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UPDATE: One additional project has been added to ODOT's Southwest Oregon Construction Report for the week of June 11-17, 2023:
OREGON 138E (North Umpqua Highway), MP -1.1 to MP 1.2, Roseburg wheel rut pavement patching ($125,000)
This project will repair wheel ruts on Oregon 138E between Roseburg High School and Rifle Range Road in the eastbound lanes. The work will start Sunday night, June 11, at Rifle Range Road and will be completed by Thursday morning, June 15. Motorists should watch for intermittent lane closures between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Flaggers will provide traffic control.
Southwest Oregon Construction Report for June 11-17, 2023
The following report includes ODOT highways in Josephine, Jackson, Coos, Curry and Douglas counties. Projects are listed in the following order: highway, location, project name. Project construction costs are added in parenthesis as appropriate.
Pedestrian routes: Where traffic is routed through or around a work zone, pedestrians, including those with disabilities, will also be provided routes through or around the work zone.
Know before you go! Visit www.TripCheck.com for road conditions and traffic cameras or dial 5-1-1. Visit the ODOT website at www.oregon.gov/ODOT/ for more information.
COOS COUNTY
OREGON 42 (Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway), MP 35.5, Frenchie Creek Bridge ($3.9 million)
This project will replace the existing culvert at Frenchie Creek with a 95-foot long concrete bridge.
Highway traffic has been routed onto a bypass alignment. Watch for a traffic signal at the work zone and expect brief delays.
U.S. 101 (Oregon Coast Highway), MP 239 (Coos Bay), Bunker Hill sidewalks and Flanagan signal ($2.7 million)
This project will improve safety and the flow of traffic by upgrading pedestrian facilities and replacing the traffic signal at Flanagan Road.
Most construction is complete, but ODOT will adjust the large concrete island near the Mullen Road intersection to better accommodate truck traffic. Watch for nighttime construction. Motorists can expect intermittent shoulder and lane closures.
U.S. 101 (Oregon Coast Highway), MP 274.0-274.1 (Bandon), ADA curb ramp replacement ($4.2 million)
This project will improve safety for pedestrians in Bandon by bringing several highway curb ramps around the entrance to Old Town Bandon and Chicago Ave SE into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The project also will replace ADA sidewalk ramps in Reedsport, Gardiner, Elkton and Drain.
Watch for intermittent lane and shoulder closures along U.S. 101 in the vicinity of the entrance to Old Town Bandon. Alternate routes will be identified for pedestrians during sidewalk construction.
CURRY COUNTY
OREGON 255 (Carpenterville Highway), MP 324.4-347.1, Utility installation and line maintenance
Workers will install and repair utility lines along the northern area of Carpenterville Highway between Pistol River Loop and Burnt Hill Drive. Watch for intermittent lane and shoulder closures and expect delays of 10-15 minutes. Flaggers will provide traffic control as needed. All work is expected to be completed by June 16.
U.S. 101 (Oregon Coast Highway), MP 300-301 (Port Orford), Garrison Slough to Cemetery Loop Road paving and pedestrian improvements ($4.35 million)
This project will pave U.S. 101 through Port Orford, replace ADA curb ramps at 15 intersections and make other safety improvements.
Watch for construction along U.S. 101 through Port Orford. This work will involve shoulder closures and intermittent flagging.
U.S. 101 (Oregon Coast Highway), MP 312, Arizona Slide repair
Watch for intermittent lane closures 12 miles south of Port Orford due to repairs on the Arizona Slide. Flaggers will provide traffic control as needed. Watch for construction vehicles entering and exiting the travel lanes. Expect brief delays.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 81-89, Azalea to Glendale paving ($11.5 million)
This project will pave I-5 between Azalea and Glendale, replace guardrail, construct a crossover for emergency service vehicles (milepost 84.6), and make other safety improvements.
For the week of June 12-16, paving work may transition from the northbound direction to southbound. I-5 traffic may be limited to a single lane in each direction at night (7 p.m. to 9 a.m.), Monday night to Friday morning.
Construction may require intermittent nighttime ramp closures. Detours will be provided, and signs posted during ramp closures. Watch for reduced speed limit of 55 mph.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 99-136, ADA sidewalk replacement ($1.7 million)
Project has been completed. No more traffic impacts are expected.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 104, MP 119 and MP 130, VMS and curve warning signs ($2.6 million)
The project will install variable message signs (VMS) and curve warning signs along I-5.
