State stages for Corvallis bridge replacement
Corvallis residents can expect loud clanking starting around Wednesday, May 24, when a contractor at last begins work ahead of tearing up the Van B...
Corvallis residents can expect loud clanking starting around Wednesday, May 24, when a contractor at last begins work ahead of tearing up the Van Buren Bridge. A Springfield-based bridge builder is set to start driving metal poles mid-week that will hold up temporary platforms for workers and for detouring traffic around the heavily trafficked Willamette River crossing, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation news release. The ringing metal-on-metal clanging announces the start of a three-year effort to remove and replace the 110-year-old steel truss and timber span that serves as the outgoing connector between downtown Corvallis and Highway 34.