PORTLAND, Oregon — Interstate 205 in West Linn has reopened around the Abernethy Bridge after contractors performed a controlled detonation west of Highway 43 Thursday morning.
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) said there was a 15-minute closure of I-205 in both directions, between 10th Street in West Linn and 99E in Oregon City, to allow the work to be performed.
Around that, there were also slowdowns for about a two-hour window between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. There was a number of road closures within the city of West Linn as well to allow contractors to detonate what appeared to be two blasting caps discovered underground. They were likely used during the original construction of the Abernethy Bridge, ODOT said in a press release. There was no danger to the public during the detonation process.
The Abernethy Bridge carries about 103,000 vehicles per day, according to 2018 ODOT traffic counts, along I-205 over the Willamette River between the communities of West Linn and Oregon City.
Here are some links to ODOT's traffic cameras in the vicinity of the work zone:
You can see a full suite of cameras on ODOT's website, TripCheck.com.
For more on the work being performed along the I-205 corridor, here's a link to ODOT's project website.
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