The other day, in writing about the plan to move the westbound offramp to the Hawthorne Bridge, we suggested that the project would cause a closure of westbound traffic on the bridge for many months. Today we learned from Multnomah County facilities chief Doug Butler that that's not necessarily the case:

[T]he County’s intention has always been to minimize disruption related to the construction. The westbound bridge ramp will certainly not be closed for a year. One of the advantages that we saw to this approach was that it allows the construction of the new ramp independent of the existing ramp or street connection. They can then be "hooked up" at the last minute and in a relatively short period of time.