Drivers beware: 4-mile stretch of I-5 to close for bridge work this weekend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – If you were inconvenienced by the recent partial closures on Interstate 5, you’ll want to find a new route when a full-blown closure takes place next weekend.
Bridge work near Southwest 26th Avenue will close a four-mile stretch of I-5, just south of Downtown Portland, throughout the last weekend of June, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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This closure comes as road workers do the bulk of their demolishing and adding of new asphalt between Friday, June 28 at 9 p.m. and Monday, July 1 at 5 a.m.
Last weekend, partial closures of single lanes and shoulder lanes took place in the same area.
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ODOT said there may be even more nighttime I-5 closures to complete the work, though they would be planned for during the nighttime.
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