Ross Island Bridge rehabilitation starts Monday

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Oct. 17, 2014

For more information:

Don Hamilton, 503-731-8265,  Don.B.Hamilton@odot.state.or.us

Kimberly Dinwiddie, 503-539-8454, Kimberly.Dinwiddie@odot.state.or.us

Project web site: www.RossIslandBridgeProject.org 

  

 

Ross Island Bridge rehabilitation starts Monday

The three-year project begins this month with rivet work on the 88-year-old bridge

 

A three-year project to paint the Ross Island Bridge will get started Monday with a project replacing about 250 rivets that have been part of the bridge since it opened in 1926.

The first phase, the rivet replacement, will require an estimated six to eight weeks and will be followed in the spring of 2015 with painting of the bridge. The painting will take place from spring to fall over three years, 2015, 2016 and 2017, with completion by late 2017.

Painting will involve stripping the existing paint down to the bare steel, treating the bare steel for rust and then applying five new coats of paint, with the last coat a deep blue-green, the color it received in its last painting in 1967.

Over the last 47 years, the paint on the bridge has deteriorated and no longer provides the necessary corrosion protection and aesthetic appearance. The project will preserve its structural integrity and help extend its useful life.

Neither the rivet work in the fall of 2014 nor the painting starting in 2015 will have any impact on daytime traffic. No full bridge closures are planned during the painting although occasional nighttime single lane closures may be necessary.

In 2001, ODOT completed an 18-month rehabilitation of the bridge that included new lighting, new pavement, new guardrails and a new stormwater system.

For further information, go to the project website at www.RossIslandBridgeProject.org. Additional information can be found at the project’s online open house, RossIslandBridgeProject.publicmeeting.info.

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