bridge replacement

Bridge work means no trains this Sunday

Written September 23rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Passenger train service in Albany will be interrupted Sunday while a contractor replaces the railroad bridge across Periwinkle Creek on the Union Pacific’s mainline.

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Tags: bridge replacement, Cleveland Street, Periwinkle Creek, Union Pacific, ZA Construction

Goldfish Farm closure: Three more weeks

Written August 30th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Goldfish Farm Road in East Albany has been closed to through traffic since early April so a contractor could replace the bridge across Cox Creek. In little more than three weeks, the road should be open again.

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Tags: bridge replacement, Goldfish Farm Road, Linn county roads

Bridge project to close Goldfish Farm Road

Written April 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Goldfish Farm Road, between Knox Butte Road and Santiam Highway on the east side of Albany, will be closed to through traffic starting Monday so the bridge across Cox Creek can be replaced.

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Tags: bridge replacement, Cascade Civil Corp., deficient bridge, detour, Goldfish Farm Road, Linn County Road Department, ODOT, Price Road, Scravel Hill Road

Sorry, but the Cox Creek bridge again

Written July 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

I blew it in the video on the Cox Creek railroad bridge replacement that was featured in the story that ran here on July 18, before I killed it. As you can see, the timber trestle across the creek and path is still very much in place, contrary to what I said on that video […]

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Tags: bridge replacement, coorrection, Cox Creek, timber trestle, Union Pacific, wooden bridge