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Spring road construction is in full swing on Portland area roads.

(The Oregonian/file photo)

Daily traffic

Crews continue inspection work requiring various lanes closures on the Hawthorne 10 a.m.-late afternoons, through Thursday May 11. Monday's work included several daytime bridge lifts as well as lane closures. One lane will remain open in both directions and sidewalks/bike lanes will remain open.

OREGON CITY 8:40 a.m.; Crash in the left lane and on the right shoulder I-205 southbound on the Abernathy Bridge. Traffic backing up quickly.



Update 8:45 a.m.; Moved to right shoulder.

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CORNELIUS PASS ROAD 9 a.m.; Road construction 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. through Thursday north of Germantown Road. Flaggers direct traffic. Expect delays.



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HILLSBORO 8:05 a.m.; Single vehicle crash on North First Avenue north of Edison Street.



Update 8:30 a.m.; North First Avenue closed in both directions.

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TUALATIN/SHERWOOD 7:55 a.m.; Responders heading to a crash on Tualatin-Sherwood Road, just east of Oregon Street. A popular site for crashes.



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YALE 7 a.m.; One lane of traffic is now open for drivers on SR 503 (Lewis River Road) near Speelyai Bay Road where a landslide closed the highway on March 13. Crews have determined the road is now safe for travel on one lane west of Yale. Flaggers will direct travel through the one open lane.



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SOUTHWEST PORTLAND 7 a.m.; Police are with an injury crash with a car into a power pole at Southwest Barbur Boulevard southbound on the ramp to Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (OR 10). Also expect delays on TriMet lines that move through that area including routes 44, 45, and 54.



Update 8:26 a.m.; All lanes now open and ramp to Oregon 10 (Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway) now open.



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Expect delays in Washington county as crews perform paving and shoulder work 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, on Southwest Scholls-Sherwood Road between Stark Street and Scholls Ferry Road.

The first in a three-phase waterline construction project continues on Southwest Jenkins Road in Beaverton. Construction will happen mainly from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily (for about six weeks) with traffic down to only one lane in each direction from Briggs Road to Cedar Hills Boulevard, Beaverton.

Beaverton area drivers should also note that Southwest Farmington Road work will cause delays on the weekends of May 12-14 and 19-21. Flaggers will direct traffic through a zone from Rose Lane to Murray Boulevard.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reporter Anna Marum takes a look at proposed legislation that would increase travel lanes on I-5 and Highway 217.

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