The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced on Nov. 12, 2025, the substantial completion of all major elements of the OR 217 Auxiliary Lanes Project — delivered on time after four years of planned construction.

ODOT said it worked to improve safety and address longstanding bottlenecks on OR 217 while also completing key connections in the adjacent bicycle and pedestrian network. The agency expects that the improvements will decrease crashes on the highway by 20-30 percent and save more than 73,000 hours of travel time every year.

The total project cost is $174 million primarily funded through the Keep Oregon Moving transportation package (House Bill 2017). The city of Beaverton and Washington County also contributed money toward the project.

Kerr Contractors Oregon served as the project's general contractor.

Major project accomplishments:

• Placed more than 19,000 tons of asphalt and added 5 mi. of new auxiliary lanes, resulting in less congestion, increased merging distance and a safer highway with fewer crashes.

• Built a new southbound frontage road between Allen Boulevard and Denney Road. The new frontage road decreases highway merging, making trips safer for drivers.

• Rebuilt the Hall Boulevard overpass in Tigard, including wider sidewalks and bicycle lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalk ramps and increased earthquake resilience.

• Widened the Hall Boulevard overpass in Beaverton by 19 ft. to support a new sidewalk and bike lanes and fill in a missing link in the bicycle/pedestrian network. This work was in partnership with the City of Beaverton.

• Widened the sidewalk on the Denney Road overpass by 4.5 ft. to accommodate two-way bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

The project also:

• Widened and reconfigured ramps at six interchanges.

• Connected the Fanno Creek Trail to Allen Boulevard, in partnership with the city of Beaverton, to complete the north/south parallel bicycle and pedestrian network.

• Added four sound walls.

• Widened shoulders to accommodate emergency response vehicles.

• Built nine retaining walls.

• Installed 2,100 ft. of protective fencing and 23,000 ft. of guardrail.

• Installed 19,000 ft. of pipes and 18 storm swales and retention ponds.

Final touches and clean-up work will continue over the next several weeks. Final landscaping will continue into next spring as weather permits.