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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />January 28, 2010 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Patrick Cox, Project Manager, 541-682-6854 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />Southbound Lanes on Delta Highway Closed Overnight for Bridge Work <br /> <br />Work is progressing on the new Delta Ponds bridge, and the next phase of work will <br />require occasional nighttime closures on Delta Highway as the span is constructed over the <br />roadway. <br /> Weather permitting, on Monday night, Feb. 1, the southbound lanes of Delta Highway <br />will be closed between the Valley River Drive and Goodpasture Island Road exits from 10 p.m. <br />until 5 a.m. Tuesday as two, 85-foot-high pylon towers are installed. If the work isn’t completed <br />on Monday night, the southbound lanes also will be closed from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 5 <br />a.m. Wednesday. <br /> The outward-leaning pylon towers eventually will carry steel cables that will suspend the <br />bridge decking across Delta Highway so that no support columns are needed in the traffic lanes. <br /> About a third of the work has been completed on the new, elevated, 1,000-foot-long <br />bicycle and pedestrian path and bridge from Goodpasture Island Road on the west to Robin <br />Hood Avenue on the east. The new path and bridge will create a much safer route over the <br />Delta Highway, eliminating a miles-long detour and reducing bicycle and pedestrian traffic on <br />the existing Delta Highway interchanges at Valley River and Goodpasture Island Road. <br />Major work that remains to be done includes pouring the concrete for the elevated path, <br />erecting the central pylons, extending the bridge section by section across Delta Highway, <br />constructing the path on Robin Hood Avenue side and constructing a high-visibility pedestrian <br />crossing on Goodpasture Island Road. The work is scheduled to be completed by fall 2010. <br /> The primary sources of funding for the $6 million project federal highway and federal <br />stimulus funds. The project is being managed by the Eugene Public Works Department with <br />OBEC providing structural engineering services. Mowat Construction of Clackamas is the <br />general contractor. Mowat also was the contractor for the Beltline flyover, the bicycle/ pedestrian <br />bridge over I-5, and the Peter DeFazio bicycle/pedestrian bridge in Alton Baker Park. <br />For more information on the project, visit www.eugene-or.gov/deltapondsbridge. <br /># # # <br /> <br />Public Works Administration ? City of Eugene ? 101 E. Broadway, Suite 400, Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Phone 541-682-8421 ? Fax 541-682-6826 ? www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br />