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OTIA: California Avenue Bridge Work to Begin
For more information contact Julianne Repman (541) 388-6224
On Dec. 20, contractors working for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) began work to replace the U.S. 97 bridge over California Avenue and North 1st Street in Klamath Falls. Crews anticipate working between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pile driving work is expected to create intermittent noise in the area during daylight hours, Dec. 27 through Feb. 20.
Beginning Jan. 3, California Avenue will close to through traffic between North 1st Street and Conger Avenue to facilitate construction of the new bridge. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes around the area. Additionally, Klamath Basin Transit will reroute bus service around the work area and temporarily remove two bus stops on California Avenue between North 1st Street and Conger Avenue during the road closure.
During the first phase of construction, crews will construct a detour bridge adjacent to the current structure. Once complete, traffic will be shifted to the detour bridge as work to remove and replace the existing bridge takes place. Crews anticipate opening the new bridge to motorists in mid-April 2006.
The OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program 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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