This is the year the Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek will finally be replaced with a new one.
The last story here about the replacement of the Cox Creek Bridge on Goldfish Farm Road said the contractor was shooting to reopen the road to traffic by the end of Sunday, Oct. 5.
Somebody emailed a question that sent me on a bike ride out Queen Avenue to Riverside Drive in Albany last week. What I saw was that access to an area off the northwest corner of this junction had been cut off.
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.
Goldfish Farm Road, between Knox Butte Road and Santiam Highway on the east side of Albany, will be closed to through traffic starting Monday so the bridge across Cox Creek can be replaced.
On a bike ride Wednesday, I stopped at the bridge across Cox Creek on Waverly Drive. Except that the pavement has become more pitted, little has changed there since the bridge was briefly closed and then restricted to one driving lane in 2005.
Expect delays as old bridge is replaced
Going to Simpson Park or Talking Water Gardens may take a little longer starting next week because the work to replace the Waverly Drive bridge over Cox Creek is supposed to start June 15.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Linn County Road Department, Millersburg, Waverly Drive