Waverly Drive bridge

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

Fix this bridge? Yes, state plans to do so

Written March 19th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

With plenty of time on your hands, you can scroll through hundreds of pages of government documents such as, for instance, the latest draft of ODOT’s “STIP” for 2024-2027. And if you do, you might find a surprise.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek, Linn County Road Department, Millersburg, ODOT, STIP, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive bridge

That sad little bridge, still in need of repair

Written June 9th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The country seems to be intent on self-destruction, so maybe this little bridge in Albany is a fitting symbol of our habit of letting things go till they get out of hand.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Cox Creek, Millersburg, Waverly Drive bridge

How about fixing this bridge?

Written October 22nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Albany and Millersburg like to show off their Talking Water Gardens. But to get there, visitors first have to pass over this sad-looking bridge. While the water gardens have won awards as an ingenious system for treating and cooling wastewater, the gateway to it seems to reflect a regrettable degree of infrastructure neglect.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany-Millersburg, Talking Water Gardens, Waverly Drive bridge