A construction project shuts down 4 miles of Interstate-5 in Southwest Portland, diverting traffic to Southwest Barbur Boulevard on Saturday, June 29, 2024.Sean Meagher/The Oregonian
Hundreds of cars and trucks crowded the four lanes of Southwest Barbur Boulevard on Saturday as a total closure of 4 miles of Interstate 5 forced commuters onto detour routes.
By mid-afternoon, it took about 30 minutes to drive through the detour on Southwest Terwilliger and Barbur boulevards and back onto I-5 at the Capitol Highway overpass where the construction ended.
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