Watch for intermittent nighttime lane and shoulder closures along I-5 at MP 104, MP 119 and MP 130.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 118-126, Garden Valley to Roberts Creek paving ($17 million)
Project is mostly complete. No traffic impacts are expected this week.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 127-158, Roseburg to Anlauf drainage corrections ($275,000)
This project will improve drainage by adjusting or installing new inlets and storm sewer pipe. Grooves will be cut in the road surface to help water drain off the I-5 travel lanes. All work is expected to be completed by the end of August.
Watch for intermittent nighttime lane and shoulder closures. Watch for construction vehicles entering and exiting the work zone.
OREGON 38 (Umpqua Highway), MP 16, Scottsburg Bridge replacement ($39.5 million)
A short section of Main Street will remain closed under Scottsburg Bridge until summer. Hamilton Construction will resume work after July 4. Scottsburg West Road motorists are advised to use Oregon 38 to reach other areas of Scottsburg.
OREGON 38 (Umpqua Highway), MP 35-36, MP 50-51 (Elkton and Drain), ADA curb ramp replacement ($4.2 million)
This project will improve safety for pedestrians by bringing several highway curb ramps along Oregon 38 in Elkton and Drain into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The project also will replace ADA sidewalk ramps in Bandon, Gardiner and Reedsport.
Watch for intermittent lane and shoulder closures along Oregon 38 due to sidewalk construction.
OREGON 38 (Umpqua Highway), MP 45, Environmental cleanup work
Environmental cleanup work is ongoing near milepost 45 due to a fuel spill from a truck crash. Flaggers will provide traffic control as needed. Expect delays up to 20 minutes.
OREGON 138E (North Umpqua Highway), MP -1.1 to MP 1.2, Roseburg wheel rut pavement patching ($125,000)
This project will repair wheel ruts on OR 138E between Roseburg High School and Rifle Range Road in the eastbound lanes. The work will start Sunday night, June 11, at Rifle Range Road and will be completed by Thursday morning, June 15. Motorists should watch for intermittent lane closures between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Flaggers will provide traffic control.
OREGON 138E (North Umpqua Highway), MP 17.9 (Glide), Lone Rock Bridge repairs ($3.8 million)
This project will increase the vertical clearance of Lone Rock Bridge, paint the steel truss, repair concrete sections of the bridge, and replace the driving surface. This two-bridge project will also repair Dodge Bridge on Oregon 234 in Jackson County. Construction will continue until summer 2024.
Oregon 138E at Lone Rock Bridge is limited to a single lane 14’ in width and 14’6” in height. A temporary signal will provide traffic control. Flaggers may provide daytime traffic control as needed.
OREGON 138E (North Umpqua Highway), MP 22-38, Archie Creek Wildfire response and repairs
Remaining work zone activities include repairing and replacing delineators, signs, and damaged fencing. Work crews are responding to rock and debris slides in some areas.
Watch for intermittent weekday lane closures from milepost 22 to 38. Expect delays up to 20 minutes. Flaggers and pilot cars will provide traffic control as needed.
OREGON 99 (Oakland-Shady Highway/NE 1st Street), Oakland Bridge replacement ($22.6 million for two-bridge bundle)
This two-year project will replace the 1925 Oakland Bridge on Oregon 99 (NE 1st Street) at the north end of Oakland. The bridge will be built on a new alignment, just north of the existing bridge. This project is part of a two-bridge bundle that also includes replacing a bridge in the Melrose area west of Roseburg.
Watch for intermittent lane and shoulder closures. Flaggers will provide traffic control as needed and most delays will be brief.
MELROSE ROAD (Douglas County Road 167), Conn-Ford Bridge replacement ($22.6 million for two-bridge bundle)
This two-year project will replace the 1964 Conn-Ford Bridge, which spans the south Umpqua River on Melrose Road about one mile west of Roseburg. This project is part of a two-bridge bundle that also includes replacing a bridge in Oakland.
Melrose Road traffic will use a bypass bridge at the South Umpqua River until 2024. Motorists should slow down and drive with caution due to curves at both ends of the bridge and a traffic signal at the east end.
Watch for construction vehicles entering and exiting the travel lanes.
U.S. 101 (Oregon Coast Highway), MP 211.7-213.2 (Reedsport), ADA curb ramp replacement ($4.2 million)
This project will improve safety for pedestrians in Reedsport by bringing several highway curb ramps along U.S. 101 and Frontage Road into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The project also will replace ADA sidewalk ramps in Bandon, Gardiner, Elkton and Drain.
