BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard I-5 detour bridges will open to traffic this week Traffic will begin using the new detour bridge on Interstate 5 across the McKenzie River For rivers name "Mackenzie", see . The McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River, 86 miles (138 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. by early Tuesday morning, and two days later, the switch to the Willamette River Willamette River River, northwestern Oregon, U.S. It flows north for 300 mi (485 km) into the Columbia River near Portland. Oregon's most populous cities are in its valley. The Fremont Bridge, a steel arch with a main span of 1,225 ft (373 m), crosses the river at Portland. detour bridge also will be complete. Starting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, motorists will encounter lane closures in the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. lanes of the McKenzie River crossing as workers begin moving traffic barriers and changing the lane stripes. The transition should be complete by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. Northbound traffic over the McKenzie will remain on the existing bridge, which has been strengthened to accommodate heavy-haul trucks. The changeover (programming) changeover - The time when a new system has been tested successfully and replaces the old system. on the Willamette River bridge will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in both northbound and southbound directions as crews complete paving, barrier and striping Interleaving or multiplexing data to increase speed. See disk striping. striping - data striping changes. By 6:30 a.m. Thursday, all lanes on the detour bridge should be open to freeway traffic. The $38.6 million project by Hamilton Construction of Springfield came about because of shear cracks in the understructure of both bridges that made them unsuitable for use by trucks with extra-heavy loads. Heavy-haul trucks have been prohibited from using the bridges since March 2003. |
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