CORVALLIS BRIDGE TAKES PRE-GAME HIT.Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Beaver fans heading up to the Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. football season opener tonight may want to allow a little extra time or find another route due to the closure of Highway 99 West at the Marys River
A forklift being towed on a trailer on Wednesday struck overhead cross members of the bridge that carries northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. traffic, forcing the Oregon Department of Transportation to close the bridge until further notice. The bridge handling southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. motorists on Highway 99W was unaffected, so fans returning from the game should be fine at least when it comes to traffic (how they will feel regarding the game's outcome is uncertain). A detour is in place routing northbound traffic to the Highway 34 bypass, and then west to the Harrison Street Bridge over 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. into Corvallis. The damage to the bridge occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. when the northbound truck and trailer hit the first three crossbeams, denting the first two and tearing completely through the third. The damage may have made the bridge unstable, ODOT ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation ODOT Ohio Department Of Transportation ODOT Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman Joe Harwood said. Depending on the severity of the damage and the availability of specialty bridge repair contractors, the bridge could remain closed to all traffic for several weeks, Harwood said. However, the bridge could possibly be reopened at some point to only passenger vehicles. |
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