Bend, Ore. – As Murphy Road opens, the intersection of Brookswood Boulevard and Pinebrook Boulevard will be closed beginning Monday, October 12, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. for 10-14 days due to construction activities.
Traffic changes include:
• The new Murphy Road extension between 3rd Street and Brookswood Blvd. opens Monday, October 12 at 10:30 a.m.
• Northbound Brookswood Blvd. will close at the new roundabout. Motorists will be detoured (see detour map below) east to 3rd Street via the new Murphy Road extension.
• Pinebrook Blvd. will be closed at Brookswood Blvd. to thru traffic. Residents along Pinebrook Blvd. will access their homes from the Bend Parkway (U.S. 97).
• Southbound Brookswood Blvd. will not be affected except there will be no access to Pinebrook Blvd.
The final step for this phase of the Murphy Road project will be to install a center median barrier on U.S. 97 at Pinebrook Blvd., and remove the traffic signals.
In the future only right in and right out movements at U.S. 97 and Pinebrook Blvd. will be allowed. All work for this phase of the project is expected to be completed by mid-December 2015.
The $27.7 million project has been funded through the 2009 Jobs and Transportation Act, which included a 6 cent per gallon gas tax increase. To learn more about the project, visit: www.us97andmurphyroad.com
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