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- <br /> <br /> ~I"~ <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> it 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> APRIL 28~ 1993 <br /> CONTACT: Bud DeSantis, Project Manager, 687-5230 <br /> From Pub is Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> II~ <br /> HARLOW ROAD OVERPASS TO BE WIDENED <br /> Wor~C is scheduled to begin Friday, April 30, on the widening of the <br /> Harlow Read overpass at Interstate 5. <br /> Sigrhs advising motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians of detours and <br /> delays will be posted Thursday, April 29. Preliminary construction is <br /> scheduled to begin Friday, with the bulk of the 12-foot widening job expected <br /> to begin'in mid-May and continue through October. <br /> The~leastbound travel lanes (from Eugene to Springfield) will be kept <br /> open throughout the project, although motorists should expect intermittent <br /> traffic delays while construction is under way. Detours will be in effect <br /> for west~ound traffic (from Springfield to Eugene) during several phases of <br /> the project. When detours occur, westbound motorists will be directed to <br /> take Gateway Street to Beltline Road to avoid the construction area. <br /> The $400,000 overpass widening is the second phase of a jointly funded <br /> project esigned to improve Harlow Road for the 14,000 vehicles and the <br /> bicyclis s and pedestrians that use the street each day. GTE Metal Erectors <br /> Inc. of Canby, under contract to the city of Eugene, is the contractor for <br /> (more) <br /> II <br /> <br />