Highway 20

East Albany Town Center proposal unveiled

Written June 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 33 responses.

Albany city officials have unveiled drawings of a concept for a development that may create about a thousand more dwelling units east of Interstate 5.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Affordable Housing Oregon, annexation, East Albany Town Center, Highway 20, housing, Timber Street

Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Remember the Albany-Corvallis bikeway that then Commissioner Linda Modrell of Benton County proposed in about 2004? Benton County and the state are still working on it, but its eventual completion looks very much in doubt.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Benton County, bicycling, Highway 20, Merloy to Rinwater, North Albany, ODOT, shared use path

No more goldfish on this Albany road

Written April 11th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

On a bike ride Friday, I took another look at Goldfish Farm Road, where a contractor for Linn County this week started replacing the bridge over Cox Creek.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bike lanes, Goldfish Farm Road, Highway 20, Linn County Road Department, sidewalks, street improvements

Where all those cars are coming from

Written October 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 39 responses.

Friday afternoon’s North Albany traffic tie-up was worse than most. The underlying cause was the same as always: Too many cars.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: congestion, Highway 20, North Albany, population growth, traffic

Stopped on 20 and steaming in the rain

Written September 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

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.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: congestiion, DKS Associates, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20

‘Community solar’ catching rays off Hwy. 20

Written June 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Drivers on Highway 20 east of Albany have noticed the pilings for photovoltaic solar panels going in near the corner of Cox Creek Lane.

Posted in: Commentary, News
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

Comments: 8 responses.

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 […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 9 to 5, congestion, downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, peak hour timing, peak hour traffic, work hours