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I-5 Widening Project: Kuebler Boulevard to Delaney Road

Construction Phase

Region 2: Willamette Valley and Northwest Oregon (Salem, Marion)

We're widening a portion of southbound I-5.

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Impacts

Traffic Impact

Expect full nightly I-5 closures on June 22, 23 and 24. Both directions of I-5 traffic are shifted – use caution as you drive through the work zone.

Construction Impacts

Nightly I-5 closures June 22, 23 and 24 – we're removing the Old Battle Creek Road Bridge and will need to fully close the northbound and southbound lanes of I-5 to do this work safely.

On June 21, we'll have short overnight lane closures on northbound and southbound I-5 to prepare for the upcoming full closures.
On June 22, 23 and 24, we'll close northbound and southbound I-5 nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., between Exit 252 and Exit 248.
Traffic can detour around the closures.

Southbound: Take Exit 252 → Kuebler Boulevard → Commercial Street SE → I-5 on-ramp.
Northbound: Take the Commercial Street exit → Kuebler Boulevard → back to northbound I-5.

If you're driving through the area, you can expect:

A 55 mph speed limit in the I-5 work zone.
Crews working during the day or night.
Lane, shoulder and ramp closures as needed.
Both directions of I-5 traffic to stay shifted into 2026:

Southbound I-5 traffic to be shifted onto the former northbound lanes.
Northbound I-5 traffic to use Exit 249 and the former I-5 on-ramp as the new northbound lanes.
A single-lane connection from South Commercial Street to southbound I-5.
A concrete barrier between northbound I-5 traffic and vehicles coming from Delaney Road. Traffic coming from Delaney Road will not be able to access the Commercial Street ramp.

Trucks coming in and out of the site.
Debris, dust, construction noise and potential delays.

Construction Activities

We're preparing to take down the old Battle Creek Bridge late June.

Pedestrians, including those with disabilities, will have access through or around work zones.

Pay attention in the work zone, slow down and move over – imagine this is where you work!

Always drive safely, watch for construction signs and workers.

Remember: fines double in all Oregon work zones, whether workers and signs are present or not.

Details

About

We're working on Phase 1 of a larger project to widen I-5 to have three lanes in both directions from Kuebler Boulevard to Delaney Road.

As part of Phase 1, we're widening a portion of southbound I-5 between Kuebler Boulevard and the Delaney Road interchange in South Salem. This will help address the southbound bottleneck and traffic congestion on I-5 when large trucks climb the hill between milepost 249.5 and 248.9 south of Salem. Phase 2 will widen the northbound I-5 lanes, but we do not have funding for construction at this time.

The project was part of an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) that was done in the mid-1980's for the entire I-5 corridor through Salem from the Hayesville Interchange to Battle Creek Road. The EIS was approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and ODOT in 1988.

This phase will do the following:

Obtain Right of Way for the entire project corridor (both southbound and northbound).
Replace a bridge over the Commercial Street northbound off-ramp.
Rebuild and realign the southbound Delaney Road off-ramp.
Replace and realign the Battle Creek Road Bridge over I-5.
Build a new roundabout at the Battle Creek Road SE and Wiltsey Street SE intersection.
Pave the existing section southbound and northbound.
Widen I-5 southbound from Kuebler Road to Delaney Road to three lanes.
Build two sound walls on the west side, one near the terrace lake park community and another along the southbound Commercial Street on-ramp.

Schedule

Design: 2019-2023
Construction: started in 2024 and is estimated to be completed in 2027.

Location

I-5 | Kuebler Boulevard, Exit 252 to just south of Delaney Road, Exit 248

Cost and Funding

Phase 1 estimated cost: $55,499,344

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Project Contacts

Resident Engineer – Consultant Projects: Derek Moore
Email: derek.moore@odot.oregon.gov
Phone: 971-273-3055

Public Information Officer: Mindy McCartt
Email: mindy.m.mccartt@odot.oregon.gov
Phone: 503-507-6045

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Last Updated

6/18/2026 8:34 AM

Project Number

19929