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(Last updated September 18th, 2006)
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West Side Big Pipe Project |
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The work is part of Portland’s West Side Big Pipe Project to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Willamette River. Work crews are drilling holes and injecting concrete below the Steel Bridge foundations. The hardened soil and concrete stabilizes the ground under the bridge foundations during construction of the West Side Big Pipe.
Clay Street Shaft: Sewer construction periodically closes one lane of traffic on SW Naito Parkway near Market Street, and one lane on SW Harbor Drive. The lanes are adjacent to the Clay Street tunnel shaft, one of four west shafts under construction as part of the West Side Big Pipe project. There will be intermittent lane closures near the site on both Harbor Drive and Naito Parkway until construction is complete in 2006. The closure allows equipment and trucks to move in and out of the construction site. The West Side Big Pipe will be a four mile-long tunnel that will run from Clay Street to Swan Island.
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Powell Butte Trail System |
| Powell Butte Trail System is open for horses and bicycles at this time. Please use discretion when on Powell Butte, avoid areas that are wet and show signs of trail erosion, and that horse and bicycle users avoid the butte during times of rain and the period immediately following.
For more information on Powell Butte Nature Park, visit:http://www.parks.city/parks/NaturalAreas/PowellButte.htm |
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NE 33rd Ave & NE 33rd Drive Bridge Replacement Project |
| West Half NE 33rd Drive bridge over Columbia Slough. Construction start March 1, 2006 and construction stop September 30, 2006. Project extent is immediate bridge area. Existing two-way traffic on 33rd Drive is moved to the new east half bridge, and traffic control impact area is approximately 1000 feet north and south of bridge.
NE 33rd Ave bridge over Lombard and UPRR. Construction start March 1, 2006 and construction stop September 30, 2006. Project extent is from north side of Dekum St intersection to Columbia Blvd. Bridge will be CLOSED FOR 200 DAYS starting sometime in early March 2006. |
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NE 33RD AVE BRIDGE OVER NE LOMBARD ST |
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BRIDGE CLOSURE BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17th, 2006 LASTING THROUGH OCTOBER 2006
Beginning at 5:00pm on Friday, March 17, 2006 the City of Portland’s contractor will close the NE 33rd Ave overpass of NE Lombard St for replacement of the main span. The closure will last through the end of October 2006.
Traffic headed northbound on NE 33rd Ave to Columbia Blvd will be detoured to Lombard eastbound, where a connection to Columbia Blvd and points north can be made via the NE 42nd Ave overpass.
Southbound traffic on NE 33rd Drive will still be able to access Columbia Blvd, but will need to travel to either NE Lombard Place at NE 11th Ave or NE 47th Ave to connect to NE Lombard St.
The existing roadway connecting NE Lombard St via NE 32nd Ave to Dekum St as well as the roadway connecting NE 33rd Ave to Lombard St will remain open during construction.
For information on the bridge project please contact the project manager, Paul Gornick at 503-823-7060.
TriMet lines 10 and 75 will be rerouted for the duration of this closure, and a shuttle service to NE 33rd Drive & Sunderland will be added. See attached notice from TriMet for details of route detours and the shuttle service. For TriMet information, please contact Bruce Solberg at 503-962-5854. |
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Steel Bridge Shaft |
| Located at the east end of the Steel Bridge. The tunnel shaft location only directly impacts traffic when moving in heavy equipment and doing concrete pours - which are coordinated with traffic and the Rose Garden activities. The work at the Steel Bridge Shaft begins in Sept 2006 and will be completed in Dec. 2011. Within that time there will be months of inactivity. |
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Outfall 41 - Diversion Structure |
| Located on the "peanut" island between the tunnel shaft location and the Rose Garden. One traffic lane will be removed on NE Multnomah between NE Interstate Ave and the pedestrian crossing on the island. The work begins Sept 2006 and is completed Deb 2008. There will be some minor work during 2011 at this site.
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Tanner Creek Sewer Project - Sunset Highway Phase |
| PGE Park Exit Ramp and Tunnel
The PGE Park - Canyon Road exit ramp and tunnel will be closed all hours and all days starting early Tuesday April 18. The closure will last for up to 75 continuous days as crews install the new Tanner Creek sewer pipe through the tunnel and on short sections of the ramp above and below the tunnel. The first work will start April 19 as crews remove and replace a waterline in the tunnel. To limit the duration of the tunnel closure, this work will be done 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Traffic will be directed to the SW Market Street exit from the Sunset Highway, and on Market to SW 12th Avenue to SW Jefferson Street.
Jefferson Court area (off-road below PGE Park exit tunnel):
Continue reconstruction of existing sewer laterals Begin installation of new Tanner Creek sewer pipe and manholes Work will continue in this area for several more weeks. Work hours will be Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Canyon work area (off-road and above PGE Park exit tunnel) Begin Tanner Creek sewer pipe installation in this area. Work here will continue for several months. Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Other Work Areas Major work is not expected to start until June on the Sunset Highway shoulder below the eastbound zoo on-ramp. Motorists may see preliminary work in the Meadows work area that is off-road to the right of the westbound Sunset lanes.
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Interstate 205 (Ramp meter installation): |
| A contractor is working on a project to install ramp meters, new illumination and drainage at the northbound Oregon City/Highway 213 on-ramp and the southbound Glisan Street on-ramp.
This week, shoulder closures will continue on the Glisan Street on-ramp to I-205 southbound for clean up work. At the Oregon City/Highway 213 on-ramp to northbound I-205, daytime shoulder closures will be in place to allow workers to complete electrical work. The ramp shoulder closures are scheduled for Monday, August 21 through Friday, August 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The ramps will remain open.
