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| 3/1/2005 |
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MADRAS: Monthly ‘Coffee with ODOT’
For more information contact Julianne Repman (541) 388-6224
The community is encouraged to join Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) team members for “Coffee with ODOT” on Wednesday, March 9 at Madras Coffee Station located at 118 SW 5th Street in Madras. This no-host coffee mixer will begin at 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Residents are encouraged to bring questions, comments, concerns and kudos regarding the U.S. 26 Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Madras Bridge Replacement Project and U.S. 97/U.S. 26 Willow Creek Bridge and projects.
About the Projects
The BNSF Madras Bridge Replacement Project will occur in two phases. During phase one, crews will close one of two northbound lanes on U.S. 26 at MP 116.6 to facilitate the removal of the eastern half of the bridge. At this time, crews will replace the existing eastern half of the structure and widen the northbound lanes of the highway by an additional 14 feet.
During the second phase of construction, traffic will shift to the newly constructed lanes while work takes place on the west side of the bridge. One southbound lane will close to facilitate this phase of replacement work. Wildish anticipates completing this bridge replacement by fall 2005.
The $1.8 million BNSF Madras Bridge Replacement project is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act (OTIA) http://www.odot.state.or.us/otia/otia3index.htm. The Oregon Legislature created OTIA to repair and replace Oregon’s cracked and aging bridges.
Hap Taylor and Sons construction crews broke ground on the U.S. 97/U.S. 26 Willow Creek Bridge/ Depot Road Project on February 14. This project is located near the north ‘Y’ in Madras between mile point (MP) 92 on U.S. 97 and MP 117 on U.S. 26.
The U.S. 97/U.S. 26 Willow Creek Bridge - Depot Road Project will reconfigure and signalize the intersection of U.S. 97 and U.S. 26 near the north city limits of Madras. This project provides for safety and enhancement improvements in the City of Madras on U.S. 26 / U.S. 97 from the existing Willow Creek Bridges (MP 92.12) to the intersection of N.E. Plum Street (MP 91.84) and pavement improvements on U.S. 26 between N.E. Plum Street and N.E. Depot Street (MP 116.80).
Additionally, crews will replace the northbound U.S. 97 (Fifth Street) Willow Creek Bridge structure and construct a retaining wall between the Fourth Street and Fifth Street bridges. A segmental block retaining wall will be constructed on Sixth Street to minimize right of way impacts.
These construction projects are expected to be completed in October.
The $6.1 Million U.S. 97/U.S. 26 Willow Creek Bridge/ Depot Road Project is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act (OTIA) <http://www.odot.state.or.us/otia/otia3index.htm> and the City of Madras. During the next decade, OTIA will repair or replace hundreds of bridges, pave and maintain city and county roads, improve and expand interchanges, add new capacity to Oregon's highway system, and remove freight bottlenecks statewide. About 18 family-wage jobs are sustained for every $1 million spent on transportation construction in Oregon. Each year during the OTIA program, construction projects will sustain about 5,000 family-wage jobs.
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