TriMet officials say this coming weekend will mark the last full closure of Southeast Powell Boulevard related to the

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Starting at 10 p.m. Friday and lasting until 5 a.m. Monday, Powell Boulevard will closed to traffic between Southeast 13th Avenue and Southeast 21st Avenue so construction crews can place girders for the vehicle and light rail overpasses.

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TriMet say through traffic will be routed onto Southeast Holgate via Cesar Chavez and McLoughlin boulevards; there will be local access for business inside the closure area.

The number 9 bus line(Powell/Broadway) will use Southeast Holgate via Southeast 26th and Milwaukie avenues (including 17th Ave and Center Street inbound only). Three bus stops on Powell in each direction will be closed between 21st and 26th.

The region’s sixth MAX construction project will stretch 7.3 mile and include 10 stops. It will run from the end of the MAX Green and Yellow lines at Portland State University, to South Waterfront, SE Portland, Milwaukie and North Clackamas County.

It is expected to open in September 2015, and will include the multi-modal bridge (light rail, buses, bicycles and pedestrians, but no cars) over the Willamette River.

While construction of the bridge is under way, visitors to the

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-- Stuart Tomlinson