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.
Tags: Albany Avenue, Albany traffic, bridge closure, Cox Creek bridge, Pacific Boulevard, Salem Avenue, Wildish
Cox Creek bridge replacement inches forward
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.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Linn County Road Department, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive bridge