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i <br /> March 3, 987 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> CONTACT: Dave Ritter, Supervisor, Street and Drainage, 687-5206 <br /> Diane Bishop, Bicycle Coordinator, 687-5082 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> CITY TO CONSTRUCT BIKE RAMP AT RICHARDSON BRIDGE <br /> A po tion of the Fern Ridge Bike Path will be closed and bicycle traffic <br /> detoured uring the week of March 9, 1987, as the City of Eugene Public Works <br /> Departmen constructs the south ramp to the Richardson Bridge and aligns it to <br /> a new sec ion of bike path; construction will continue through the week. The <br /> bridge is located behind Skipper's Seafood'n Chowder House on West 11th Avenue <br /> near Quak r Street. <br /> Acco ding to Diane Bishop, city of Eugene bicycle coordinator, while <br /> ~ building he approach to the bridge, crews will close off a section of the <br /> ~I <br /> old path nd detour bicycle traffic onto a gravel section of bike path, which <br /> will beco a the new permanent alignment. "The bridge sets high, so to achieve <br /> ' the corre t slope to the approach, we will have to extend it over the old bike <br /> I <br /> path and onstruct a new section of path," said Bishop. Repaving of the <br /> ~ approach nd new bike path section is scheduled for this summer. Bishop <br /> ~ i encourage bicyclists to use the street system south of the path, from Acorn <br /> Park Road to Quaker Street, during the week of construction. <br /> I! <br /> more <br /> <br /> ~r. <br /> <br />