Ruptured North Portland sewer pipe fixed, traffic detour continues through May
City work crews have repaired a pressurized sewer pipe that ruptured in North Portland, causing a sewage release into the Columbia Slough and potentially damaging an overpass in the Rivergate Industrial District area used by freight trucks and other vehicles.
(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) -- City work crews have repaired a pressurized sewer pipe that ruptured in North Portland, causing a sewage release into the Columbia Slough and potentially damaging an overpass in the Rivergate Industrial District area used by freight trucks and other vehicles.
Although the pipe has been fixed, work is still underway to determine damage to the overpass, which was immediately closed. Because of that, the detour around the overpass has been extended through May.
"As crews repair the bridge site near the break and investigate the potential for other areas of damage, a detour will remain in place and is expected to last through at least late May. Engineers with Environmental Services, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and a contractor for Environmental Services have been working together to repair the site and bridge as soon as possible," the Bureau of Environmental Services said on Friday, April 5.
It is not unusual for the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services to warn of a sewage discharge from the city sewer system that it operates.
Blockages occasionally cause sewage to spill from access covers, sometimes into ditches and creeks.
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