Albany-Corvallis Highway

Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Remember the Albany-Corvallis bikeway that then Commissioner Linda Modrell of Benton County proposed in about 2004? Benton County and the state are still working on it, but its eventual completion looks very much in doubt.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Benton County, bicycling, Highway 20, Merloy to Rinwater, North Albany, ODOT, shared use path

Albany-Corvallis bikeway: The wait continues

Written April 2nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

It has been 18 years since Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell started talking about a bikeway linking Albany and Corvallis. Now, two isolated segments are actually being built, but where and when they’ll connect is anybody’s guess.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Albany-Corvallis Highway, Corvallis to Albany Trail, Highway 20, Independence Road, multi-use path

Answering a question on Highway 20

Written September 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

That’s the kind of cockeyed photo of a highway feature you get when you try to photograph it at 45 miles an hour, holding a little camcorder out the sunroof without being able to see the viewfinder.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Highway 20, ODOT, safety project, signal mast

ODOT adds cameras at key Albany junction

Written February 11th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

One of these days, and probably soon, drivers will be able to check before they start out if there’s congestion on Highway 20 at the junction with Spring Hill Drive in North Albany.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Ellsworth Street bridge, ODOT, Spring Hill Drive, traffic camera, Trip Check

Highway 20 project worries Midway Farms

Written December 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Improvements now getting started to prevent collisions on the Albany-Corvallis Highway may eventually help drivers, but they are creating headaches for the owner of Midway Farms, the small organic grocery and farm store on the highway near the junction with Independence Highway.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Highway 20, Independence Highway, Midway Farms, ODOT

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

How state intends to fix Hwy. 20 junctions

Written November 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

ODOT is inching ahead with plans for safety upgrades on the Albany-Corvallis Highway, and here is the agency’s concept for improving the junctions at Granger Road and Independence Highway.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Granger and Independence junctions, Highway 20, Midway Farms, ODOT