HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Construction is under way on a new 1.3-mile section of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail from Lindsey Creek to the Starvation Creek trailhead on the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge.
The new section of trail is expected to open in late September.
The work is requiring a single lane closure on weeknights in the right lane of Interstate 84 eastbound from mileposts 53 to 55 near Starvation Creek trailhead.
The right lane will be closed from 6 a.m. Mondays through 6 p.m. Thursdays starting now and continuing through June 23. No work will take place during Memorial Day weekend.
Three U.S. Forest Service hiking trails are closed from 6 a.m. Mondays through 6 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 31. Those include Mount Defiance No. 413, Starvation Ridge No. 414 and Starvation Ridge Cutoff No. 414A.
