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‘Traffic is light and flowing freely’ amid closure of southbound Interstate 5, WSDOT says

On the first weekday morning of the five-week closure of southbound Interstate 5 in Portland, worst-case predictions of traffic snarls as far north as Vancouver have not materialized.

‘Traffic is light and flowing freely’ amid closure of southbound Interstate 5, WSDOT says

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On the first weekday morning of the five-week closure of southbound Interstate 5 in Portland, worst-case predictions of traffic snarls as far north as Vancouver have not materialized.

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On the first weekday morning of the five-week closure of southbound Interstate 5 in Portland, worst-case predictions of traffic snarls as far north as Vancouver have not materialized.

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