Traffic Alert! OR 217 in Tigard to close for the weekend

Jenna Deml
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Get ready for a big road closure this weekend!

The Oregon Department of Transportation will close Highway 217 between Greenburg Road and 99W, in both directions, starting Friday evening, as a part of the highway’s improvement project. It will be closed starting at 9 p.m. Friday and run until 5 a.m. Monday.

The closure will allow crews to demolish the Hall Boulevard overpass.

<em>OR 217 will close in both directions between OR 99W and Greenburg Road from 9 p.m. Friday, March 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 18 as improvements continue along the west side highway corridor. (Courtesy: ODOT)</em>
OR 217 will close in both directions between OR 99W and Greenburg Road from 9 p.m. Friday, March 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 18 as improvements continue along the west side highway corridor. (Courtesy: ODOT)

Several on-ramps in the area will also be affected by this closure and ODOT is encouraging traffic to avoid the area or find alternative routes.

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The closure is part of ODOT’s OR 217 Auxiliary Lanes Project, which will build additional lanes in both directions between the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and OR 99W.

The project is scheduled for completion at the end of 2025.

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