August 21, 2024 3:30 a.m.

A section of Northwest Edenbower Boulevard from Northwest Aviation Drive to Northeast Stephens Street in Roseburg will be closed this weekend while city crews and Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad replace the Edenbower Boulevard railroad crossing.

A city release said that section of Edenbower Boulevard will close to all traffic between 9:00 a.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Monday as a contractor replaces the crossing.

Traffic control signs will be in place to detour motorists around the closure. Traffic moving east on Edenbower Boulevard will be required to detour onto Aviation Drive to access Stephens Street. Westbound traffic will be detoured around the closure using Northwest Stewart Parkway and Aviation Drive, or by using Hooker Road to Aviation Drive.

Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad will begin work Friday morning to rebuild the crossing including new ballast, ties, rail and concrete crossing panels. Sunday night, after the railroad company has completed its work, Knife River Materials will pave the asphalt approaches to the concrete crossing panels.

For updates, visit the Public Works “Projects” website: www.cityofroseburg.org, or call the Public Works Department at 492-6730.