Highway 6 is back to two lanes after nearly a month of emergency repairs following December's landslide and sunken grade. Flaggers remain on site, with guardrail work scheduled for Monday.
Emergency repairs at the milepost 35 sunken grade continue on Highway 6, and this month, travelers can expect more delays as the Oregon Department of Transportation begins work on replacing guardrails along the corridor.
With no long-term fix in sight for the crumbling Highway 6, county leaders declared an emergency Tuesday morning, asking the state to address the issues plaguing the Wilson River Highway.
Highway 6 has closed again after a new crack formed in the only lane still in operation near milepost 35. The highway is expected to be closed most of Sunday.
The Wilson River Highway is closed between mileposts 27 and 42 after a landslide and sunken grade made the roadway impassable. No reopening estimate has been made yet.
A Garibaldi woman is dead after a Washington driver drove into oncoming traffic on Highway 6 just west of the Washington and Tillamook County line Friday, Oregon State Police said.
Oregon State Police say a pedestrian on Highway 6 died after entering the roadway and being struck by a semi-truck on Highway 6 about three miles west of the Tillamook and Washington County line on Tuesday.
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office assisted the Oregon State Police on Sunday evening in stopping a BMW driver traveling at about 120 mph on Highway 6, deflating the vehicle's tires with a spike trap between Banks and Gales Creek.
Highway 6 is blocked by a fallen tree, the Oregon Department of Transportation said. According to tripcheck.com, the location is near Hartmann Drive near the Killen Wetlands.
Highway 6 was back down to one lane Thursday morning. "With similar and further sinking this morning, we expect to flag traffic until the lane can be stabilized, and the surface repaired," ODOT said in a statement. "This means the lane closure may last beyond today."
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m.
