Eastern Oregon highway construction update
By Paul Hall on Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 in Northeastern Oregon News Northeastern Oregon Top Stories
LA GRANDE – The 2021 summer construction season in eastern Oregon is almost in the rearview mirror. The majority of our projects to fix pavement, sidewalks, and bridges are nearing completion. We have a handful of projects still in progress with work extending into October.
Several chip seal projects are mostly complete with the exception of striping:
– OR 78: New Princeton, milepost 37.65, to Virginia Valley Road, milepost 47.23.
– OR 78: Broadway Avenue in Burns at milepost zero to milepost 11.15.
– U.S. 95-S: From the junction with OR 201, milepost 11.65, to the Oregon/Idaho border at Annex, milepost 13.66.
Work continues on these extensive projects:
– I-84: Meacham to Spring Creek Resurface.
– OR 82: Grande Ronde (South Elgin) Bridge repair.
ADA upgrade projects continue in the following locations:
– Union County, with ongoing work in Elgin and Island City.
– Malheur County, with ongoing work in Vale and Nyssa.
– Wallowa County, with ongoing work in Enterprise.
– Umatilla County, with work in Hermiston and Stanfield, (watch for permanent traffic pattern changes/lane reconfiguration in Stanfield).
Please remember to watch for crews, equipment and flaggers, and to be prepared to slow down or stop when you see those orange cones and construction signs.
For updated information on highway work and current travel information throughout Oregon, visit www.tripcheck.com or call the toll-free Oregon road report at 511 or (800) 977-6368.
Visit the ODOT News Media Center at www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/.
Where traffic is routed through or around a work zone, pedestrians, including those with disabilities, will also be provided routes through or around the work zone.
