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Alternatives

The community Task Force, Oversight Team, project management team, and public suggested ideas for reducing future traffic congestion across the Willamette River in the Salem-Keizer metropolitan area. The Task Force recommended a range of 13 preliminary alternatives that was adopted by the Oversight Team on August 17, 2007.

During the November 2007 open houses the public made suggestions for narrowing the 13 alternatives down to three. The Task Force considered these comments when suggesting alternatives for further study in the draft environmental impact statement (draft EIS). The Oversight Team concurred with the recommendations.

Alternatives advanced for further study in the draft EIS

In early 2008, the range of alternatives recommended by the Task Force and Oversight Team was modified to respond to advice from the Federal Highway Administration and the Oregon Department of Justice.

  • The Orchard Heights to Hood/Shipping (previously called yellow) alternatives were removed from further consideration because of their substantial impacts on Wallace Marine Park and the inability to meet federal regulatory requirements, called Section 4(f). This is consistent with the direction from the Task Force and Oversight Team to not advance these alternatives further unless they could meet the Section 4(f) requirements.
  • The Hope to Tryon Corridor (New Bridge Only) alternative was added back in, to insure that the EIS considers an adequate range of alternatives. This alternative had previously been dismissed because it was more expensive and did not provide as much transportation benefit as the Hope to Pine/Hickory Corridor. However, studying it in the EIS will allow for a more thorough look at the impacts of this alternative in relation to the others under consideration. This was previously referred to as the "orange" alternative.

The seven alternatives listed below (grouped by river crossing corridor) will be studied in detail in the draft EIS. After the draft EIS is completed, public comments will be taken at a public hearing/open house.

The Bridge Alternatives that will be studied during the draft EIS.

Click on the colors below to learn more about each alternative.

Alternative 1


Alternative 2


Alternative 3


Alternative 4A

Alternative 4B

Alternative 4C

Alternative 4D