(We at the CoV tried to coordinate it as a one-way facility in the flow of MV traffic, but the ODoT of ~2007 was not interested in this change even though it has benefits during peak hour…and not being blinded by on-coming car headlights at night.
A separate group was expected to march from Jantzen Beach in Portland north on I-5 to Vancouver; however, authorities said northbound lanes were moving normally across the bridge … During the closure, all traffic crossing the bridge will share the southbound travel lanes and sidewalks. A movable concrete barrier will shift the lanes to allow for two lanes of traffic to travel in the heaviest direction during commute times.The northbound span of the Interstate Bridge between Vancouver and Portland will close Sept. 12–20 as crews replace mechanical parts that help lift and lower the bridge. So it would behouve regional commute drivers to switch to cycling across the bridge once any lane closures start in August…if they cannot take 4 weeks off from work.Oh, stop it. Or is it going to take 16 hours to get across the bridge? A movable concrete barrier will shift the lanes to allow for two lanes of traffic to travel in the heaviest direction during commute times.
Who wouldn’t want a BRT station at Peterson Airfield? Never forget the Russian’s crash landed their and that is historic preservation. So that the gridlocked traffic can safely stay in their lanes? )One of the big reasons the traffic situation was not horrendous when they did the previous shutdown is that lots of people who commute across the bridge simply took vacations that time.
PORTLAND – The closure next year of the northbound span of the Interstate Bridge will last for nine days in September 2020, ODOT announced in a public mailing this week. It's never too early to talk about an upcoming closure of I-5. To safely lift and place these ten record-breaking, 220-foot-long bridge girders, we must close all lanes between 54th Avenue East in Fife and SR 18 in Federal Way. Here are more details:This image is like two middle fingers up for the public 1) one for no bike lanes and 2) for no Bus Lane.
This is intended to guarantee one.I get that ODOT needs to stage their equipment in the closed lanes or whatever, but would it be possible to keep the sidewalks/bikeways open on both sides? During the closure, travelers crossing the Interstate Bridge in both directions will share the three existing lanes and sidewalk on the southbound bridge. ODOT should think creatively here.How about one lane for truck and auto traffic each direction and one lane for transit that switches directions as needed to get busses across. Officials plan for nine-day closure of Interstate 5 Bridge’s northbound span By Jeffrey Mize , Columbian staff reporter Published: February 13, 2020, 6:05am
Heavy traffic, congestion and long delays are expected in the region on I-5, I-205, I-84, SR 14 and local streets in north Portland and south Vancouver throughout construction.During the bridge closure, four ramps in the project area will close for traffic control and to ensure a safe work zone:During the closure, travelers crossing the Interstate Bridge in both directions will share the three existing lanes and sidewalk on the southbound bridge.SR 14/Washington Street on-ramp to I-5 south in Vancouver.Signs will direct travelers to detour routes.Marine Drive on-ramp to I-5 north in Portland.I-5 north to SR 14 off-ramp in Vancouver.Hayden Island on-ramp to I-5 north in Portland.During the closure, travelers crossing the Interstate Bridge in both directions will share the three existing lanes and sidewalk on the southbound bridge.
July 30, 2020. (This new work will be on bridge hardware that is twice as old as the last time they worked to do a similar repair.) I’ll plan to bike on the south bound side on the morning commute, yielding to folks going south and try to be patient…it will be better than being in a car.There’s precedent–before the Interstate bridge opened in @1913, there was a ferry!Yeah I remember ’97 too.
Date: July 10, 2020 #20-175 District: District 3 - Marysville Contact: Dennis Keaton Phone: (530) 741-5474 Contact: Angela DaPrato Phone: (916) 826-3093 LONG-TERM PROJECTS. During the morning commute, two southbound lanes and one northbound lane will open for traffic.
Does that mean traffic will be going slower than the speed limit for two-thirds of the day? I don’t remember my suggestions exactly, but definitely there needs to be more service and with extended hours to increase the ability of people to flex their hours. It would be a preview of what BRT could be like and still provide the opportunity to get people to work in a timely way (I’m assuming that’s the important function, not fun and shopping trips which cross the Columbia).I’m curious what “people can expect up to 16 hours of congestion a day” really means. “Trunnion Trama” chyrons on KATU and wall-to-wall coverage of the impending doom.Nightmare.