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| 12/16/2005 |
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For More Information:
Julianne Repman, ODOT Public Information, 541-388-6224
Heidi Hiaasen, ODOT Public Information, 541-388-6178
Greensprings Drive to Reopen, South of Klamath Falls
The section of Greensprings Drive under US 97 will reopen to traffic on Thursday, Dec. 22. Crews will open the road by 5:00 p.m., weather permitting. Access on US 97 over Greensprings Drive will remain the same, with traffic restricted to one lane in each direction over the bridge.
Greensprings Drive has been closed since February of this year to protect both road users and construction workers while the US 97 bridge over Greensprings Drive is being replaced. The bridge is located at milepost 275.8 just south of the Klamath Falls city limits.
Construction of the new bridge will continue through February of next year, weather permitting, and then shut down for the winter. Work will resume in the spring when the temperature becomes warm enough to allow crews to complete final paving and striping of the roadway. The project is scheduled to be finished in June 2006.
This project is part of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s 10-year, $3 billion Oregon Transportation Investment Act (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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