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The earliest estimated completion date is now May 2026. City planners most recently projected the work to complete in winter 2025.
Work on Eugene’s Chambers Street bridge seismic upgrade is expected to resume next week, though the timeline for the project’s completion has been again delayed.
Salem-based contractor Carter & Co. began work in early March to retrofit the Chambers Street bridge at Roosevelt Boulevard to be able to withstand earthquakes. The city has closed lanes and restricted turns at the intersection.
The project was placed under a stop-work order in April and then paused over the summer and into the fall as the contractor waited for rail company Union Pacific to approve access to the property under the bridge, which spans the railroad tracks.
Construction is scheduled to begin again on Monday, Nov. 3, Public Works Public Affairs Manager Marion Suitor Barnes confirmed to Lookout Eugene-Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27.
The city now estimates the project will wrap up in late May or early June 2026. Officials initially estimated the project’s completion for fall 2025, later delaying it to winter 2025. This most recent delay pushes the project’s completion back at least another several months.
Barnes said contractors have excavated the end panels on the structure’s east side and covered them with steel plates.
Vehicles are currently allowed only on the west side, with only one lane in both the north and southbound direction.
They will soon transfer vehicles to the east side, allowing for work on the west side’s end panels while preparing to complete repairs under the structure.
“Traffic control will change periodically from one side of the bridge to the other throughout this process, but the end result is that there will continue to be no turns onto or from Roosevelt,” Barnes said in an email.
Barnes said there have been change orders in the city’s contract with Carter & Co. since it was awarded the project, but they were “minor,” and in the range of $10,000. The contractor’s winning bid for the project was over $2.9 million. The Oregon Department of Transportation estimated the cost at just under $4.1 million.
Barnes didn’t immediately return a request for more details on the project’s budget or the change order, though she said there hadn’t been any unexpected conditions or structural issues discovered during construction that affected the project schedule or design.
A staff member with Carter & Co. deferred requests for comment to the city of Eugene.
The bridge crosses over a railroad considered a joint facility with Union Pacific and Genesee & Wyoming, Union Pacific Communications Manager Jill Micek said.
The contractor was waiting on a right-of-entry permit with Genesee & Wyoming’s subsidiary Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, which handles local service on the tracks.
That agreement was executed last week, Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad spokesperson Tom Ciuba said, which took the “standard” time of eight to 12 weeks.
“All required permits or agreements have been obtained,” Barnes said. “We continue to meet with Union Pacific on a weekly basis and have open dialog regarding project work.”
