U.S. 101 closed in Lane County after retaining wall collapses, no detour planned (update)

Updated at 8 a.m. Sunday

The Oregon Department of Transportation said a section of U.S. 101 remains closed about 12 miles north of Florence after heavy rains caused a retaining wall to collapse, damaging the highway.

Officials said they have no projected time to reopen the Lane County stretch, which continues to have water traveling through it.

High water has also closed U.S. 20 about 7 miles east of Corvallis, ODOT reported Sunday morning.

Engineers will figure out how to deal with the wall in the short term and repair it when the weather allows.

Anyone traveling to the central Oregon coast should plan to avoid that stretch of U.S. 101 because there will be no detour.

Earlier Saturday, rain compromised the retaining walljust north of Heceta Head. It is the site of an active landslide. Northbound traffic is beingturned around at Sea Lion Caves, and southbound traffic turned around near Heceta Head.

-- Molly Harbarger

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U.S. 101 closed in Lane County after retaining wall collapses, no detour planned (update)