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For More Information Contact:
Julianne Repman Public Information Representative, (541) 388-6224
Project Web site: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/OTIA/index.shtml
OTIA Web site: http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/
US 26: Expect delays in January at Madras railroad bridge
Traffic on US 26 will be reduced to one lane at the temporary railroad bridge north of Madras during the week of Jan. 8, while crews pave the approaches to the new southbound BNSF Railway overpass bridge. Flaggers will control alternating one-way traffic from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
Both directions of US 26 traffic will switch to the southbound lanes of the new bridge after the highway is striped. After the traffic switch, Oregon Department of Transportation contractor Wildish Standard Paving will remove the temporary bridge and start building the northbound lanes of the new bridge. Construction work is scheduled 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, with occasional night and weekend work.
The paving work for this bridge will take place at the same time as paving at another bridge construction site in Terrebonne. The Terrebonne paving is not expected to cause traffic delays. All paving work is dependant upon weather.
About the BNSF Madras bridge replacement
Crews are removing the old three-lane BNSF Railway overcrossing bridge on US 26 just north of Madras and building a new four-lane span in stages. The bridge work is scheduled to be finished in Spring 2006. This project is part of a $30.5 million ODOT contract awarded to Wildish Standard Paving to replace 11 bridges on U.S. 26, U.S. 97 and Oregon 224.
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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. OTIA funds 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. Visit OTIA online at http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/.
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