Highway 20

How to align Albany-Corvallis path

Written October 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Several big issues have to be resolved before there’s any chance that the long planned Albany-Corvallis bike and walking path along Highway 20 can be built.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, bike path, Highway 20, ODOT

Albany-Corvallis path: A new try at alignment

Written October 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The idea of building a roughly eight-mile bike path between Albany and Corvallis has been kicking around ever since the Benton County Commissioners mentioned it in 2003. Now the county and ODOT are once again hoping to determine a route the path could take.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, bike path, bike path alignment, Highway 20, Merloy to Rainwater, ODOT

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