Authorities try to avoid ‘carmageddon’ during 5-week closure of I-5 southbound

Bridgetown Trucking uses 35 trucks to ship everything from silicon chips to 2,000-pound bags of sugar around Portland.

On Sept. 11, freight haulers like Bridgetown are going to see their routes severely disrupted by the closure of all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for five weeks.

“This is unprecedented,” said Bridgetown CEO Dave Chalmers. “We’ve never seen this in Portland.”…

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