This is an update on the Washington Way Improvement project. Multiple changes are expected to begin on Monday, January 13 and continue for the next several months. Please see below for details and locations, including a new road closure.

Update – road reopening

• Washington Way between 30^th – 35^th St. will be reopening to all traffic starting January 13.

Upcoming road closure on Washington Way

• 1/13 – 2/28: Washington Way closed between 17^th and 26^th St. to allow for new steam line installation.
  • The 17^th St. intersection will be closed; vehicles traveling north-south through campus should use 15^th St. as a detour.  
  • SW Benton Place will remain open.
  • May Way closed to through traffic; delivery truck traffic will be permitted.
  • Pedestrians – the crosswalk at 17^th St. will be closed; cross Washington Way at 15^th St. or Dixon/Goss driveway crosswalk. Multi-use path (south side) closed from Goss Stadium to 15^th St. Use north sidewalk as a detour.

Sidewalk/multi-use path access through approx. March 15

• 30^th – 35^th St.: multi-use path (south) and sidewalk (north) both fully open.
• 26^th – 30^th St.: multi-use path closed; sidewalk open.
• 15^th – 26^th St.: multi-use path closed from Goss Stadium to 15^th St.; sidewalk on the north side will be open.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Derek Bennett at (541) 609-6111.