With the summer over, afternoon traffic congestion on Highway 20 ahead of Albany’s Ellsworth Street Bridge has made its seasonal comeback. There are ways to make it less annoying, but none of them has yet been taken.
‘Community solar’ catching rays off Hwy. 20
Written June 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Drivers on Highway 20 east of Albany have noticed the pilings for photovoltaic solar panels going in near the corner of Cox Creek Lane.
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Tags: Cox Creek Lane, Eicher Road, Highway 20, Marble Solar, solar farm, solar power
Tags: Cox Creek Lane, Eicher Road, Highway 20, Marble Solar, solar farm, solar power
What happened to ‘nine to five’?
Written April 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Most weekday afternoons, traffic bunches up on the way into Albany via the Ellsworth Street Bridge on Highway 20. But sometimes I’m puzzled by the time of day when congestion starts. The photo with this story was taken on the afternoon of April 4. This was a Thursday, and it was 4 minutes past 4 […]
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Tags: 9 to 5, congestion, downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, peak hour timing, peak hour traffic, work hours
Tags: 9 to 5, congestion, downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, peak hour timing, peak hour traffic, work hours
While we wait, a refresher on spelling
Written February 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Next time you’re in traffic waiting to get across the Ellsworth Street Bridge, shoot a quick glance at the green and white road sign on your right.
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Tags: Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, ODOT, road sign, spelling, Spring Hill Road
Tags: Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, ODOT, road sign, spelling, Spring Hill Road
Going downtown when the going is slow
Written October 28th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Albany drivers have come to expect encountering rush hour traffic jams before they get to the Ellsworth Street Bridge, the Highway 20 bottleneck at the entrance to downtown. But on Saturday? In the middle of the day?
Albany-Corvallis Trail: One segment’s done
Written October 25th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
It was early in August when I took this photo. It’s on the south side of the new configuration of Highway 20 at Independence Highway, an ODOT safety project that had just been completed.
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Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Highway 20, Independence Highway, Linda Modrell, multi-use path, ODOT, Spring Hill to Scenic
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Highway 20, Independence Highway, Linda Modrell, multi-use path, ODOT, Spring Hill to Scenic
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Where all those cars are coming from
Friday afternoon’s North Albany traffic tie-up was worse than most. The underlying cause was the same as always: Too many cars.
Tags: congestion, Highway 20, North Albany, population growth, traffic