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News Rele se Richardson Bridge Bike Ramp <br /> March 3, 987 <br /> ' Page 2 <br /> The ichardson Bridge, built in 1912 and identified in the National <br /> Historic egister as the oldest remaining steel truss bridge in Oregon, was <br /> <br /> a~ <br /> moved las year to the Amazon Channel from the Siuslaw River, where it <br /> connected Stagecoach Road and Upriver Road with Oregon State Highway 126. <br /> The bridg spans the Amazon Channel as a bicycle and pedesterian bridge and <br /> provides critical link in the Fern Ridge bike path, which is the longest <br /> route in he Eugene Bikeway Master Plan. When the bike path is completed, <br /> it will r n from 15th and Jefferson in Eugene to the Fern Ridge Reservoir. <br /> ' The bike ath is currently completed to Quaker Street, near the Richardson <br /> Bridge. pother section of the bike path will be constructed this summer and <br /> will exte d from the Richardson Bridge to Baily Hill Road. <br /> The ity has used volunteer labor and private contributions to install <br /> and recon truct the bridge. Contributors include: U.S. Marine Corp., <br /> ' McFarland Cascade, Real Wood Products, Far West Steel, Wildish Corvallis <br /> ~I <br /> <br /> ~ Construct on Co., Eugene Sand & Gravel, A & E Associates, Cone Lumber Company, <br /> ( Oregon Br dge Engineering Co., Jefferson/Far West Neighborhood Groups, <br /> i <br /> Cascadian Company, and Oregon Cedar. <br /> ~ <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> a <br /> I <br /> ~I <br /> i <br /> II <br /> ~,I <br /> II <br /> <br /> 1' <br /> <br />