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Queen Avenue: Why the bumps are still there

Written October 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 3 responses.

When a section of Queen Avenue was reopened this week after being torn up for utility work and then repaved, somebody complained in a comment here that the railroad crossing was still as bumpy as always.

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Cox Creek bridge replacement inches forward

Written October 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

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.

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Two trains, two tracks, one crossing

Written August 16th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

The train horn in the distance sounded like it came from the Union Pacific’s mainline. I was in the Willamette Neighborhood on a bike ride, so I hustled over to my favorite grade crossing to see what I could see.

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Working on the railroad at Davidson Street

Written June 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 6 responses.

On one of my bike routes through old Albany’s east end, men were working Saturday at the Davidson Street grade crossing on the Water Avenue rail line.

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Stuck on Queen, and seeing the danger

Written May 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 23 responses.

On bike rides around Albany I usually avoid  Queen Avenue because of the rail crossing south of the Albany yard. On Thursday afternoon I did go that way and witnessed motorists practicing amazing patience while the crossing was blocked for what seemed like a very long time.

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Is this pile of river debris a problem yet?

Written May 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 2 responses.

After yet another winter, the log jam on one of the piers of the Albany railroad bridge has once again grown, and somebody asked me about it in a Facebook message.

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Finding out why street is blocked

Written April 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 2 responses.

Sometimes you wonder why something is there. Take, for example, these concrete blocks at the extreme eastern end of Water Avenue in Albany.

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