The workers had just left in their boat when I got to the scene on Tuesday afternoon.
For years the Willamette River logjam on the Albany railroad bridge had grown every winter. On Tuesday it was being dismantled.
I happened on the scene on a bike ride along the Dave Clark Riverfront Path Tuesday afternoon. Sad to say, I got there just after the day’s work was finished and the crew had packed up their equipment and left.
The railroad hired Advanced American Construction to deal with the massive pile of logs, driftwood and other debris on the bridge’s southern-most in-water pier.
Based in Portland, Advanced American Construction specializes in projects on or in the water. Its website shows a wide variety of completed projects ranging from construction of a pier in Newport to the recovery of vehicles and planes from rivers and lakes.
A railroad employee told me the removal operation under the Albany bridge was “going pretty well.” He thought it would be finished by Thursday.
Good, I thought. That gives me another chance to see the work taking place. (hh)
Crew members of Advanced American Construction get ready to retrieve their workboats Monday at Bowman Park, downstream from the railroad bridge.
Way to go Hasso!!!!! Nice job of bringing this to the attention of people who should have done something a couple of years ago!!!!! Thank you!
Wow that must be a hard job! I couldn’t imagine trying to dismantle that monstrosity in that river. That river is pretty swift through there, especially up on those logs. It would be cool though, I bet they find all kinds of weird stuff
Did they have to haul it all away, or were they allowed to let it float further, as it would have if there were no bridge in the first place?