May 18, 2016

Closures of the Hawthorne and Sellwood bridges are scheduled this week for repairs and construction. Here are the details:

Sellwood Bridge: The bridge will be closed from 6 am on Friday, May 20 until as late as 6 am on Saturday, May 21 to allow the contractor to install concrete girders for four spans of the east approach. The closure will impact motor vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Highway 43 will remain open to two-way traffic at all times. The posted westbound detour routes for motor vehicles are:

Northbound: Hwy. 99E (McLoughlin Blvd.) to Ross Island Bridge to Hwy. 43

Southbound: Hwy. 99E to Interstate 205 (Abernethy Bridge at Oregon City) to Hwy. 43

Eastbound routes are the reverse. Alternate crossings for bicyclists and pedestrians include the Hawthorne and Ross Island bridges. The bridge will reopen to traffic as soon as work is completed.

Hawthorne Bridge: The bridge will be closed to motor vehicle traffic only from 7 am to 7 pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22 during replacement of a cable that provides power to the bridge. The south sidewalk will be closed but the north sidewalk will remain open for bicyclists and pedestrians. There is a possibility the two center traffic lanes will remain closed Saturday night, but the outside lanes and both sidewalks will remain open. The work will not impact river traffic that requires openings of the lift span.

During the closure, drivers should use alternate routes such as the Burnside, Morrison and Ross Island bridges. TriMet buses that normally use the Hawthorne Bridge on weekends will detour to the Burnside Bridge (except for Line 6, which will detour to the Ross Island Bridge). For details, visit www.trimet.org/#alerts/.

For information, visit www.sellwoodbridge.org or www.multco.us/bridges.