Albany-Corvallis Bikeway

A future bikeway and what to call it

Written December 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Turns out that contrary to what it says on Benton County’s project website, we can keep calling the proposed Albany-Corvallis Bikeway by that name or something like it.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: active transportation, Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County, bicycling

Hwy. 20 plans include pieces of bikeway

Written December 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

This week ODOT plans to start construction of safety improvements along the Albany-Corvallis Highway, and when I looked at the plans, I was surprised to learn that despite appearances to the contrary, the long-delayed Albany-Corvallis bikeway is not completely dead.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Albany-Corvallis Highway, Granger Road, Highway 20, Independence Hwy., ODOT

Benton: UP won’t allow bikeway underpass

Written April 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It’s hard to say whether the long-planned but never built Albany-Corvallis Bikeway in Benton County is still a possibility, especially now that the Albany portion has to be reconsidered.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany cycling, Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County, Highway 20, Oregon cycling, Riverside Drive, Thornton Lake Road, Union Pacific

Bikeway project stalls over undercrossing

Written February 3rd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

This is supposed to be the year ODOT builds the Albany segment of the long-proposed Albany-Corvallis bikeway. But the project has hit another snag: It requires the trail to cross under a railroad trestle, and the railroad has said no.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway

Neighbors air concerns over N.A. bikeway

Written July 23rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

About two dozen property owners showed up Tuesday for a neighborhood meeting about the North Albany segment of the planned Albany-Corvallis Bikeway. Some of them voiced questions and concerns, but the main news for me was that the project was still on and the Albany segment is scheduled to be built in 2020.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, ODOT STIP

Finding a bikeway route that works

Written March 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

A planning committee in Benton County has been looking for the best feasible route for a potential bikeway between Albany and Corvallis. A couple of weeks ago it picked three alternatives for closer attention. But two of the three look impractical, at least to me.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County bike planning

Why the path would be better

Written January 27th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

A day after the Albany City Council narrowly confirmed its longstanding commitment to an off-highway bikeway from Spring Hill to Scenic Drive, I got on my bike and took another look at how things are now.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Hickory Street, Portland & Western, Scenic Drive, West Thornton Lake