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U.S. 97: Crescent Connection Bridge
Traffic Switch – REVISED DATE
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 temporary detour lanes adjacent to the Crescent Connection Bridge Replacement project, located one-half mile north of Gilchrist on U.S. 97, milepost 183 on April 25 between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., weather permitting.
Once traffic has been shifted, contractors 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). 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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