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For More Information Contact:
Julianne Repman, ODOT Public Information, (541) 388-6224
Project Web site: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/OTIA/index.shtml
OTIA Web site: http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/
Expect U.S. 97 Delays at Madras Railroad Bridge in January
MADRAS, Ore.—Traffic on U.S. 26 at the temporary railroad bridge north of Madras will be reduced to one lane on Friday, Jan. 13, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. as crews complete the approaches to the new southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad overpass bridge. Flaggers will control alternating one-way traffic. Work is weather permitting.
Both directions of U.S. 97 traffic will switch to the southbound lanes of the new bridge after the new paving is striped. After the traffic switch, Oregon Department of Transportation contractor Wildish Standard Paving will remove the temporary bridge and start building the northbound lanes of the new bridge. Construction work is scheduled Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with occasional night and weekend work.
About the BNSF Madras bridge replacement
Crews are removing the old three-lane BNSF railroad overcrossing bridge on U.S. 26 just north of Madras and building a new four-lane span in stages. The bridge work is scheduled to be finished in March. This project is part of a $30.5 million ODOT contract awarded to Wildish Standard Paving to replace 11 bridges on U.S. 26, U.S. 97 and Oregon 224.
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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 program. OTIA funds 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. Visit OTIA online at http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/.
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