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U.S. 97: Crescent Connection Bridge – Traffic Switch
Motorists to shift to detour lanes on April 8 to facilitate bridgework
For more information contact:
Judith Partee, Project Engineer, Wildish Standard Paving: (866) 305-5898
Julianne Repman, Public Information, ODOT: (541) 388-6224
Wildish Standard Paving Company will switch traffic to newly constructed detour lanes at milepost 183 on U.S. 97 April 8 as crews work to replace the Crescent Connection Bridge located one-half mile north of Gilchrist. This switch will take place on April 8 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., weather permitting.
Once traffic has been shifted, contractor will begin work to replace the existing bridge with a new, wider structure. Crews anticipate working Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with intermittent night and weekend work possible. Motorists can expect delays of less than 5 minutes when traveling through this work zone. Wildish anticipates opening the new bridge to motorists in July 2005.
Crescent Connection Overcrossing Bridge Replacement
The $855,000 Crescent Connection Bridge Replacement project is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act (OTIA) http://www.odot.state.or.us/otia/otia3index.htm. The OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program is part of the Oregon Department of Transportation´s 10-year, $3 billion OTIA program. 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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