Department of Transportation (OR)

ODOT IDs and Codes

• Discussion: ODOT Thread
• Also see: Department of State Police (OR)#12-Codes

ODOT Radio IDs

• Example: 3M60
  • first digit is district 3
  • letters are type of unit
    • M units are maint
    • B is bridge crew
    • S is sign
  • 60 series is area; in this case 60 is Santiam Junction
  • Lower numbers are usually district engineers not sure if they are using A or X for them

ODOT Weather Report Codes

• 12-37 weather reports such as 32 65 3 35 condition c
  • first group is temp 32
  • next group
    • first digit is actual weather from clear to snowing hard to blizzard 6 or 7 is blizzard?
    • second digit is road surface condition 5 or 6 snow packed on road hard. lower numbers snow and slush to bare pavement
  • third group of numbers is amount of new snow since last report
  • fourth group is total roadside snow
  • condition A , B or C is chain requirements
    • A trucks over 10k traction ok on under 10k
    • B requires trucks and more smaller vehicles and trailers have chains and
    • C everything must have chains even with traction tires

• They give reports several times a day as long as it is snow season, pretty much the same as studded tire season dates but have heard them go longer with late snows.

• From Foster, ODOT can usually be heard from:
  • Bend North a lot of the time on 156.060,
  • Santiam Junction 156.135,
  • Sweet Home on 151.025 and
  • Eugene on 158.745.

External Links

• ODOT District Maps

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