UPDATE (5:15 a.m., Wednesday, March 8, 2017) The Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that SW 13th Avenue and SW Market Street have now been reopened. Crews worked through the night to repair traffic signals damaged by an overturned tractor trailer and reopen the streets before the morning commute.
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(5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2017) The Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that repairing traffic signals damaged by an overturned tractor trailer will require some downtown road closures overnight and potentially affecting the Wednesday morning commute.
SW 13th Avenue is closed from SW Columbia Street to SW Market Street and will remain closed overnight. SW Market Street is also closed from SW 12th to SW 13th avenues, with traffic from U.S. 26 eastbound directed to travel south on SW 13th Avenue to SW Montgomery and SW 12th Avenue to return to SW Market Street eastbound.
SW Clay Street remains open for westbound travel through the area to U.S. 26.
We urge the public to use caution, expect delays and obey street closed signs in the area. Follow all directions from flaggers or other public safety personnel in the area.
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