Crews work to clear debris and install temporary barriers to allow them to reopen one lane of Interstate 5 Dec. 10 after the entire northbound section of the highway was closed due to a Dec. 9 landslide. The interstate reopened two lanes the evening of Dec. 10.
Washington State Department of Transportation
Crews in Washington have opened two northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Woodland after a landslide closed them Wednesday. The Washington State Department of Transportation hopes to have all lanes open by Sunday night.
Landslides and flooding have closed several roads and stretches of highway around western Oregon and southwest Washington this week.
Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency today in the face of floods across the region. The proclamation covers a series of storms that started on Nov. 30 and is continuing. The storms produced high winds and heavy rainfall that saturated soils, caused major flooding, landslides, stream bank and slope erosion, fallen tree limbs, broken and uprooted trees, and flying debris. More info here: http://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/gov-inslee-proclaims-state-emergency-following-severe-storms-across-washingtonThe video is of the Centralia/Chehalis area and was taken by a Washington State Patrol plane (& is better quality than a previous video we posted because it's not based on a live video stream)
Posted by Washington Emergency Management Division on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Here is latest list of road closures around the Portland metro area as of 12:05 p.m. Friday:
Portland
- SW Hamilton at SW 39th
- SW Montgomery from SW Vista to SW 14th
- SE 122nd Ave Bridge over Johnson Creek
Multnomah County
- All affected roads have reopened as of Wednesday afternoon
Clackamas County
- Canby Ferry over the Willamette River
- Knights Bridge Road from Barlow Road to Arndt Road
Washington County
- 334th Avenue from TV Highway
- Fern Hill Road from Geiger Road to Taylor Way
- Cedar Canyon Road from Killin Road to Graham Road
- Nowakowski Road at Culvert — 1 mile north of Buxton
- Nowakowski Road from Scofield Road to OR 47
- Hwy 219 from Wood Street to Tongue Lane
- Old Hwy 47 at Bates Road
- Padgett Road from Hornecker Road to Hillsboro city limits
- Reiling Road at OR 47
- Strassel Road from the 2 mile mark to Highway 26
- Susbauer Road from Long Road to Hornecker Road
- Timber Road from north of Highway 6
For more state road closures from around Oregon, check TripCheck.com. The Washington State Department of Transportation has the latest on state-maintained roads.