Simpson Park

Engineers hired to design bridge replacement

Written January 21st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Now that engineers have been hired, there’s a timeline for getting the aging Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek replaced.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, David Evans and Associates, Linn County engineer, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water, Waverly Drive

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.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Linn County Road Department, Portland & Western, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive bridge

A Tuesday ride on the Simpson Park Trail

Written August 14th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

I was out of town when I wrote Monday about the latest plan to rid Simpson Park of unauthorized encampments. On Tuesday the bike took me there to look around.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bicycling, camps, Conestoga huts, homeless, HUTS, Simpson Park, vagrancy

Camp cleanup planned in Simpson Park

Written August 12th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

People camping in Simpson Park can expect to be notified this week that they’ll have to leave and their camps will be dismantled.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: camp cleanup, camp clen, First Lake, homeless camping, Millersburg, Second Lake, Simpson Park, Willamette River

Why the ‘road closed’ sign is there

Written March 13th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

You can get to the Talking Water Gardens this week, but you’ll have to park a little farther away.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive

Speaking of First Lake: Missing the boat

Written November 12th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Sunday was an unusually mild and pleasant November day in these parts, and the bike and I paid a visit to Simpson Park.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bicycling, First Lake, Millersburg, Simpson Park, Willamette River

Wood-chip path: Not great for bikes

Written April 28th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

That’s a swell-looking new pathway along the Willamette River between Bowman and Eads parks in Albany. Only trouble: The thick layer of wood chips means you can’t ride a bike there.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Bowman Park, Dave Clark, Eads Park, pathways, riverfront path, Simpson Park, surface treatments, Willamette River, wood chips