Not an “alternate route” to Albany exactly, but much more scenic.If you signed up for email alerts from the Albany police, you got this “traffic advisory” at 4:19 Tuesday afternoon: “Hwy 20 between North Albany Rd and 1st Avenue limited to single lane traffic due to diesel spill. Use alternate routes.”
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Tags: Albany police, Buena Vista Ferry, Ellsworth Street bridge, police advisories
Tags: Albany police, Buena Vista Ferry, Ellsworth Street bridge, police advisories
On the blink: Ellsworth bike-on-bridge lights
[youtube video=”GcV6ib2c9m8″] Crossing the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany on a bicycle can be a bit of a thrill. To make it less risky, ODOT installed a system of flashing lights when the bridge was rehabilitated in 2002. (To make a long story short, the lights are out but were supposed to be fixed shortly, […]
Tags: bike on bridge warnings, Ellsworth Street bridge, ODOT, Oregon bicycling