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Post by damnstraight on Dec 1, 2022 17:27:31 GMT -8
Can anyone update us outsiders on what is the status of the Van Buren Street Bridge project.
Have not read anything for months. Thanks in advance.
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 1, 2022 19:20:58 GMT -8
Can anyone update us outsiders on what is the status of the Van Buren Street Bridge project. Have not read anything for months. Thanks in advance. It’s supposed to start in the Spring. We shall see. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 1, 2022 21:01:33 GMT -8
Final design stage. They have done some preliminary work on some of the approach streets. I've seen surveyors down there off and on. It's going to happen, about 30 years too late.
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Post by Werebeaver on Dec 1, 2022 21:16:23 GMT -8
Final design stage. They have done some preliminary work on some of the approach streets. I've seen surveyors down there off and on. It's going to happen, about 30 years too late. The sooner they cut up and haul off that ancient horse and buggy era bridge the better. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 2, 2022 5:22:43 GMT -8
Final design stage. They have done some preliminary work on some of the approach streets. I've seen surveyors down there off and on. It's going to happen, about 30 years too late. The sooner they cut up and haul off that ancient horse and buggy era bridge the better. Just way until the Harrison bridge becomes a two-way bridge for two years. Have fun coming to a football game from out of town. But yes, I love old architecture, but that current bridge has no redeeming qualities. |
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Post by irimi on Dec 2, 2022 9:01:58 GMT -8
The sooner they cut up and haul off that ancient horse and buggy era bridge the better. Just way until the Harrison bridge becomes a two-way bridge for two years. Have fun coming to a football game from out of town. But yes, I love old architecture, but that current bridge has no redeeming qualities. Should’ve done it during the Anderpants years. Or maybe we can get another Covid year. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 2, 2022 9:59:31 GMT -8
The sooner they cut up and haul off that ancient horse and buggy era bridge the better. Just way until the Harrison bridge becomes a two-way bridge for two years. Have fun coming to a football game from out of town. But yes, I love old architecture, but that current bridge has no redeeming qualities. I believe plans call for a temporary VBS bridge to be built between the two current bridges during the new construction. Shouldn't be much of a problem. If we can send millions of soldiers and hundreds of millions of tons of tanks, halftracks and other war material across the Rhine on pontoon bridges in 1945 the technology should have advanced enough in 75 years for us to handle bridging the Willamette 75 years later. I think that's how my dad and other members of the fightin' 44th Division of the 7th Army crossed in 1945.  |
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 2, 2022 10:02:17 GMT -8
Just way until the Harrison bridge becomes a two-way bridge for two years. Have fun coming to a football game from out of town. But yes, I love old architecture, but that current bridge has no redeeming qualities. I believe plans call for a temporary VBS bridge to be built between the two current bridges during the new construction. Shouldn't be much of a problem. If we can send millions of soldiers and hundreds of millions of tons of tanks, halftracks and other war material across the Rhine on pontoon bridges in 1945 the technology should have advanced enough in 75 years for us to handle bridging the Willamette 75 years later. I had not seen the temporary bridge proposal.....I just a saw two-way proposal for Harrison, which would be a nightmare. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 2, 2022 10:08:18 GMT -8
I believe plans call for a temporary VBS bridge to be built between the two current bridges during the new construction. Shouldn't be much of a problem. If we can send millions of soldiers and hundreds of millions of tons of tanks, halftracks and other war material across the Rhine on pontoon bridges in 1945 the technology should have advanced enough in 75 years for us to handle bridging the Willamette 75 years later. I had not seen the temporary bridge proposal.....I just a saw two-way proposal for Harrison, which would be a nightmare. I think it might be 2-way on Harrison temporarily. But I recall reading about a temporary span. Hopefully IRC! |
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Dec 2, 2022 13:44:32 GMT -8
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Post by Judge Smails on Dec 2, 2022 13:53:21 GMT -8
If you're willing to write a $15 million or so check to make it happen......go for it. If money wasn't an issue, it would be nice to keep it as a pedestrian bridge. And is far as Berg park goes though, it's pretty useless unless you need to visit a homeless camp. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 2, 2022 14:16:44 GMT -8
There will be a separate bike/pedestrian bridge connected to the new bridge. So maintaining the current VBSB would be an expensive, unnecessary redundancy. Funny that everyone (me included) calls it the Van Buren Street bridge, when Van Buren is really an avenue, as are all presidential east-west thoroughfares in "old" Corvallis (south of Grant), with the possible exceptions of Pierce and Coolidge. Streets go N-S. Kings Boulevard (20th Street) being the notable exception. |
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Post by beaver94 on Dec 2, 2022 14:24:53 GMT -8
There will be a separate bike/pedestrian bridge connected to the new bridge. So maintaining the current VBSB would be an expensive, unnecessary redundancy. Funny that everyone (me included) calls it the Van Buren Street bridge, when Van Buren is really an avenue, as are all presidential east-west thoroughfares in "old" Corvallis (south of Grant), with the possible exceptions of Pierce and Coolidge. Streets go N-S. Kings Boulevard (20th Street) being the notable exception. Harrison is also a Blvd. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Dec 2, 2022 14:47:38 GMT -8
There will be a separate bike/pedestrian bridge connected to the new bridge. So maintaining the current VBSB would be an expensive, unnecessary redundancy. Funny that everyone (me included) calls it the Van Buren Street bridge, when Van Buren is really an avenue, as are all presidential east-west thoroughfares in "old" Corvallis (south of Grant), with the possible exceptions of Pierce and Coolidge. Streets go N-S. Kings Boulevard (20th Street) being the notable exception. Harrison is also a Blvd. Yeah, that's a funny one too. Probably because it goes all the way through without interruption, like Western, Circle and Walnut, also boulevards. Van Buren doesn't. |
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Post by lebaneaver on Dec 3, 2022 4:37:43 GMT -8
While “they’re” at it; Harrison Blvd. Bridge is becoming obsolete. Widen that sumbitch to THREE LANES. Have TWO turning right lanes (with straight option on south lane) onto 3rd. Pretty soon folks will be backed up to the golf course on a DAILY basis.
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