OR 140/Kirtland Road improvements begin July 23
 Oregon 140/Kirtland Road at Whetstone Creek Bridge, west of White City
Paving, bridge project includes four full weekend closures between Antelope and High Banks Roads
July 15, 2021
Central Point – Drivers will need to watch for weekend detours and night paving on Kirtland Road, also known as Oregon 140, between White City and Central Point, beginning Friday night, July 23.
Contractor Knife River Materials of Central Point will begin the first of four full weekend closures to all traffic between Antelope and High Banks Road, rehabilitating the Whetstone Creek bridge. Improvements include new safety bridge rail and deck sealing. The highway will be closed to all through traffic between Interstate 5 and Oregon 62 each weekend at 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday. Detours will be signed.
Beginning on July 25, crews will be repaving the highway from the Bear Creek Bridge east to 5th Street in White City for several weeks, Sunday to Thursday nights. Nighttime drivers should be careful and expect delays and single-lane traffic and flaggers between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The $4.3 million construction project will include new pavement, reflective striping, center line and off-shoulder safety rumble strips and signs. ###
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For more information, contact Gary Leaming, 541-621-3074
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