Coastal Highway Reopens After Emergency Culvert Work on US-101

South Oregon Coast Highway 101 Reopens Ahead of Time - Between Bandon, Port Orford

South Oregon Coast Highway 101 Reopens Ahead of Time - Between Bandon, Port Orford -- Reopened following a nearly 40-hour closure to replace a failed culvert

Coastal Highway Reopens After Emergency Culvert Work on US-101

Bandon, Oregon- U.S. Highway 101 reopened Sunday afternoon after being closed nearly 40 hours for a culvert replacement about six miles south of Bandon, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. The closure began at 9 p.m. Friday near Bearhead Mountain Lane, where crews removed a failing 24-inch pipe and installed an 11-foot culvert designed to handle high-water events. The original structure collapsed during a December storm that wa…