Highway 20

When the Alsea Highway will be closed

Written July 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

If you plan on taking Highway 34 to the central Oregon coast later this month — whether to visit the scene in the photo above or somewhere else — you might be interested in ODOT’s plan to close a bridge for repairs over one whole weekend.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Alsea Highway, central Oregon coast, Highway 20, Highway 34, Maltby Creek, ODOT bridge repairs, Oregon 34, Philomath, road closure, U.S. 20, Waldport, wooden bridge deck

Benton: UP won’t allow bikeway underpass

Written April 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It’s hard to say whether the long-planned but never built Albany-Corvallis Bikeway in Benton County is still a possibility, especially now that the Albany portion has to be reconsidered.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County, Highway 20, Oregon cycling, Riverside Drive, Thornton Lake Road, Union Pacific

When you wish for another lane, or bridge

Written August 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Most of the time, the 95-year-old Ellsworth Street Bridge on the Willamette River works just fine, but sometimes you wish it had another lane, or Albany had another bridge.

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Tags: AA Towing, Albany bridges, Albany traffic, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, Wilco

Congestion solutions? Not anytime soon

Written February 10th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Don’t expect quick action on ways to ease traffic congestion on Highway 20 in North Albany and downtown. And as for a third Albany bridge across the Willamette? Not likely, certainly not in the lifetime of anyone reading this blog.

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Tags: Albany congestion, Highway 20

How state intends to fix Hwy. 20 junctions

Written November 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

ODOT is inching ahead with plans for safety upgrades on the Albany-Corvallis Highway, and here is the agency’s concept for improving the junctions at Granger Road and Independence Highway.

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Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Granger and Independence junctions, Highway 20, Midway Farms, ODOT

Welcome to Albany: Sign’s getting replaced

Written July 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Chances are drivers heading for the Ellsworth Street bridge on Highway 20 don’t need a sign to tell them they are entering Albany. But whether they do or don’t, the sign welcoming them to town is gone.

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Tags: Albany welcome signs, Highway 20, wayfinding signs

A traffic change: Dotted line turns solid

Written December 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

ODOT has followed through on changing an important lane marking on Ellsworth Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Now let’s see if Albany drivers get the hint.

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Tags: Albany downtown, Albany traffic, Ellsworth Street, Highway 20, highway lane markings, ODOT, Oregon highways, solid white line, traffic control change