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| 5/13/2005 |
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BNSF Madras Bridge -Traffic Switch
Motorists shifted to detour lanes to facilitate bridge replacement
For more information contact:
Judith Partee, Project Engineer, Wildish Standard Paving, 866-305-5898
Julianne Repman, ODOT Public Information, 541-388-6224
Northbound traffic on US 97 near Madras will be reduced to one lane on Tuesday, May 17 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. as crews work to switch traffic to an adjacent, temporary bridge structure. Motorists are advised to expect delays of up to 15 minutes during this traffic switch.
Southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane and shifted to the new detour structure on Thursday, June 2, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., weather permitting. Motorists are advised to expect delays of up to 15 minutes during this traffic switch.
Following the traffic switch to the detour structure, crews will work to remove and replace the existing BNSF Bridge. Construction activities will take place in the area Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with intermittent night and weekend work possible. Motorists can expect delays of less than 15 minutes when traveling through this work zone.
About the BNSF Madras Bridge Replacement
The three-lane BNSF Madras Bridge is located on U.S. 26 at milepost 116.6, just north of Madras. Crews are removing the existing structure and building a new four-lane bridge. Work will occur in stages. Once the western half of the new structure is complete, traffic will be moved to the newly constructed lanes and the detour will be removed. Crews will then work to complete the eastern section of the bridge. Wildish anticipates completing this bridge replacement by fall 2005.
This project, is part of a $30.5 million contract awarded to Wildish Standard Paving to replace 11 bridges on U.S. 26, U.S. 97 and Oregon 224 and 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 Oregon Transportation Investment Act 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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