Construction scope and road closures

October 10, 2008 Update

Grinding and paving on SE 92nd Avenue (between SE Powell Boulevard and SE 91st Place) is scheduled for October 13 and 14, between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Expect delays, heavy truck traffic, flaggers and lane restrictions. 

A look ahead

Crews are placing permanent concrete barriers between the light rail line and the freeway starting the week of October 20. There will be a lane closure on I-205, right lane northbound, between SE Division and SE Washington streets, for two weeks. The closures will be intermittent, day and night, Monday through Friday.

Expect a lane closure on I-205, right lane south bound, between SE Johnson Creek Blvd and SE Sunnyside Street, for two weeks starting October 20. The lane closure will be at night from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and crews will perform barrier placement on the shoulder during the day.

Throughout the I-205 alignment, crews are working Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Scheduled work includes:

NE Glisan Street to E Burnside Street

Crews are scheduled to prepare for paving the week of October 13 on NE Everett Street and NE 97th Avenue. Expect flaggers and lane restrictions. Placing of the pavement is expected for the week of October 20, depending upon the weather.

The ODOT multi-use path will be closed throughout summer. Expect increased truck traffic on NE 99th Avenue, NE Glisan Street, NE 97th Avenue and E Burnside Street across I-205, through August.

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SE Stark and Washington Streets

Crews will resume construction of the permanent barrier along I-205 between SE Washington and SE Division Streets the week of October 20. This work requires periodic nighttime closure of the right-hand lane northbound on I-205 between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. weekdays for two weeks. Additional work on the guardrails will continue, requiring single lane closures on Stark and Washington, through fall.

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SE Main Street Station

Work is wrapping up at the station. Expect intermittent flagging and lane closures later in the fall for walkways, fencing and signal work.

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SE Division Street

Construction on the new high capacity bus shelter continues the week of October 10. Work continues on the station platform. Flaggers will assist pedestrians and traffic as trucks access the work sites from SE Division Street. Expect flaggers and truck traffic through fall.

The multi-use path is closed at SE Caruthers Street, just north of SE Division Street, to Sunnyside Road adjacent to Clackamas Town Center. The path is scheduled to reopen in spring 2009. An alternative route that parallels I-205 is available.

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SE Powell Boulevard

Crews are preparing slopes for hydro-seed erosion control along I-205 southbound between SE Powell Boulevard and SE Foster Road. Expect an intermittent lane closure on the I-205 off-ramp to SE Powell Boulevard through October. Expect shoulder work during the day, on I-205 southbound, between SE Powell Boulevard and SE Foster Road, for hydro-seeding the week of October 13.

Crews are adding a new right turn lane, northbound on SE 92nd Avenue at SE Powell Boulevard, and rebuilding the sidewalk and street pavement through October. This work includes improving the intersection of SE 92nd and SE 91st avenues. Grinding and paving on 92nd Avenue (between SE Powell Boulevard and SE 91st Place) is scheduled for October 13 and 14, between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Expect delays, heavy truck traffic, flaggers, and lane restrictions.  Expect daytime striping activity the week of October 20.

The multi-use path and pedestrian bridge are closed. The path is scheduled to reopen in spring 2009. An alternative route that parallels I-205 is available.

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SE Holgate Boulevard

Platform and Park & Ride construction continues. Crews are installing the landscaping. Work continues on the entrance to the Park & Ride off SE Holgate Boulevard. Expect flaggers, intermittent sidewalk closures and single lane closures on Holgate Boulevard. Work continues on the new right turn lane, northbound on SE 92nd Avenue at Holgate Boulevard. Expect intermittent lane closures and flaggers.

On October 6, the three center lanes on SE Holgate Boulevard east of SE 92nd Avenue are scheduled for the staging of asphalt trucks for paving work on Powell Boulevard. This work is weather dependent. Lanes will be closed and flaggers will be present when the work occurs.

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SE Harold Street

Construction continues on the retaining walls, ductbanks and abutments between SE Harold Street and SE Foster Road. Expect intermittent truck traffic and flaggers as trucks access the trackway.

