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| Highway 6 bridge work to begin |
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| 09/16/2010 |
For more information: Lou Torres503-986-2880
email at: louis.c.torres@odot.state.or.us
Bridge work begins on Oregon 6 in Tillamook County
TILLAMOOK – Contractors for the Oregon Department of Transportation are beginning repair work this week on the Devils Lake Fork Bridge on Oregon 6 at milepost 32 in eastern Tillamook County.
Traffic on Oregon 6 in this area will be reduced to one lane during daytime hours weekdays beginning in mid-September. Crews plan to reduce traffic to one lane around the clock beginning Sept. 27. Flaggers will control alternating one-way traffic. This configuration will last until next spring.
Trails under the bridge will remain open during this work and signs will alert trail users to the nearby construction activity.
ODOT must repair this aging bridge to ensure continued safety and keep traffic moving smoothly and efficiently along the Oregon 6 corridor between Tillamook and the Portland metro area. Crews will strengthen the supports for the bridge and install new railings to ensure the bridge meets current safety standards and can accommodate forecasted traffic increases.
The project is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act. ODOT awarded this $ 1.8 million bridge repair contract to Mowat Construction Company. Completion is expected April of 2011.
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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 recent estimates, about 14 family-wage jobs are sustained for every $1 million spent on transportation construction in Oregon. Through 2009, the bridge program has sustained more than 16,000 jobs. Overall, the 10-year program will sustain an annual average of approximately 2,300 job
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