1 lane of US Highway 101 open on Oregon Coast after bridge guardrail collapses

Repair work for the Necarney Creek Bridge on U.S. Highway 101 on the north Oregon Coast is expected to begin in late September, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

A section of the concrete guardrail collapsed on Aug. 29 . The bridge was closed for two hours until it could be inspected for safety. After further inspection, the northbound lane in the damaged section was deemed unsafe for vehicles due to the abrupt edge and severely damaged guardrail.

"We will continue to flag traffic through one lane until repairs are completed, and we don’t have an estimate yet of when the work will be done," ODOT said in a news release.

According to ODOT, the bridge was built in 1937, and the section that collapsed was part of the original sidewalk and guardrail.

The bridge is located 4 miles north of Manzanita near Oswald West State Park.

Plan for extra time if traveling near Oswald West in September and into October.

Elliott Deins is an outdoors journalism intern for the Statesman Journal. You can reach him at edeins@salem.gannett.com

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