  We present observations of the region between 5deg < l < 45deg and |b| <
3deg, in the OH 1612 MHz line, taken from 1993 to 1995 with the VLA. These
observations are the last part of a larger survey, covering |l| < 45deg and |b|
< 3deg, with the ATCA and the VLA. The region was systematically observed on a
30'x30' grid in (l,b) and the resulting coverage was 92%, with 965 pointings.
We found 286 OH--masing objects, 161 of which are new detections and 207 have
reliable IRAS point-source identifications. The outflow velocity was determined
for 276 sources. A total of 766 sources were detected in the combined ATCA/VLA
survey, of which 29 were detected in two regions of the survey. The source
tables and spectra may be downloaded from
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~msevenst/pubs.html In this article we analyse the
data statistically and give identifications with known sources where possible.
The efficiency of this VLA survey is 75% of that of the ATCA Bulge survey. This
efficiency was determined by comparing the detections in the region where the
two surveys overlap. The completeness- and error characteristics are similar,
though less homogeneous, except for the much larger errors in the flux
densities. The relatively large surface number density found in the northern
disk, suggests that we can see the Bar extending to higher longitudes on this
side of the galactic Centre.
