WEEKEND long closure planned on I-5 north of Portland

[louiskathy]

(I live here and just read this in the local paper today.)

Weekend-long closure planned for I-5 (North of Portland,OR) in Salmon Creek area (WA)
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Crews will set girders over freeway as part of interchange project

Around-the-clock work over Interstate 5 in Salmon Creek will completely close both directions of the freeway THIS WEEKEND. The closure is scheduled to last from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday — a 54-hour shutdown that will send tens of thousands of cars onto other nearby freeways and local streets.

Southbound I-5 will be closed between Interstate 205 and Northeast 134th Street. Northbound I-5 will be closed between state Highway 500 and I-205. That means all vehicles traveling north on I-5, unless they get off sooner, will be diverted to Highway 500.

“(Highway) 500 will basically be I-5 for the weekend,” said WSDOT spokeswoman Heidi Sause.

[paulj]

https://twitter.com/wsdot_sw

WSDOT - SW Region ?@wsdot_sw 58m
WSDOT Project manager Allen Hendy: "We're well ahead of schedule, hoping to reopen I-5 by midnight tonight." #I5closure

WSDOT - SW Region ?@wsdot_sw 8h
That's all folks! I-5 is OPEN - 29 hours ahead of schedule! #Booyah #I5Closure

[paulj]

Getting ready for the Vancouver bridge work this weekend



Looks like the rear dollys are self steering. Those girders are 165 ft long.

http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/t-was-day-of-closure-and-all-through.html

[2gypsies1]

Good information passed on....thanks for thinking of the RVers, Kathy! It's going to surprise many weekend drivers, unfortunately.

[romore]

Lovely.:R That along with the Skagit bridge. Sure glad we are not planning to go south this weekend.

[paulj]

WSDOT closure page

They've been warning about this (on their web site at least) since before the bridge collapse up north.

Through travelers should be using I205 - but that's been the usual recommendation. That would also apply to I84 travelers who need to head north.