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i-5 Portland News Blog - Nov 07 ...

> Task force studies I-5 bridge options... Nov 28/07
It was only a coincidence that northbound traffic came to a virtual stop across the Columbia River on Interstate 5 Tuesday just as the task force planning a new bridge started meeting in Vancouver. The day's extreme congestion problems only underscored the importance of the project by the bistate Columbia River Crossing Task Force... cont...

> New models show multi-billion dollar Interstate Bridge vision... Nov 28/07
Building a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia River is an idea you can now picture... the KGW report New computerized renderings show what the multi-billion dollar options look like. "What we're trying to do is find that solution that works best for everybody," explained John Osborn, Co-Director of Oregon and Washington's joint Columbia River Crossing Project... cont...

> I-5 wreck snarls the evening commute... Nov 27/07
A multi-vehicle crash closed all lanes of northbound Interstate 5 at Delta Park for about an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m., just as the evening rush hour commute was getting started. Although I-5 reopened just before 5 p.m., traffic remained clogged in the area and motorists heading north were being advised to take Interstate 84 eastbound to Interstate 205 northbound... cont...

> Highways cradle Tigard, but off those roads there's so much more... Nov 26/07
Interstate 5, Oregon 99W and Oregon 217 traverse the city, where John Tigard set up a household... A highway runs through it, three of them, in fact: Tigard is blessed and cursed with the unmatched regional access that comes from bordering Interstate 5, straddling Oregon 217 and being spitted on Oregon 99W, which could traverse more of the city only by serpentining across the map. The benefit of that confluence is that Tigard has become a regional hub and home to manufacturing and transport businesses that need access to the highway web with a minimum of hassle... cont...

> i-205 Chase Suspect Appears In Court... Nov 22/07
A man accused of leading police on a wild chase from Vancouver to Portland appeared in court Wednesday. Nicholas Loredo, who had been wanted in connection with a motel robbery, was arrested in northeast Portland on Tuesday night. He led officers on the chase in a stolen pickup truck, before ditching it on Interstate 205 in Portland and running off on foot, according to police... cont...

> Police chase over Columbia ties up traffic on i-205... Nov 21/07
A robbery suspect led police on a chase across the Columbia River tonight, forcing closures for more than an hour along Interstate 205. The suspect, wanted in a motel robbery last weekend in Vancouver, was spotted driving a stolen pickup about 7:30 p.m. near State Route 500, said Sgt. Mike Chylack, a Vancouver Police Department spokesman... cont...

> Crossing group suggests replacing bridge, adding light rail... Nov 21/07
Light rail through downtown Vancouver and a new Interstate 5 Bridge to replace the old one are the preliminary choices for a new way across the Columbia River. The Columbia River Crossing issued draft findings about major choices for what could be a $4.2 billion project. The findings were prepared for next Tuesday's meeting of the 39-member Crossing task force... cont...

> Salem project completion to open I-5 bottleneck in time for Thanksgiving... Nov 20/07
On Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving traffic, the last three-mile bottleneck on Interstate 5 between Portland and Salem will be removed. I-5 will go from two to three lanes in each direction between the Highway 22 and Kuebler Boulevard interchanges. The widening will result in a six-lane I-5 north to Portland... cont...

> I-5 mishap pins Mustang under big rig... Nov 14/07
A Portland man was released from Southwest Washington Medical Center on Tuesday, a day after he lost control of a car on Interstate 5 and ended up with the car jammed under a tractor-trailer rig... cont...

> Suspected car thief caught after pursuit... Nov 12/07
Police caught a suspected car thief early Sunday after a short pursuit along Aviation Drive in Roseburg. The incident began about 2:30 a.m., when a sheriff’s deputy spotted a 1989 Subaru Wagon parked on Edenbower Boulevard at the Interstate 5 overpass and discovered it had recently been stolen from the Portland area... cont...

> First the Waddling Bandit, Next ... Mullethead... Nov 12/07
A portly robber with a distinctive gait suspected in about 20 bank robberies along the Interstate 5 corridor over the past two years was dubbed "The Waddling Bandit" by the bank robbery coordinator at the Portland FBI office, teams of agents working the case and bureau spokespeople who distribute information to the media... cont...

> Visit to the Willamette Valley is a slam dunk... Nov 11/07
Just south of Portland lies the Willamette Valley — a land of picture-perfect agriculture and about 200 wineries. The valley stretches about a hundred miles south, but you can find lots of fun in the northern part — and not all of it at the wine makers'... starting on Interstate 5, heading south from Portland, with some interesting places to stop. Enjoy the gorgeous fields of produce, Christmas trees and flowers along the way, as well as the roadside stands... cont...

> Driver charged after rear-ending vehicle on i-5... Nov 21/07
Several charges were filed after a driver reportedly rear-ended another driver Friday night, heading south on Interstate 5 near Capitol Highway. Bradley Karl Hessel, 44, was driving his Volvo station wagon when he rear-ended a Saab driven by Anthony Ricca, 31, according to reports... cont...

> The inner state of interstate Interstate Avenue... Nov 10/07
From the driver's seat, Interstate Avenue looks like just another long stretch of urban landscape -- busy, cluttered and, at times, undeniably ugly. Starting at the Oregon Convention Center, the street hugs the old industrialized eastern waterfront, rises to sweeping views of downtown and finally flattens into an evolving collection of markets, garages, bars, squat 1950s-era apartments and budget motels. On foot, however, Interstate is much more... cont...

> Teen's Wrong-Way Traffic Death On I-5 Ruled a Suicide... Nov 9/07
The death of a 16-year-old boy in a head-on collision on Interstate 5 has been ruled a suicide. State Patrol investigators found Andrew Lee Skidmore of Dallas was going north in the southbound lanes Wednesday. He died when his 1970 Dodge Dart slammed into a Peterbilt semitrailer rig near Woodland. Cowlitz County Deputy Coroner Brett Dundas said Thursday that Skidmore was not wearing a seat belt, nor were there any skid marks to show he tried to brake or swerve... cont...

> I-5 Columbia Bridge Gets High Priority... Nov 9/07
Federal highway officials have named the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River one of the nation's top transportation priorities, promising to clear the federal bureaucracy to help a $2-billion to $6-billion reconstruction move forward at full speed. The U.S. Department of Transportation has promised to help find money and furnish permits for the I-5 bridge, which connects Portland with Vancouver, Wash., immediately pledging $15 million in planning money... cont...

> Man trying to cross I-5 on foot struck by car... Nov 4/07
A Vancouver man was injured as he tried to cross Interstate 5 on foot Friday night, struck by a car driven by a man police say had been drinking. Chad P. Younker, 40, was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland with two broken legs, a spinal injury and internal trauma. He was in serious condition Saturday evening, a Legacy nursing supervisor said... cont...

> Wreck snarls downtown traffic... Nov 2/07
An overturned tractor-trailer slowed morning traffic in downtown Vancouver Thursday morning. The big rig tipped over around 9:40 a.m. as it was getting off the westbound lanes of state Highway 14 and getting onto Interstate 5, said Jim Flaherty, firefighter-spokesman with the Vancouver Fire Department. The truck, which was headed to Portland, tipped over while on the circular southbound I-5 onramp... cont...