Oregon Department of Transportation Newsletter

Oregon 126 and I-5 Bridge Projects

Lane and Douglas Counties — Spring 2010

ODOT supports
local economy
The Oregon Department of
Transportation understands the
importance of contributing to
the local economy. ODOT
encourages its contractors to
buy tools, supplies and other
project resources from local
businesses in the communities
affected by highway and bridge
work.

ODOT contractor Slayden

Construction Group has
purchased goods and materials
valued at almost $500,000 from
small businesses in Lane and
Douglas counties. The
economic impact is even
greater when you factor in non- Upcoming construction activities
project related purchases by
workers on items like food, Watch for these bridge repair and replacement projects on Oregon 126
lodging and gas.
and Interstate 5 this spring and summer.

ODOT also actively promotes

involving Disadvantaged,
Minority-Owned, Women-
Owned and Emerging Small
Businesses as sub-contractors.
On this project, Slayden
Construction Group has
engaged DMWESB firms to
provide concrete paving,
flagging, surveying and
engineering services, among
others.
More than 60 percent of the
contracted DMWESB firms for
this project are located within
100 miles of the affected
corridors. The value of their
contracts is almost $3 million.
Oregon 126: Knowles Creek to Oakhill
 Repairs will begin in June at the Wildcat Creek Bridge (Oregon 126,
milepost 27.7), five miles west of Walton. ODOT will repair cracks
and strengthen the bridge. Drivers should watch for alternating one-
way traffic controlled by flaggers in June and July.
 At the Siuslaw River Bridge (Oregon 126, milepost 26.5) and
Knowles Creek Bridge (Oregon 126, milepost 18.5), traffic will be
directed back onto the completed structures in July. During the
following months, detour bridges will be removed and the
construction crew will build final embankments. Crews will also pave
and stripe each of the bridges this fall. Watch for intermittent
flagging and lane closures.
Interstate 5: Elkhead Road to Bear Creek
 At Bear Creek Bridge in Curtin (I-5, exit 163), southbound travel
lanes will be shifted onto a detour in the freeway median to build a
new southbound bridge. ODOT will maintain two northbound and
two southbound travel lanes during construction.
You may have noticed construction activity near you
Interstate 5:
 The Curtis Creek Bridge southbound repair (milepost 156.5) was completed in February.
Construction of the northbound bridge was completed in May, and the southbound lanes have
returned to their normal two-lane configuration.
 At the Yoncalla-Elkhead Road Bridge (exit 154), northbound I-5 traffic shifted east in May onto the
reconstructed northbound bridge to allow for construction of the median.

Oregon 126:
 Traffic was shifted onto a detour bridge at the Oakhill Bridge where Oregon 126 and KR Neilson
Road intersect, west of Eugene. Crews began demolition of the original bridge in April. Flaggers are
on site as needed to ensure safe traffic flow and help with construction staging. ODOT anticipates
completion of the Oakhill Bridge replacement by May 2011.

c/o Lois D. Cohen Associates

2445 NW Westover Road, Suite 501
Portland, OR 97210

For updated information on

highway work and current travel
information throughout Oregon,
visit Tripcheck.com or call the toll-
free Oregon road report at 511.