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U.S. 97 Pilot Butte Canal Bridge Work - Traffic Switch
For more information contact Julianne Repman (541) 388-6224
Wildish Standard Paving Company anticipates shifting traffic to newly constructed detour lanes at the U.S. 97 Pilot Butte Canal Bridge Replacement Project during the week of December 20, weather permitting. This switch will take place between 7p.m. and 6a.m. Traffic will be shifted to the east side of the bridge as crews work to replace the west side of the structure. Flaggers will control motorist movements while this traffic transition is in progress.
Once traffic has been switched, construction is anticipated to take place Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with intermittent night and weekend construction activity possible. During night work, contractor crews may reduce traffic from four to two lanes. This bridge replacement project is expected to be completed in late spring 2005.
About the Pilot Butte Canal Bridge Replacement
The Pilot Butte Canal Bridge Replacement Project is located on U.S. 97 at milepoint 129.7, five miles north of Bend. Crews are working to replace the existing bridge over the Pilot Butte Canal with a new bridge/subsurface culvert. During the first phase of construction, traffic was shifted to the west side of the roadway as crews replaced the east side of the current bridge.
This project, which will increase traffic flow and safety, 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 funded by is funded by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act (OTIA) www.odot.state.or.us/otia/otia3index.htm. The Oregon Legislature created OTIA to repair and replace Oregon’s cracked and aging bridges. OTIA projects will enhance the safety, convenience and movement of traffic throughout the state of Oregon.
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