Cox Creek bridge

Engineers hired to design bridge replacement

Written January 21st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Now that engineers have been hired, there’s a timeline for getting the aging Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek replaced.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, David Evans and Associates, Linn County engineer, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water, Waverly Drive

Cox Creek bridge replacement inches forward

Written October 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

On a bike ride Wednesday, I stopped at the bridge across Cox Creek on Waverly Drive. Except that the pavement has become more pitted, little has changed there since the bridge was briefly closed and then restricted to one driving lane in 2005.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Linn County Road Department, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive bridge

Closure of Cox Creek bridge tests drivers

Written October 8th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The closure of Salem Avenue at Waverly Lake caused congestion and some consternation at the end of the workday Tuesday afternoon. I was glad I was on the bike and not in a car.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: Albany Avenue, Albany traffic, bridge closure, Cox Creek bridge, Pacific Boulevard, Salem Avenue, Wildish

Why the ‘road closed’ sign is there

Written March 13th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

You can get to the Talking Water Gardens this week, but you’ll have to park a little farther away.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive

Old Cox Creek RR bridge comes out

Written August 14th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

At the Union Pacific’s crossing of Cox Creek in Albany, the process of lifting off the old bridge and putting the new one in its place was about halfway through when I stopped there on Sunday afternoon.

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Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Hamilton Construction, Union Pacific

UP’s bridge job on Cox Creek: $2.2 million

Written June 17th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

In case you haven’t had enough yet of this Cox Creek railroad project, here’s more. Today I heard from Aaron Hunt, senior director of public affairs for the Union Pacific in Portland.

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Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Cox Creek trestle, homeless camp, Union Pacific

Grant sought to replace this bridge

Written November 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

If the state transportation department approves the application for a grant, something will finally be done about the Waverly Drive bridge across Cox Creek.

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Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Waverly Drive