FREEWAY CLOSURE
By Shannon Weidemann (McKone) on Thursday, December 18th, 2025 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
Update as of 9:45pm: I-84 between Pendleton and Ontario has fully reopened.
OR204 Tollgate, US30 Haines and OR245 are also now open
Update as of 9:25pm
I-84 between La Grande and Baker has fully reopened
ORE204 Tollgate has reopened
US30 Haines has reopened
I-84 westbound from Ontario to Baker City remains closed
OR-245, 1 mile North of Intersection with John Day Highway US-26 is closed. Local traffic only.
According to ODOT via Tripcheck as of 7:55pm
I-84 eastbound from Pendleton to La Grande is now open
I-84 westbound from Baker City to la Grande remains closed
I-84 westbound from Ontario to Baker City remains closed
US30 Haines- local traffic and local deliveries only
ORE204 Tollgate- Eastbound lanes are closed. Local freight and passenger vehicles only
OR-245, 1 mile North of Intersection with John Day Highway US-26 is closed. Local traffic only.
I-84 UPDATE- (From ODOT on 12/18/2025):
| I-84, 7 miles East of Pendleton MP 216 – 265 | Closure |
| The highway is closed eastbound due to multiple spun out commercial motor vehicles. Link to Additional Information Lanes Affected: (Eastbound) All Lanes | |
| Updated: 12/18/2025 5:11 pm | |
| I-84, 3 miles West of Baker City MP 302 – 265 | Closure |
| The highway is closed westbound due to multiple commercial motor vehicle slide offs. Link to Additional Information Lanes Affected: (Westbound) All Lanes | |
| Updated: 12/18/2025 5:10 pm | |
| I-84, 4 miles East of La Grande MP 265 – 304 | Closure |
| The highway is closed due to multiple commercial vehicles spun out. Link to Additional Information Lanes Affected: (Eastbound) All Lanes | |
| Updated: 12/18/2025 5:09 pm | |
| I-84, 3 miles West of Ontario MP 374 – 302 | Closure |
| I-84 is closed westbound due to a disabled vehicle. Use an alternate route. Link to Additional Information Link to Additional Information Lanes Affected: (Eastbound) Median, All Lanes, Shoulder (Westbound) Median, All Lanes, Shoulder | |
| Updated: 12/18/2025 5:04 pm | |
Update from ODOT as of 2:25pm: “Conditions on I-84 right now are challenging. Winter weather is occurring throughout the corridor between Pendleton and Ontario, and much of the interstate is currently closed due to multiple spun out vehicles and crashes. Our crews are reporting seeing many trucks without chains on despite the current chain restrictions. Our crews cannot effectively treat the roads when unchained, spun out vehicles are blocking. If you must travel today, please make sure that you and your vehicle are prepared. Tripcheck.com will be up-to-date with what locations and directions of I-84 and other local highways are impacted. Smaller, local highways are not a detour route when I-84 is closed, and many are open to local traffic only. Do not wait on the interstate for it to open, please stay off the interstate where you have access to resources until you see on Tripcheck that it has reopened. Our crews are out in force, and we will open roads as soon as they are passible and it’s safe to do so.”
Update as of 12:52pm: ODOT is now reporting that I-84 is closed eastbound from Pendleton to Baker City and both directions from Baker City to La Grande.
CORRECTION UPDATE: ODOT has changed the closure information, which now shows that I-84 is closed from La Grande to Baker (eastbound), not Baker City to Ontario.
Previous: I-84 eastbound is closed from Baker City to Ontario due to multiple spun out commercial motor vehicles.
