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Plan ahead! The eleven-day closure of one of two southbound highway lanes and the southbound Hall on-ramp starts tomorrow night, Friday, Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. Plan for delays on the highway and surrounding area.
In this email:
Work to reinforce the highway shoulder on southbound OR 217 in Beaverton between SW Hall Boulevard and SW Scholls Ferry Road starts tomorrow night.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Closures start at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 and are expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19.
- One of two lanes on southbound OR 217 between SW Hall Boulevard and SW Scholls Ferry Road.
- The on-ramp from SW Hall Boulevard to OR 217 southbound.
- During the SW Hall Boulevard on-ramp closure, traffic will follow a signed detour to SW Scholls Ferry Road and to the southbound on-ramp.
- The southbound OR 217 off-ramps to SW Hall Boulevard and SW Scholls Ferry Road will remain open.
- Work in the closure areas is planned during the day and night.
- Please watch for flaggers as trucks enter and exit the work zone.
Plan for delays on the highway and surrounding area. If you can, limit the amount you use OR 217, combine trips and/or shift your travel time away from the morning and evening commute. Check tripcheck.com before you leave for up-to-date traffic impacts.
Please be aware of other construction projects happening nearby as you plan your travel route. Willamette Water Supply has lane closures on SW Scholls Ferry Road between SW Hall Boulevard and SW Denney Road for the Metzger Pipeline East Project. The City of Beaverton has closed the intersection of SW Allen Boulevard and SW 92nd Avenue for construction of a concrete roundabout.
Daytime pile driving - also described as heavy-duty hammering – is expected to start next week on the west side of the highway near Fanno Creek between SW Allen Boulevard and SW Denney Road. Pile driving is needed to hammer steel columns into the ground that will support the new frontage road, designed to replace the southbound SW Allen Boulevard on-ramp and SW Denney Road off-ramp.
This work can be loud and is expected to occur intermittently into October between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Crews will not pile drive at night.
We have a 24/7 noise hotline for noise concerns: (503) 412-2349. Check the project website for weekly updates about planned work. This work will not impact traffic.
Information about detailed traffic impacts for this week are listed online on our website at www.hwy217.org. This site is updated weekly and is the best source for up-to-date information including the construction impacts listed above.
The OR 217 Auxiliary Lanes Project will construct auxiliary lanes in both directions of OR 217 between Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and OR 99W. Auxiliary lanes are ramp-to-ramp connections on the highway that help reduce congestion by giving drivers more space and time to merge safely. This decreases conflicts, improves safety and the flow of traffic, and ultimately allows the existing lanes to work more efficiently. We expect up to 73,000 hours of travel time saved each year with these improvements.
We aren't just making improvements to the highway itself. We also need to make the area surrounding OR 217 safer for all users. In partnership with the City of Beaverton and Washington County, we are making targeted improvements to local bicycle and pedestrian routes.
Learn more about this project and stay up-to-date with current traffic impacts by visiting the project website.
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