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| Bridge work planned on OR 6 |
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| 03/12/2010 |
March 12, 2010 For more information: Lou Torres
03-50 Public Information Officer, (503) 986-2880
Repairs planned for Devils Lake Fork Bridge, but no work needed on Wilson River (Mills) Bridge
TILLAMOOK – The Oregon Department of Transportation will begin repair work in August on the Devils Lake Fork Bridge on Oregon 6 after a study confirmed that repairs are still needed. However, a similar test determined that the Wilson River (Mills) Bridge at milepost 5.78 does not need to be repaired, according to OTIA III program goals
Repair work will begin on the Devils Lake Fork Bridge in August 2010. The bridge is located on Oregon 6 in Tillamook County at milepost 32. Drivers along Oregon 6 should expect flagging and alternating one-way traffic from late September through January 2011.
“The Wilson River (Mills) Bridge turned out to be in much better condition than the initial engineering analysis indicated,” said Tim Dodson, ODOT project manager.
The testing that was conducted helped to confirm whether the bridges can carry traffic forecasted for the next 20 years.
“ODOT refined the analysis, so bond money can be spent appropriately and stretched to as many bridges as possible,” Dodson said.
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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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