Sandy River Bridge to Open

 

Sandy River Bridge Scheduled

To Open

Monday, September 17th, officials from Oregon Department of Transporation, Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners, Hamilton Construction Company and City of Troutdale met to tour the new I-84 eastbound Sandy River Bridge. This is part of a $92.4 million bridge replacement project, the largest in the state of Oregon.  Completion of the bridges is scheduled to be in the fall of 2014.  The tour is in preparation for the opening of the I-84 eastbound brdige which is planned for September 29th. For the next three weeks it wil remain a one way bridge.  However, in three weeks it will be converted to a two-way bridge as I-84 west bound traffic is diverted to this new bridge.  At that poin the I-84 westbound bridge will be removed and construction will begin for the westbound span.

 

 

 

Mayor Jim Kight making a presentation to officials from ODOT, Hamilton, Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners.

 

 

The new pedestrian and bicycle crossing and connecting tunnels and trail system will be completed in spring of 2013.

 

 

Officials touring the eastbound bridge prior to opening September 29, 2012.

 

 

The I-84 eastbound Sandy River Bridge is 2.5 times wider than the old bridge, including a 16-foot pedestrian path.  Both bridges have only three piers in the water while the old bridges had nine in the water. The new bridge is 840 feet long more than five times the height of the state's capitol building.