The contract to replace the bridge over Cox Creek on Goldfish Farm Road called for the project to be completed by now. But on a bike ride Sunday to the wilds of east Albany, I found the bridge still closed.
“The contract completion date for the Goldfish Farm Road Bridge project is September 22,” County Engineer Daineal Malone told me in an email toward the end of August.
Something in the schedule must have slipped. Most of the replacement bridge has been completed, including the all-important concrete deck and sidewalks. But on Sunday it looked like there was still work to do on other items, such as the landscaping on the approaches and railings on the bridge.
Cascade Civil Corp., of Redmond, has the $2.4 million contract to replace the bridge. The Oregon Department of Transportation is funding the project…