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Bankrupt: A $3.5 billion Rose Quarter Freeway widening project

Summary by City Observatory
The Oregon Department of Transportation’s systematic mismanagement and deception have turned Portland’s I-5 Rose Quarter freeway widening project into a fiscal black hole. Highest cost project in the US: At $3.5 billion for a 1.5-mile stretch, the Rose Quarter project now costs roughly $2.3 billion per mile—making it the second most expensive highway project in the United States, behind only the nearby $15 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement …
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City Observatory broke the news on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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