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January 31, 2012 Jughandle Project in the News
'Jughandle' work will close highway
January 11, 2012 - Raymond Rendleman, The Clackamas Review
Noise complaints sound off in OC
October 26, 2011 — Raymond Rendleman, The Clackamas Review
Oregon City highway pile-driving may cause some sleepless nights for nearby residents
October 20, 2011 — Steve Mayes, The Oregonian
Jughandle Project on Oregon 213 shouldn't stall traffic
May 27, 2011 — Emily Fuggetta, The Oregonian
To keep traffic moving, ODOT accelerates bridges
July 20, 2010 — Nathalie Weinstein, Daily Journal of Commerce
Adding a jughandle to Oregon 213 will take more than a year but it will unclog traffic at a congested intersection
July 10, 2010 — Steve Mayes, The Oregonian
'Jughandle' moves ahead
July 7, 2010 — Raymond Rendleman, The Clackamas Review
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Open House
ODOT and Oregon City are holding an Open House on February 8th at the Pioneer Center in Oregon
City. Staff will be on hand to provide updates on four current and upcoming projects: Location: Pioneer
Center, 615 Fifth Street, Oregon City Date
& Time: Wednesday, Feb. 8. Drop by between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. A session for downtown Oregon City businesses will be held earlier in the day. Please contact ODOT Community Affairs
Coordinator Susan Hanson (Susan.C.Hanson@odot.state.or.us) if a representative from your business would like to attend.
December 28,
2011
Temporary Full Closure of Hwy 213 Scheduled
Mowat
Project Manager Jeff Holiday has announced that the construction team expects to reach a major project milestone in late March:
installation of the new Hwy 213 bridge. The bridge is a key part of the design to improve safety and the flow of traffic on
the congested stretch of highway near the I-205 interchange. The new bridge will serve as a Washington Street overpass so
that motorists travelling on Hwy 213 will no longer have to stop for traffic turning left at the Washington Street/Clackamas
River Drive intersection. To allow the contractor to install the bridge safely and quickly,
ODOT will temporarily close all travel lanes on
Hwy 213 between the northbound I-205 on/off ramps and the Washington Street/Clackamas River Drive intersection.
The full closure is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2012 and end by 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27,
2012. A signed detour route will be in effect during the temporary full closure. The temporary
highway closure will enable the contractor to slide the new bridge into place using a rapid bridge construction technique. The work has been scheduled over a weekend
(and two consecutive weekdays) to minimize the impact on commuter and freight traffic to the extent possible. During the full
closure, motorists should anticipate heavy traffic congestion and long delays on Hwy 213, I-205, and Hwy 99E /McLoughlin Boulevard
in Oregon City. The City and ODOT are encouraging
travelers to plan ahead and, if possible, avoid the area during the full closure. There is a possibility that extreme winter
weather could prevent the rapid bridge construction from occurring in late March. If the work and temporary
full closure need to be rescheduled, the media will be alerted and updates will be posted on this website. Updates will also be made available by email and through ODOT’s TripCheckPDX Twitter feed. December 28,
2011 December 2011 Construction Progress Mowat construction crews finished widening Highway 213 in preparation for the addition of a
third northbound travel lane and dedicated right‐turn lanes. The electrical wiring for the new variable
message sign (VMS) that spans the highway near Redland Road was also completed in December. On Clackamas River Drive, crews
installed new underground water lines, stormwater catch basins, curbs and gutters. Mowat will work on the new stormwater facilities
and water lines along the realigned Washington Street in January.
The
new Highway 213 bridge that will be installed over the realigned Washington Street is taking shape adjacent to the highway.
The girders and cross-connections were built in December and the falsework for the bridge deck is now in place. It will take
an additional three to four weeks to complete the bridge deck. To minimize impacts to traffic, construction of the bridge
superstructure will continue to take place on a temporary support system until late March when the bridge is ready to be moved
into its permanent position on the highway.
The new bridge is being built on a temporary support system adjacent
to the highway.
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