Bad news for drivers using the railroad crossing on Albany’s Queen Avenue: A project to fix the uneven crossing is likely to be delayed another year. Instead of being constructed in 2022, it may be done in 2023.
Slow going at the Queen Ave. crossing
Written May 11th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Waiting at Albany’s Queen Avenue railroad crossing gives you plenty of time to contemplate one of the riddles of our time, such as why it takes ODOT so many years to get going on a simple project that doesn’t seem all that necessary in the first place.
List of highway projects raises questions
Written February 4th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
ODOT has invited the public to review a draft of its 2021-24 transportation improvement plan, including numerous projects in the Albany area. On a rainy winter evening, what could be a better use of time than to read and wonder about some of the items on the list?
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Tags: I-5 crashes, ODOT transportation plan, Queen Avenue crossing, Santiam Highway, STIP, Waverly signal
Tags: I-5 crashes, ODOT transportation plan, Queen Avenue crossing, Santiam Highway, STIP, Waverly signal
Work at Queen crossing: Perhaps in 2022
Written September 23rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The date for rebuilding and smoothing out the Queen Avenue railroad crossing in Albany keeps getting pushed back. That’s what emerged from an update the city council received on Monday.
Train horn complaint lands at city council
Written March 26th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”r4AVIWF5_a8″] Doug Hiddleson and some of his neighbors on S.W. Washington Street are fed up with the volume of the horn of Switch Engine 1501 of the Portland & Western Railroad, and they’ve turned to the city for help.
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Tags: Albany railroads, Doug Hiddleson, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue crossing, Train horns
Tags: Albany railroads, Doug Hiddleson, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue crossing, Train horns
Queen crossing: Now, a noise complaint
Written January 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”GHc_DcfEbo4″] Albany’s Queen Avenue railroad crossing has long annoyed motorists because of the condition of the pavement and frequent delays. Now comes a new complaint: The length and volume of the air horn blasts of switch engine No. 1501.
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Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, yard engine 1501
Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, yard engine 1501
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Queen Avenue crossing: A saga without end
When it comes to fixing the Queen Avenue railroad crossing in Albany, the motto seems to be: What’s another year or two?
Tags: ODOT, Queen Avenue, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, Union Pacific