Albany railroad bridge

This time, the ospreys got there first

Written April 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

A year ago, a couple of ospreys were displaced from their nest on the Albany railroad bridge by a pair of Canada geese. This year the osprey evidently got there first.

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Tags: Albany railroad bridge, Canada geese, Dave Clark Path, ospreys

A riverfront update: Look at that log pile

Written January 21st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

As you would expect, the pile of trash, logs and smaller bits of driftwood under the Albany railroad bridge on the Willamette River is getting bigger this winter.

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Tags: Albany railroad bridge, driftwood, high water, log pile, logs, Portland & Western, railroad bridge, Willamette River

Bridge completed 100 years ago: No big deal

Written August 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

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Nobody is making a big deal of the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Albany railroad bridge across the Willamette River. That’s fitting, because when it was accomplished in 1921, the job made no splash in the papers of the time.

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Tags: 100-year-old bridge, 1921, Albany Democrat, Albany Evening Herald, Albany railroad bridge, Southern Pacific

Rail bridge reaches its century mark

Written January 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Watching a freight train crossing the river on the “Toledo District Willamette Bridge” on Tuesday made me realize something: This is a big anniversary year for that steel structure spanning the river at Albany. It was built 100 years ago, in 1921.

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Tags: 100 years, Albany railroad bridge, Dave Clark Path, Portland & Western, rail bridge anniversary, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific

HASSO HERING

This time, the ospreys got there first

A riverfront update: Look at that log pile

Bridge completed 100 years ago: No big deal

Rail bridge reaches its century mark