Late June To See Another I-105 Construction Project

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published May 20, 2019 at 10:44 AM PDT

Following a four-week shutdown of the eastbound Interstate 105 ramp in downtown Eugene that starts Monday (5/20), another one will start June 24^th.

ODOT spokesperson Angela Beers Seydel says that phase will close the westbound I-105 off-ramp onto Sixth Avenue.

“The great news is that we will not completely be closing the 7^th Avenue on and off ramps," she tells KLCC. "We managed to work around them with all of the work that we’ve been doing.

"So you will have lane closures for about 10 days, to do that bridge joint that goes between the ramp and the actual bridge. But they will not be fully closed at any time.”

Beers Sydel adds bumps in I-105 will go away in September, when road crews will pave the upgraded highway. Drivers need to slow down and watch for workers in the meantime.

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Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016. In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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