In Reedsport, watch for daytime lane and shoulder closures along U.S. 101 north of Schofield Creek. In the southern part of Reedsport (U.S. 101 south of Schofield Creek) watch for on-street parking closures and bicycle lane closures. Watch for intermittent lane closures on Frontage Road.
JACKSON COUNTY
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 0.0-11.4, California Border to Ashland Paving ($30.7 million)
Expect daytime shoulder and lane closures as the contractor continues work in the project area final contract items such as installing signs, final striping and recessed pavement markers, and corrective work at the Exit 6 bridge decks.
Beginning Thursday, June 15, through July 5, watch for single-lane traffic southbound at the Exit 6 bridge for corrective deck seal repairs. The southbound on-ramp will also close for this work. Follow detours on Old Siskiyou Hwy to Exit 1 southbound. The contractor will switch to the Exit 6 northbound off-ramp closure for about the same duration from June 28 to July 19.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 14.7, East Main Street Bridge deck rehabilitation
The East Main Street Bridge over I-5 reopens Friday, June 9. The contractor is switching to the Oregon 66 Ashland Street Bridge over the railroad tracks. Watch for single-lane traffic in each direction and lane transitions on Ashland Street for the next 10 weeks for bridge deck rehabilitation.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 33, VMS and curve warning signs ($2.6 million)
This project will install variable message signs and curve warning signs at several locations along I-5 in Douglas and Jackson counties.
Watch for intermittent nighttime lane and shoulder closures along I-5 near milepost 33.
OREGON 99 (Rogue Valley Highway), MP 0.4 to 1.6, Interstate 5 to Scenic Avenue improvement project, Central Point ($3.5 million)
Paving is complete. Permanent striping is planned for Sunday night, June 18, weather permitting.
Because of delays by the railroad contractor, the traffic signals will not be turned on until the new railroad signals are operational, which could be later this summer. Until then, traffic control will be provided by a stop sign.
Watch for single-lane closures and watch for construction workers and equipment.
The work zone speed limit has been reduced to 45 mph for worker safety.
This safety project constructs new signals, ADA compliant curb ramps, upgrades the existing railroad crossing and paves, restripe the project area.
OREGON 99, Rogue Valley Highway, Glenwood to Coleman Creek, Utility work, MP 10.2 to 11,
Watch for possible single-lane traffic, Monday through Friday, as utilities are relocating their lines, wires and pipes out of the right of way for a 2024 improvement project.
OREGON 99, I-5 Ashland area, Americans with Disabilities Act curb ramp upgrades ($4.8 million)
Crews will replace ADA curb ramps and gutters in downtown Ashland through June. Weather permitting, watch for construction at the following locations:
- Main and North First St., SW corner
- OR 99 at New Street, Talent, NW corner
- OR 99 at Charlotte Ann, Medford, SE corner
- OR 99 Matt Loop, Medford, SE corner
Possible construction (may depend on design):
- North Main at Manzanita, NW corner
- North Main at Oak, NE corner
Temporary pedestrian access will be maintained. Construction hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Expect possible short delays of up to 20 minutes.
This project installs ADA compliant curb ramps in Ashland on North Main, the downtown area and Siskiyou Boulevard. Curb ramps will also be replaced at a few other intersections in south Medford and Talent.
OREGON 140 (Lake of the Woods Highway), MP 1.03, Turn lanes at Lakeview Drive ($1.7 million)
Final lift paving is complete. Project now moves to signs, striping and rumble strips in the weeks ahead. Watch for workers and equipment on the roadside.
This project constructs center turn lanes from Oregon 140 onto Lakeview Drive.
OREGON 234 (Sams Valley Highway), MP 16, Dodge Bridge painting ($5.8 million)
Watch for single-lane traffic control by flaggers, Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., for bridge maintenance and painting.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), Exit 58, north Grants Pass, Seismic bridge improvements and retrofitting ($12.7 million)
Watch for possible shoulder closures under the I-5 Exit 58 bridges through the end of July. The contractor is strengthening these bridges to better withstand earthquakes.
This is part of a larger seismic reinforcement project in southern Oregon.
INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), Hillcrest Road Bridge, north Grants Pass, seismic bridge improvements and retrofitting ($5 million)
The Hillcrest Road undercrossing is now open to traffic but under flagger control through the end oof July. The undercrossing will close again on Nov. 1 for additional seismic bridge strengthening through the winter and spring.
For more information:
Gary Leaming, ODOT Public Information (Jackson, Josephine), 541-774-6388
Dan Latham, ODOT Public Information (Douglas, Coos, Curry), 541-817-5200
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