FERN VALLEY INTERCHANGE PROJECT
Six months to completion
“There will be some adjustment to Like a first-class jigsaw puzzle, key the current striping locations to help pieces of the Fern Valley Interchange drivers understand where they need project are falling into place around to stop at the intersection,” Phoenix as the two-year, said Fletcher. $72 million interchange project rounds the We’ve known since the Signing in the corner for the last interchange area six months of first day that this would has already been construction be a challenging project. fine-tuned, work. This project involves especially around the The project is building new roads, new temporary scheduled for ramps and new bridges. northbound I-5 completion in We’re also improving off-ramp, since September. the partial opening. Oregon 99. The Luman Road — ODOT Public Information Officer Hamilton Construction intersection was paved Gary Leaming has since completed with concrete over a demolition of the old two-lane weekend in early February, which interstate bridge and focused on new allowed the diverging diamond I-5 ramps on the south end of the interchange to partially open the interchange. next week.
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“The opening of the interchange is a milestone, even in its partial configuration,” said ODOT Project Manager Tim Fletcher.
Other portions of the project will be completed this spring, including the second half of the new Bear Creek Bridge.
In an effort to get the interchange open in mid-February, prime contractor Hamilton Construction striped the lanes with temporary paint. Once the weather improves, permanent durable striping will be applied with black striping next to the white for contrast.
“We’ve known since the first day that this would be a challenging project,” said ODOT Public Information Officer Gary Leaming. “This project involves building new roads, new ramps and new bridges. We’re also improving Oregon 99.”
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April 8, 2016
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