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A brief video explains how auxiliary lanes will work to improve congestion and safety issues in the Rose Quarter area.
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A highway cover is a concrete, steel platform that is placed over a highway, similar to a wide bridge. Multiple designs for the highway cover were evaluated through an Independent Cover Assessment. The Proposed Hybrid 3 Concept was selected, as it will provide the greatest community benefit.
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The Proposed Hybrid 3 Concept maintains the existing N Flint Avenue I-5 overcrossing. In the future, people walking, rolling, biking, and driving will be able to use a new connection over I-5 connecting N and NE Hancock Street.
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The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project will improve local streets to make them safer by offering greater visibility, protection and access to people walking, rolling and biking through the Rose Quarter area.
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Three roadways (I-5, I-84 and I-405) intersect in the short distance between the Morrison and Fremont bridges. Ramp-to-ramp connections (auxiliary lanes) will provide a direct connection that allows people to transition from one interchange ramp to the next without merging into through traffic, so drivers experience a safer, more reliable trip with less potential for crashes.
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The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project moves the I-5 southbound off-ramp to south of NE Weidler at NE Wheeler Avenue. The I-5 southbound on-ramp location will not change.
Learn MorePlease note that this graphic is conceptual, and the project design and cover shape may change as design progresses.
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The first two decades of the federal interstate system construction displaced more than a million Americans. In the 1950s and 60s, this construction had a profoundly negative impact on communities of color.
In Portland, generations of Black families in the Albina neighborhood are still haunted by the lasting impact of the loss of their homes, businesses, places of worship and social cohesion. The construction of I-5, the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland Public School Blanchard and "urban renewal" divided and displaced communities in North and Northeast Portland leaving generational trauma in its wake.
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We host a variety of events to share information, get input on the project and answer your questions, including open houses, discussion groups, and tabling events. We also have monthly committee meetings, where two community-led committees meet with the project team and advise on topics such as project design and contracting guidelines.
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