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Paving work on U.S. 101 heads south Wednesday
By Alexander Rich, Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | No comments posted.
After a week’s hiatus, workers will resume repaving U.S. Highway 101 Wednesday night, starting on the southbound lanes next to the Timber Inn in Coos Bay.
The 2.25-mile project’s remaining grinding and paving work should be completed by the end of next week, said Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Dan Latham.
As before, workers from Knife River Corp., ODOT’s contractor, will grind up and repave the roadway during evening hours, though lane closures will go into effect a little earlier. Latham said workers will place cones in the work areas around 7 p.m., with machinery revving into action around 8. Crews should be off the roads by 6 a.m. and flaggers will direct southbound traffic as it goes from two lanes to one.
ODOT is paving the four-lane highway from just south of Bunker Hill Elementary School to Fir Avenue at the northern end of the Coos Bay couplet. The final stretch of paving for the $2.9-million project beginning Wednesday will cover southbound lanes from Fir Avenue to about Coalbank Slough bridge.
The construction crew has completed laying down asphalt on all northbound lanes and southbound lanes east of the bridge.
Some segments of the road haven’t been paved since 1985. Other stretches are uneven because new asphalt was poured on old pavement without first leveling the roadway.
To produce a uniform surface, the crew will grind four to five inches of old asphalt from the 2.3 miles of road before putting down new asphalt. The process will involve the use of steam rollers, which can cause vibrations in adjacent buildings. ODOT has advised business owners and residents to secure fragile belongings in the immediate construction area.
Once paving is completed, ODOT will install a new traffic signal at the southbound intersection of Johnson Avenue and paint lane lines.
There also will be some final grinding work to complete.
Several roads have jagged edges at their intersections with the highway in areas with new asphalt. Latham said ODOT’s contract with Knife River does not include leveling those bumps. Instead, ODOT workers will smooth the intersections in late August or early September, he said.
The 2.25-mile project’s remaining grinding and paving work should be completed by the end of next week, said Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Dan Latham.
As before, workers from Knife River Corp., ODOT’s contractor, will grind up and repave the roadway during evening hours, though lane closures will go into effect a little earlier. Latham said workers will place cones in the work areas around 7 p.m., with machinery revving into action around 8. Crews should be off the roads by 6 a.m. and flaggers will direct southbound traffic as it goes from two lanes to one.
ODOT is paving the four-lane highway from just south of Bunker Hill Elementary School to Fir Avenue at the northern end of the Coos Bay couplet. The final stretch of paving for the $2.9-million project beginning Wednesday will cover southbound lanes from Fir Avenue to about Coalbank Slough bridge.
The construction crew has completed laying down asphalt on all northbound lanes and southbound lanes east of the bridge.
Some segments of the road haven’t been paved since 1985. Other stretches are uneven because new asphalt was poured on old pavement without first leveling the roadway.
To produce a uniform surface, the crew will grind four to five inches of old asphalt from the 2.3 miles of road before putting down new asphalt. The process will involve the use of steam rollers, which can cause vibrations in adjacent buildings. ODOT has advised business owners and residents to secure fragile belongings in the immediate construction area.
Once paving is completed, ODOT will install a new traffic signal at the southbound intersection of Johnson Avenue and paint lane lines.
There also will be some final grinding work to complete.
Several roads have jagged edges at their intersections with the highway in areas with new asphalt. Latham said ODOT’s contract with Knife River does not include leveling those bumps. Instead, ODOT workers will smooth the intersections in late August or early September, he said.
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