Project Status
Estimated Completion
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Franklin Avenue
The NE Franklin Avenue Corridor Project will reduce conflict points and calm traffic to improve safety for all users, and also replaces aging waterlines and stormwater infrastructure during construction.
Franklin Avenue – Harriman Avenue to Fourth Street
As part of the Midtown Crossings Project, final design details continue for NE Franklin Avenue from Harriman Street to NE Fourth Street to reduce conflict points and calm traffic to improve safety for all. To increase efficiency and reduce cost, replacement of aging waterlines will also be completed during construction.
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY
PHASE 1 – NIGHT WORK – From May 18 through Mid-late June
Work on Franklin Avenue from First Street to Fourth Street is focused on replacing aging water pipes. Phase 1 work will be completed at night to minimize traffic impacts.
- WORK AREA: Franklin Avenue from First Street to Fourth Street
- TIME: Night work only, 7 p.m. -7 a.m.
- TWO-WAY ACCESS: lane closures and occasional flagging, but traffic will be open in both directions during Phase 1.
PHASE 2 – DAYTIME WORK – Begins Monday, June 15
Daytime work begins on Franklin Avenue from First Street to Fourth Street as waterline work continues, full reconstruction of the street begins, and traffic signal improvements are completed. Impacts will vary throughout the project area during construction.
- WORK AREA: Crews will focus on one-to-two block sections at a time
- TIME: Daytime work and occasional night work
- TRAFFIC PATTERNS; Traffic patterns will change frequently through August
- LANE CLOSURES: Franklin Avenue from First Street to Third Street – Two-way travel will remain open through June;
Lane closures and occasional flagging, but traffic will be open in both directions through June. - WESTBOUND CLOSURE: Franklin Avenue from Third Street to Fourth Street
- WORK AREA: Franklin Avenue from Third Street to Fourth Street
- DATE: July 6 through July 31
- TIME: Daytime work 7 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- EASTBOUND ONLY ACCESS: Beginning July 6
- DETOUR: Detour includes Ninth Street, Greenwood Avenue, and Third Street
- AUGUST: Expect additional changes to traffic patterns, closures, and detours through August. Check back on this website for updates or sign up to receive the Weekly Road Report at bendoregon.gov/traffic.
What to expect during construction
- For your safety, please stay out of the construction areas
- Plan ahead and allow extra travel time when in the area
- Traffic will change frequently
- Multiple work areas and one-way closures
- Access to businesses will remain open throughout construction
- Emergency response access will be maintained at all times
FUTURE PHASES
- SEPTEMBER – work will move west from First Street to Hill Street. This will require a full closure of Franklin Avenue. Detour routes will include Greenwood, Olney or Colorado avenues.
- The undercrossing will reopen temporarily from Thanksgiving Day through New Years Day.
- JANUARY – work will resume with full closure of Franklin Avenue from Harriman Street to First Street.
- One side of the undercrossing path will remain open at all times for pedestrians and bikes.
Dates are estimates and subject to change.
Franklin Avenue – Fourth Street to Eighth Street
Construction is complete on this segment for the season. Crews will return in spring 2026 to finish landscaping as well as potential pavement resurfacing of the road. Additional background information for Franklin Avenue between Fifth and Eighth streets is available on the Bend Bikeway Project website.
Note: dates are estimates and subject to change.
To increase efficiency, NE Franklin Avenue, between Fifth and Eighth streets, a portion of the Bend Bikeway Project was constructed as part of the Midtown Crossings Project. Work continues for NE Franklin Avenue from Harriman Street to Fifth Street.
Public Meetings
The project team appreciates the valuable input received from all participants.
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April 7, 2026 – Franklin Ave (from Harriman Street to NE Fourth Street) Pre-construction Open House
Feel free to browse the open house materials and information:
April 2026 Pre-construction Open House
- Dec. 5, 2024 to Jan. 7, 2025 – Franklin Avenue informational Online Open House
The comment period is now closed. However, the materials and meeting summary are available for viewing:
- Aug. 2024 – Franklin Avenue Open House and Community Survey
Browse the open house materials and summary report. The comment period is now closed.
