A reader in the Lehigh Neighborhood was intrigued by an online poll about changes the Albany Parks Department has in mind for the playground in the neighborhood park.
Last week I was glad to see that the road sign remembering Donald L. Stathos on this so-called “bikeway” between Medford and Jacksonville was still there. It made me wonder what this year’s session of the Oregon legislature had in store in connection with bikes.
If you’re interested in American railroads and Oregon history, and even if you’re not, this is an important centennial year.
The bike you see here was leaning against a trash can because I didn’t want to lean it against the plate glass windows. Which brings me to the topic for today…
Hardly any water flows in the little ditch known as the Thurston Street Canal or “Thurston Creek” in the best of times. On Sunday I was surprised to see that one section had gone completely dry.
More or less on a regular basis, tall vehicles have hit the trestle on First Avenue in Albany since at least the 1960s. Despite efforts to prevent them, the crashes continue.
Spreading the word on bridge, road work
Getting out of Corvallis on the new Van Buren Bridge should be a breeze — in about four years. That’s how long ODOT figures it will take to complete construction of the $85 million project, which is starting now.
Tags: bridges, Corvallis, Highway 20, highways, left turns, ODOT, Van Buren bridge, Willamette River