Expect delays with closures of NB I-5 at the Marquam Bridge and WB I-84 ramp to NB I-5
July
24, 2018
Contacts
Don
Hamilton, 503-704-7452
Kimberly
Dinwiddie, 503-539-8454
PORTLAND
– Two critical freeway closures that start this week in Portland will mean
congestion and delays for motorists who don’t plan ahead.
The
closures are part of separate projects that will help maintain the life of the
regional transportation system.
Visit
BigFixPDX.com for summer highway closure information in the Portland area and
to help plan ways around the expected congestion.
Here
is a look at the closures.
Westbound I-84 ramp to northbound I-5
closes for 12 days
The
ramp will close from 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6.
Starting 5 a.m. Friday, July 27, only the left lane of I-84 westbound will
remain open at the I-5 interchange with all traffic exiting to southbound I-5.
This
second of three summer ramp closures could create the most congestion. During
the I-84 westbound to I-5 northbound closures, it could take up to three hours
to travel between I-205 and I-5 along I-84. Congestion is expected on local
roads as people bypass the interstate.
The
third summer ramp closure begins 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 when the westbound
I-84 ramp to southbound I-5 will close. The ramp will re-open by 5 a.m. Monday
Aug. 27.
Northbound I-5 closes
at I-84 for the next two weekends
Northbound
I-5 will be closed at I-84 Friday night through Monday morning over the next
two weekends as part of the I-5 paving project.
During
the closure, all northbound traffic over the Marquam Bridge will exit the
freeway at I-84. Through I-5 northbound traffic should take Interstate 405 over
the Fremont Bridge back to I-5.
The
closures will be in place from:
- 10
p.m. Friday, July 27 until 5 a.m. Monday, July 30.
- 10
p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 until 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6.
When
the northbound lanes are closed, traffic will be directed north onto Interstate
405 just before the Marquam Bridge and then will travel over the Fremont Bridge
to reconnect with I-5.
Four
on-ramps to northbound I-5 will be closed at the same time:
- The
westbound Morrison Bridge on-ramp.
- The
eastbound Morrison Bridge on-ramp.
- The
North Williams Avenue on-ramp, near North Broadway.
- The
Southwest 5th Avenue on-ramp to I-405.
This paving work is taking place concurrently with the closure of the westbound Interstate
84 ramp to northbound I-5, which will re-open at 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6. Doing
this work simultaneously limits the number of full ramp closures to I-84 that
travelers would experience otherwise.
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