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Lents Town Center/SE Foster Road

Station construction continues. Concrete crews are pouring sidewalks, stairways and planters through October. Crews are working on the TriMet Operators building under the light rail bridge through fall. The building is scheduled to open in January. Expect intermittent sidewalk closures, lane closures and flaggers during construction, along with related street improvements, through fall on SE Foster Road, SE Ramona Street and SE Woodstock Boulevard. SE Ramona Street will continue to be used by construction vehicles and crews to access the project through the winter.

Crews are scheduled to complete the street work at SE Henry Street and SE 94th Avenue the week of October 6. However, the paving portion of the work is weather dependent and may be delayed. Expect intermittent truck traffic, sidewalk detours and flaggers on SE Henry Street and SE 94th Avenue.

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Springwater Corridor

The major bridge work is complete. Path users may encounter periodic flagging from brief finishing work. 

The Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) multi-use path is closed at SE Caruthers Street, just north of SE Division Street, through SE Sunnyside Road at Clackamas Town Center and is scheduled to reopen in spring 2009. An alternative route that parallels I-205 is available.

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SE Flavel Street & Johnson Creek

Station construction continues into fall. Expect some truck traffic and intermittent lane shifts and flaggers on SE Flavel Street and SE 92nd Avenue. There will be intermittent pedestrian detours on the south side of SE Flavel Street through fall.

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SE 92nd Avenue and Crystal Springs Boulevard

Crews are finishing the track installation and sound wall installations. The major bridge work is complete. Expect continued truck traffic and flaggers through fall as crews access the construction project off Fuller Road.

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SE Johnson Creek Boulevard

The bridge work is complete and track is being installed across the deck. Expect some truck traffic on SE Fuller Road as crews access the project.

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SE Fuller Road

Station and Park & Ride construction continues. Crews are improving SE Con Battin Road. Expect placement of pavement and sidewalks the week of October 20. Expect increased truck traffic on SE Fuller Road, west on SE Otty Road and south on SE 82nd Avenue to SE Johnson Creek Boulevard.

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SE Otty Road to SE Monterey Avenue

Excavation and construction continues between SE Johnson Creek Boulevard and SE Monterey Avenue along I-205, Monday through Saturday. Crews have temporarily removed a portion of the sound walls north and south of SE Monterey Avenue and near SE Causey Avenue to make way for the light rail tracks and to lower the multi-use path. The sound walls will be replaced starting in late fall, after utilities are installed and the retaining walls, trackway and multi-use path are constructed. Expect increased truck traffic on SE Otty Road as crews access the trackway.

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SE 82nd and SE Otty Road

Beginning the week of October 20, crews are adding a new right turn lane, northbound on SE 82nd Avenue at SE Otty Road, and rebuilding the sidewalk and street pavement through November. Work will mostly be accomplished at night, between 3 a.m. and Noon. Expect closure of the right hand lane, northbound, on SE 82nd Avenue and lane restrictions on SE Otty Road. Cones and flaggers will assist pedestrians and motorists. There will also be pedestrian detours on the east side of SE 82nd Avenue.

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Clackamas Town Center

Construction continues on the garage columns and decking, and all four levels have been poured. There is a reduction of one lane of traffic on the ring road next to the project, and traffic is still flowing in both directions. Expect increased truck traffic on SE Causey Street and neighboring streets during construction hours, 4 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Construction on the parking garage is scheduled for completion in December 2008.  Station and systems work will continue into the spring.

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Multi-use path

Due to light rail construction along I-205, the multi-use path is closed to through traffic between SE Caruthers Street, just north of SE Division Street, and SE Sunnyside Road adjacent to Clackamas Town Center. The path is expected to reopen, with improvements, early in 2009.

An improved alternative route that parallels I-205 is available for pedestrians, cyclists and people using mobility devices.  To learn more, download the multi-use path fact sheet (207KB PDF).

For additional information about I-205 construction, contact TriMet's Community Affairs Department at 503-962-2150 or sign-up for email alerts at trimet.org/i205. For construction emergencies, call our 24-hour hotline at 503-962-2222.