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FIRE CLOSES HIGHWAY 35 |
| A forest fire has closed a section of Highway 35 between White River, milepost 61.71, and Baseline Road, milepost 80.08. Motorists should use Interstate 84, U.S. 26 or U.S. 197 as alternate routes. Oversize commercials trucks should use U.S. 97.
There is currently no estimate as to when the highway will reopen. |
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Highway 99E (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Grand Avenue) viaduct replacement: |
| Intermittent lane closures are planned on Division Place and Ivon Street at the Grand Avenue ramp to southbound Highway 99E for pipe and manhole work. Intermittent lane closures will be in place Monday, August 21 through Friday, August 25 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The contractor will continue working along the shoulder of southbound Highway 99E near the Ross Island Bridge this week. Crews are performing earth work and installing drainage for the new on-ramp to southbound Highway 99E. The work will not affect traffic. |
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Burnside Bridge closure August 9 - 13 |
| The Burnside Bridge will be closed to road and sidewalk traffic from 8:00 pm on Wednesday, August 9 until as late as 5:00 am on Sunday, August 13 to allow a contractor to complete repairs that require the lift span to be in the open position. Flaggers and posted signs will direct bridge users to other routes when the bridge is closed. During the closure TriMet bus routes 12, 19 and 20 will use the Morrison Bridge. The bridge will remain closed Sunday morning, August 13 for Bridge Pedal.
The bridge closure will allow the contractor to reinstall two pairs of original parts from the east leaf of the lift span that were removed in July for repairs. The two pairs of live load shoes help support the bridge deck in the down position and transfer its weight to the bridge piers. Installing the parts may require the use of a barge-mounted crane, which could partially block the river navigation channel on Thursday, August 10. The bridge will need to be in the open position during most of the closure.
A second bridge closure is scheduled for August 18 – 23 to place concrete for the second and final section of the west leaf of the lift span.
The bridge is in the midst of a two-year repair project which will replace the lift span deck and repair or replace parts that open the 80-year old bridge. The project is on schedule to be completed at the end of 2007.
Multnomah County maintains the Burnside Bridge, five other Willamette River bridges, and more than 300 miles of roads. |
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Hawthorne Bridge to close |
| The Hawthorne Bridge will be closed to motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm this Sunday, August 27 for annual maintenance activities. During the closure crews will grease the counterweight cables and make adjustments to other cables that help to raise and lower the bridge.
Alternate river crossings include the Burnside, Morrison, Marquam and Ross Island bridges. TriMet bus routes that normally cross the Hawthorne Bridge will be detoured across the Morrison Bridge. The closure will not impact river traffic.
The Hawthorne Bridge is the oldest operating vertical lift bridge in the nation. Multnomah County maintains the Hawthorne Bridge and more than 300 miles of roads and bridges. |
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WORK ON FREMONT BRIDGE |
| A contractor working for the Oregon Department of Transportation will close lanes in both directions of Interstate 5 this weekend to inspect and paint a section of the Fremont Bridge. The section of bridge that crews will work on is directly over both directions of I-5 between the I-405/Fremont Bridge off-ramps.
Friday, August 25 the right lane of northbound I-5 will close at
11 p.m. The lane will reopen by 7 a.m. Saturday, August 26
Saturday, August 26 both southbound lanes of I-5 will close at
8 p.m. All southbound traffic on I-5 will be routed over the Fremont Bridge on I-405 south. Motorists headed for eastbound I-84 or the Rose Quarter will follow I-405 south to I-5 north. Both southbound lanes of I-5 will reopen by 10 a.m. Sunday, August 27
Sunday, August 27 the left lane of northbound I-5 will close at
10 p.m. The lane will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, August 28
This work is weather dependent. |
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Broadway Bridge Closed Sunday Morning |
| The Broadway Bridge will be closed Sunday, September 17 from 7:00 am until noon during the Race for the Cure and a structural inspection. The closure will impact all traffic lanes and both sidewalks, since the bridge will be in the open position during the inspection. River traffic will not be impacted.
The annual inspection is required to evaluate the performance of the solid lift span deck made of fiber reinforced polymer that was installed in 2004. The deck material is considered experimental. The inspection has been scheduled on a morning when the bridge will be closed for the Race for the Cure, which uses the ramps at the west end of the bridge.
During the closure, TriMet’s 9 Broadway bus route will be rerouted across the Steel Bridge, via the Rose Quarter Transit Center. Alternate river crossings for traffic include the Steel and Fremont bridges.
Multnomah County maintains the Broadway Bridge, five other Willamette River bridges and more than 300 miles of roads. |
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Burnside Bridge Weekend Closure |
| The Burnside Bridge will be closed to road traffic from 8:00 pm on Friday, September 22 until as late as 5:00 am on Monday, September 25 to allow a contractor to complete work that requires the lift span to be in the open position. Bridge sidewalks and paths will remain open to pedestrians and bicyclists Friday night. Flaggers and posted signs will direct bridge users to other routes when the bridge is closed. During the closure TriMet bus routes 12, 19 and 20 will use the Morrison Bridge. The work will not impact river traffic.
The closure will allow the contractor to complete test openings of the west leaf of the lift span, which has been rebuilt this year. When the west leaf is back in service, the contractor will begin rebuilding the east leaf of the lift span.
The bridge is in the midst of a two-year $9 million repair project which will replace the lift span deck and repair or replace parts that open the 80-year old bridge. The project is on schedule to be completed at the end of 2007.
Multnomah County maintains the Burnside Bridge, five other Willamette River bridges, and more than 300 miles of roads. |
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