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Traffic advisory
Improvements include an earthquake-ready bridge, and safety improvements for freight, pedestrians and people biking.
Published
(July 7, 2026) -- The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) advises the traveling public that NE Lombard Street will be closed Friday night, July 10, through early Monday morning, July 13, for work that will replace the 42nd Avenue bridge over the highway and install safety improvements on the bridge as well as on NE Lombard Street.
Starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, July 10, NE Lombard Street (US 30 Bypass) will be closed to through traffic between NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and NE 82nd Avenue. NE Lombard Street is expected to be reopened by 5 a.m. on Monday, July 13.
Freight and regional travelers going between North Portland and Interstate 205 should plan to use NE Columbia Boulevard. During the closure hours, detour signs will direct travelers to NE Columbia Boulevard. See the detour map below.
Lombard was closed with the same detours May 1 to 4. This weekend's closure is the second of at least seven that will need to be needed through the end of 2027, to make way for bridge demolition and replacement. Another closure is expected by Fall 2026 pending final approval by ODOT.
Closures are required for the NE 42nd Avenue Bridge Replacement, which will make a seismically safe crossing for an emergency route and provide better access for freight, pedestrians, and people biking on the bridge and NE Lombard Street below the span. The new bridge will fill the gap between the Holman Neighborhood Greenway and the NE 47th Avenue protected bikeway.
During the weekend closure, local access to area homes and businesses east and west of the bridge will remain available. Travelers will be able to go east on Lombard as far as NE 42nd Avenue but will then see the closure and be forced to go south on NE 42nd.
The traveling public is advised to expect delays, travel cautiously, observe all closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. Local access to residences and businesses will remain available. For months, PBOT staff have been notifying area businesses and residents of this and other work coming soon.
While NE Lombard Street is closed this weekend, crews plan to demolish the bridge. This work is weather-dependent, and the schedule may change.
NE Lombard Street is a state highway, owned and operated by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). ODOT is helping fund part of the project to make bike safety improvements on Lombard, and the two agencies are coordinating closely on safety for the work zone and detours during construction.
Sign up for email updates, and learn more about the schedule for more closures of NE Lombard Street, and the safety improvements coming soon at the NE 42nd Avenue Bridge Replacement website.
Project Funding
This $25 million project is funded by city, state and other funds, including: $6 million in PBOT System Development Charges (SDCs) which are fees developers pay to off-set the impact of job and population growth; $4 million from the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax and $1 million from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund.
In 2016 and 2020, Portland City Council approved a four-year Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT), collected on businesses delivering goods within city limits. Along with the voter-approved 10-cent gas tax, revenues go to PBOT's Fixing Our Streets program, funding projects along priority freight routes.
Learn more about Fixing Our Streets funding and projects.
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