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Environment New tunnels may keep deer off the highway in Bend Published: May. 10, 2009, 11:20 a.m. By The Associated Press ...
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“Tunnels are options that kind of get people from point A to point B,” said Kris Strickler, the highway division administrator at the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Oregon has also seen a substantial reduction in wildlife collisions near Bend, after two underpasses were built to help connect important mule deer habitat. The highway cuts off summer ranges in ...
CORBETT, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Transportation closed part the Historic Columbia River Highway for crews to work after a rock fall near the Oneonta Tunnel, east of Multnomah Falls. The ...
The four-mile stretch of road south of Lava Butte will look significantly different upon completion, which is scheduled for fall 2011, said Peter Murphy, Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman.
A section of Oregon Highway 58, the Willamette Highway, will be fully closed in the area of the Salt Creek Tunnel for 10 hours next Wednesday, July 7, from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. to remove a semi-truck ...
Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian The Oregon Dept. of Transportation celebrates the opening of the Oneonta Tunnel Saturday. After being filled with debris for more than 60 years the restoration is complete.
A 1990 Toyota Camry is seen after it was involved in a crash in the Highway 26 tunnel west near the community of Manning, Ore. Oregon State Police said a 19-year-old man caused the three-car crash ...
The tunnel, called the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel, was completed in 1940 and carries the highway through the Northern Oregon Coast Range mountains. It's 772 feet long, meaning that a car traveling ...