Closed roads and treacherous travel greet Portlanders as region thaws from winter storm By Kale Williams, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND Slick roads, fallen trees and downed power lines made for treacherous travel around the Portland area as the region began to emerge from a series of winter storms that deposited as much as three quarters of an inch of ice on the metro area.
Service on all Portland Streetcar routes had been cancelled Monday morning and only a few MAX routes were operating with very limited service. Bus routes throughout the city had been delayed, detoured or cancelled altogether.
TriMet recommended riders check the agency’s alert page for the latest details.
West Burnside will remain closed through Tuesday
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
Crews work to clear debris on West Burnside St. near the pedestrian bridge, after a landslide on January 13, 2021. Heavy rains and damaging wind caused flooding and landslides in the area.Mark Graves/The Oregonian
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A landslide that brought down hundreds of yards of debris onto West Burnside near the Wildwood Trail will likely not be cleared until late Tuesday.
Portland Bureau of Transportation officials said hundreds of cubic yards of debris from adjacent hillsides fell onto the roadway around last Tuesday night during a period of heavy rain and wind. Recent tweets show Portland General Electric crews removing power lines and poles midday Wednesday. PBOT estimates as many as 12 dump truck loads of debris will need to be removed.
Portland metro Friday traffic: I-205 northbound reopens after fatal crash at I-84
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
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All lanes of Interstate 205 northbound are closed at Interstate 84 following a fatal crash early Friday morning.
Several vehicles are involved in the crash near the Halsey overpass. Portland police have reported this as a fatal crash. All northbound traffic on I-205 is being diverted onto Interstate 84 westbound. The Glisan off ramp is also open for diverted traffic. The ramp from northbound I-205 to I-84 eastbound is closed.
Officials from the Oregon Department of Transportation said in a recent release that the closure is expected to be in place for several hours. Travelers should expect major delays. Traffic hoping to continue into Washington State should consider Interstate 5 for through travel.