‘Traffic is light and flowing freely’ amid closure of southbound Interstate 5, WSDOT says

But ‘traffic may be heavier on Tuesday going forward through the rest of the week’

A sign warns motorists of an Interstate 5 closure during 2020 bridge repair. Transportation officials are cautiously optimistic that motorists are heeding warnings about this month’s closure of I-5 southbound in Portland’s Rose Quarter, much like they did for the 2020 bridge work. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

On the first weekday morning of the five-week closure of southbound Interstate 5 in Portland, worst-case predictions of traffic snarls as far north as Vancouver have not materialized.

“Traffic is light and flowing freely,” Celeste Dimichina, a communications consultant with the Washington State Department of Transportation, said Monday morning.

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‘Traffic is light and flowing freely’ amid closure of southbound Interstate 5, WSDOT says

But ‘traffic may be heavier on Tuesday going forward through the rest of the week’

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