Interstate 5

Applicant proposed a gas station and store

Written October 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

One of these years, the site of the former “Original Breakfast” restaurant in Albany may again hold some kind of business. But don’t hold your breath.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 3225 Santiam, Interstate 5, Original Breakfast, Santiam Highway, vacant property

Muddy Creek solar project asks more time

Written May 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Driving up I-5 toward Albany the other day, I saw banners in the fields on the right with the word “Solar.” At freeway speed, I could not make out the rest. But whatever happened to the proposal to build the “Muddy Creek Energy Park” in that vicinity?

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Brownsville, Interstate 5, Muddy Creek Energy Park, Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, solar energy

How about taking down that old sign?

Written February 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 25 responses.

Now and then I wonder if anything will ever be done with the long-closed Albany restaurant property at 3225 Santiam Hwy. S.E., less than a block from Interstate 5.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 3225 Santiam Highway, bicycling, Interstate 5, old restaurant

Why omit Albany from this freeway sign?

Written September 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 22 responses.

When you drive north on Interstate 5 and come to Exit 228, you’re already in Albany. For years now, I have wondered why the Oregon Department of Transportation does not say so on its sign.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Corvallis and Lebanon sign, Exit 228, freeway travelers, Highway 34 off-ramp, Interstate 5

Council hears about tent at food cart pod

Written June 15th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Airport Road in Albany is not on one of my regular bicycle routes. I went there Saturday to have a look at a tent.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Exit 234, food cart pod, food carts, Interstate 5, Oregon Fire Code, temporary tent, tent permits

What a pile of fentanyl pills looks like

Written February 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

The news in Oregon has been full of reports on the fatal dangers of the illegal use of fentanyl, but I had never seen a picture of what a fentanyl pill looks like.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: fentanyl, fentanyl pills, illegal drugs, Interstate 5, Oregon State Police

In a rest stop contest, the Indians win

Written September 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

For more than a decade now, travelers on I-5 have enjoyed the convenience of a large and well kept rest stop at Exit 99 in Canyonville. For that we can thank the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe Indians, I-5 rest areas, Interstate 5, Jordan Creek