Road crews began work this week at SE 92nd Avenue and Lincoln Street. During this second phase of intersection enhancements, cement masons will reconstruct two sidewalk corners on the west side of SE 92nd Avenue and add 80 feet of new sidewalk on the southern edge of SE Lincoln Street. The following construction phase will create a raised concrete pedestrian island in the center of SE 92nd Avenue in alignment with a new high-visibility striped crosswalk.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) completed the first phase of this Safe Routes to School project in December 2023. During that work, traffic engineers created safer cyclist paths by placing round concrete diverters along the roadway to form protected bike lanes. Then, street painters reworked the lane configuration, eliminating some parking spaces while outlining new parking locations away from the curb.

1. Build a segment of sidewalk and three new curb ramps on the NW and SW corners of the intersection (Under Construction)
2. Mark crosswalks across SE Lincoln and SE 92nd Ave
3. Build a concrete island in the SE 92nd Ave crosswalk to provide a waiting space for people walking
4. Tighten turning radius to slow southbound vehicles turning right from SE 92nd onto SE Lincoln (Completed)
5. Separate automobile and bicycle travel lanes with concrete barriers (Completed)
6. Extend the east side bike lane through the intersection (Completed)
7. Adjust parking spaces by: removing six (6) legal parking spaces, but adding four (4) new legal parking spaces. This will be a total change of removing two (2). (Completed)

This section of SE 92nd Avenue features a southbound turnout at the westward connection to SE Lincoln Street. Consequently, the northwest sidewalk corner and curb ramp are over 50 feet from the edge of SE 92nd Avenue. North-south pedestrians will need to cross SE Lincoln Street with a mid-block curb ramp and travel along the new sidewalk leading toward the newly marked 92nd Avenue crossing.

Cars and bicyclists must share lanes during construction as barricades have drivers shifted to the east along SE 92nd Avenue. Additional traffic diversion will occur when crews begin work on the pedestrian island. All users of this roadway should use caution over the next few weeks until construction workers complete the final phases of the safety project.

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