New Sellwood Bridge | Completed

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Photos: Sellwood Bridge closed for traffic lane shift

The Sellwood Bridge was closed Wednesday morning to allow contractor Slayden/Sundt to shift traffic lanes onto the south side of the bridge’s new east approach. Crews are removing a portion of the concrete bridge railing, removing and relocating signs and light poles, installing new barriers, paving, and striping. When it is re-opened to traffic today, drivers will navigate an s-curve from the east approach to the detour “shoo-fly” bridge.

After the bridge re-opens today, demolition of the eastern span of the old approach will commence, followed by construction of the north half of the approach. On the west side of the project, work continues on the two-level interchange with Highway 43 and construction of retaining walls along the highway’s west side. Work on the river continues with installation of forms in preparation for a concrete pour next week on Bent 5, and underwater demolition of the last pier of the original bridge.

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