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What Went Wrong with Hawthorne Bridge?

$5M overrun forces Bend to reconsider project scope

by Sarah Isak-Goode September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

The cost of Bend’s planned Hawthorne Overcrossing bridge has jumped by $5 million, throwing a wrench into the City of Bend’s timeline and design plans for the project. The City reports that the Oregon Department of Transportation recently informed them of the cost hike. ODOT is managing the design and construction due to federal funding […]

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Bend Bypass Needs Major Surgery

Rapid growth has $120 million parkway clogged

Frank X. FielderSeptember 6, 2017June 9, 2025

Date Published Oct. 6, 2005 J ust four years after the Bend Parkway put the pedal to the metal the $120 million bypass needs major surgery to keep the economic heart of Central Oregon pumping at full throttle. And our “medical insurance”—state funding that is—won’t cover all the costs on this congested stretch of U.S. […]

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