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| I5/Saginaw southbound on-ramp to reopen |
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| 02/10/2010 |
February 10, 2010 For more information: Rick Little (541) 726-2442
02-033-R2 email at: mailto:richard.little@odot.state.or.us
I-5 southbound on-ramp at Saginaw Road to re-open Friday
COTTAGE GROVE—The Oregon Department of Transportation will re-open the southbound on-ramp from Saginaw Road to Interstate 5 north of Cottage Grove by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19.
The southbound ramp has been closed to allow the contractor to perform work on a new overpass bridge after the deck was poured, which required protecting workers and travelers.
“We appreciate everyone’s patience with the traffic interruptions that come on a complex project like this one,” said Steve Narkiewicz, ODOT’s project manager. “We know this is a welcome step in returning local freeway access back to normal after such a lengthy closure.”
The new Saginaw Road overpass will provide vertical clearance of 17 feet 6 inches on I-5. The old overpass had a vertical clearance of only 14 feet, 7 inches, which required taller loads on I‑5 to detour around the low bridge. At least twice a year, drivers of taller loads forgot to bypass the structure and hit the overpass.
Work at the Saginaw interchange is part of a larger project to replace three bridges between Creswell and Cottage Grove. ODOT awarded the $17 million bridge replacement contract to M.J. Hughes Construction Company of Gresham, Ore. The project is expected to be finished in late spring. It is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act.
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.
Slow down! Better roads ahead: Oregon remains open for business as ODOT modernizes the state’s critical transportation lifelines. Know before you go: dial 511 or visit TripCheck.com.
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