ODOT closes I-5 Commercial Street exit through Sept. 23 as freeway expansion gets underway

The south Commercial Street exit off Interstate 5 just south of Salem and the Southeast Delaney Road on-ramp will be closed through Sept. 23 in preparation for a project to widen the highway to three lanes. 

The Oregon Department of Transportation closed the exit Monday as crews prepare for the first phase of the project, which includes expanding the southbound lanes. 

Crews are working to shift traffic around exit 249. While the exit will reopen…