TROUTDALE, Ore. -- The Oregon Departmen of Transportation has suspended eastbound traffic on Interstate 84 into the Columbia River Gorge at Troutdale.
Icy conditions in the Gorge were blamed for nearly a dozen collisions in about an hour early Saturday afternoon, prompting county and state police requests that eastbound lanes be closed.
ODOT closed the interstate at Troutdale-Exit 17 and asked that travelers and trucks use alternate routes until crews could sand the roads.
There are two major alternate routes eastward, ODOT said. Travelers can take US Hwy 26 to State Hwy 35 across Mount Hood, which links back up with I-84 in Hood River. They also can cross the Columbia River into Washington and use WSR-14.
Westbound traffic into Portland was still moving, ODOT said.
Officials did not say when eastbound lanes would reopen.
