Waiting at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing is part of life in Albany. It’s an essential element, you might say, of the Hub City Experience.
The growing log jam under the railroad bridge across the Willamette River in Albany is slightly mysterious in at least a couple of ways.
This is the year the west end of Albany’s Water Avenue will get an overhaul, and I was wondering when this work will resume, and why it didn’t start during January when it was sunny and dry.
Sometimes it’s as though readers’ comments on stories on this site are heavy on complaints. So it seemed, anyway, to Albany resident Jennifer Stuart.
Now that engineers have been hired, there’s a timeline for getting the aging Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek replaced.
On this election day in 2024, everybody is going to be interested in how it went and won’t be looking here. So let me report on something slightly less significant.
One afternoon at the Queen Avenue crossing
Over the years Albany drivers have developed a great deal of patience when it comes to waiting at the railroad crossing on Queen Avenue. But what choice do they have?
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