to allow for construction of supports for a sign bridge over I-5 as part of the Willamette River Bridge replacement project.
The contractor completed the work a week ahead of schedule allowing the ramp to be opened early.
For the latest information about the project please visit the project Web site at www.willamettebridge.org or follow the project on Twitter at OregonDOT. Visit www.Tripcheck.com for current traffic conditions.
The OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program is part of the Oregon Department of Transportation's 10-year, $3 billion Oregon Transportation Investment Act. OTIA funds are repairing or replacing hundreds of bridges, paving and maintaining city and county roads, improving and expanding interchanges, adding new capacity to Oregon's highway system, and removing freight bottlenecks statewide. Based on 2008 dollars, about 14 family-wage jobs are sustained for every $1 million spent on transportation construction in Oregon. Each year during the remainder of the OTIA program, we estimate that construction projects will sustain an average of 4,100 family-wage jobs.
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