ODOT Clarifies Highway 59 Widening

The five lane portion of the widening of Highway 59 from Sailboat Bridge into Grove will end at 21st Street, ODOT officials said this week. At that point it will begin three lanes through the Leisure Road intersection, which will be repainted and the string lights will be replaced with pole mounted lights.
More than one resident had expressed the thought that the five lanes would come to Leisure Road, but ODOT cleared up the issue this week. The 21st Street location is near Arrowhead Boat Sales' lot. The proposed 16th Street Bypass will feed from the three lane portion quite nicely, one local observer noted.