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~i <br /> Q~~ON DEPg9T~~ <br /> ° 2~ News /Te%ase <br /> ~1~ <br /> 22 <br /> ~ <br /> 9q~/SPOP~P <br /> October 25, 2000 <br /> CONTACT: Don McLane, ODOT Assistant Project Manager, 744-8076 <br /> Gary McNeel, City of Eugene Traffic Operations Supervisor, 682-8451 <br /> From Eugene Public Works Public Information Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> ROYAL AVENUE TO BE CLOSED AT BELTLINE FOR TWO DAYS <br /> Royal Avenue will be closed at Beltline Highway from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, <br /> October 31, and Wednesday, November 1, as work continues on the Beltline improvement <br /> project. <br /> <br /> Irk,,, During the closure, police will detour westbound traffic on Royal Avenue north at Echo <br /> Hollow Road. Eastbound traffic on Royal will be detoured south at Danebo Avenue. Motorists <br /> can use Roosevelt Avenue (with connections to Royal at Terry Street, Danebo Avenue and <br /> Bertelsen Road) or Barger Avenue (with connections to Royal Avenue at Echo Hollow Road and <br /> Terry Street) as alternate routes. <br /> The closure is necessary to remove forms and supports from the new Beltline bridge over <br /> Royal. The $9.2 million project to improve and widen Beltline Highway from north of Royal to <br /> the railroad overcrossing south of Roosevelt began in January 2000 and is scheduled to be <br /> completed in October 2001. <br /> For updates on area traffic projects, call the City of Eugene traffic relief hotline at 964- <br /> 8484, or on the Internet at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic or at ODOT's web site, <br /> www.tripcheck.com. <br /> i <br /> <br />