Editing Albany, Oregon (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Albany Transit System bus 481 at Amtrak station in 2018 - Albany, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Albany Transit System bus at the Amtrak station in  2018]]
[[File:Albany Amtrak Station bus stop - Cascades POINT (24904860905).jpg|thumb|Amtrak station]]
[[File:Ellsworth Street Bridge black and white.jpeg|thumb|Ellsworth Street Bridge]]
[[File:Samaritan Albany General Hospital Oregon.JPG|thumb|Samaritan Albany General Hospital]]

===Transportation===

====Highway====
Albany is adjacent to [[Interstate 5 (Oregon)|Interstate 5]], while [[Oregon Route 99E]] runs through it in a north and south direction and [[U.S. Route 20 (Oregon)|U.S. Route 20]] runs through it in an east and west direction. Just outside the south end of Albany [[Oregon Route 34]] runs from east to west.

====Air====
[[Albany Municipal Airport (Oregon)|Albany Municipal Airport]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/airport/index.php | title= Albany Municipal Airport | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> is a [[general aviation]] airport on the eastern edge of Albany and has been open since 1920 and is believed to be the oldest operating airfield in Oregon. In 1998, the airport became the first airport in Oregon to be named to the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and was the City of Albany's fourth National Historic District,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> It held its first air show in 1931 and has been home to exhibits, helicopter rides and Young Eagles flights for children as part of the annual Northwest Art & Air Festival.<ref name="NWAA"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/> It has a single runway with the specs of 16–34 3,004 X 75, and is an asphalt runway. The closest airports with commercial air service available are the [[Eugene Airport]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=462&PageID=0| title= Eugene Airport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527102016/http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=462&PageID=0| archive-date= 2010-05-27| url-status= dead}}</ref> to the south and the [[Portland International Airport]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_Home.aspx?ep=61c750f71caa40dfa5025f8ab5cc5bd2| title= Portland Airport (PDX)| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100706144628/http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_Home.aspx?ep=61c750f71caa40dfa5025f8ab5cc5bd2| archive-date= 2010-07-06| url-status= dead| access-date= 2010-06-10}}</ref> to the north.

====Bus====
Public transportation within Albany is provided by Albany Transit System (ATS).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/ats/ | title= Albany Transit System | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> Connections to [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] are provided by bus service via the Linn-Benton Loop<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/publicworks/ats/lb_loop.php | title= Linn-Benton Loop  | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> and the Valley Retriever Thruway inter-county bus systems.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.trainweb.org/washarp/thrubus.html | title= Amtrak and Greyhound | publisher= Thruway Buses | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> ATS, the Linn-Benton Loop, and the Valley Retriever all provide bus service to and from the Amtrak station.

====Train====
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Albany from its [[Albany, Oregon (Amtrak station)|Albany Station]] at 10th Avenue SW on two routes. Long-haul train route the ''[[Coast Starlight]]''<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Route_C/1241245648567/1237405732511 | title= Coast Starlight | publisher= Amtrak| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100702203122/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Route_C/1241245648567/1237405732511| archive-date= 2010-07-02| url-status= live}}</ref> (with service from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Seattle]]) stops in Albany daily in both directions. [[Amtrak Cascades|Amtrak ''Cascades'']] commuter trains operate between [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] and [[Eugene, Oregon]], and serve Albany several times daily in each direction. The Amtrak ''Cascades'' line is the proposed path of the [[Pacific Northwest Corridor]] [[High-speed rail in the United States|high-speed rail]] line. The Albany station would be one of many stops along the proposed {{convert|466|mi|km|adj=on}}, {{convert|110|mph|kph|adj=on}} passenger line.

The station itself was constructed in 1909 for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] and is built of [[masonry]]. It is one of the oldest continuously operating passenger rail stations in the U.S.<ref name="ATS">{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=507 |title= News Release: Albany Station Earns Downtown Excellence Award |date=2006-04-26 |publisher= City of Albany |access-date= 2009-02-05}}</ref> and has one of the best-equipped engine shops in the northwest. [[Southern Pacific 4449]], a steam locomotive which resides at the [[Oregon Rail Heritage Center]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], occasionally visited the shop for repairs when it was residing at the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland (before 2012), as did several other locomotives stored at the now-demolished roundhouse.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Beginning in 2004, the station and the surrounding area underwent an $11.3 million restoration that was funded with a combination of federal, state, local, and Amtrak money.<ref name="ATS"/><ref name="ATS2">{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=170 |title= News Release: Groundbreaking for Multimodal Transportation Center |date=2004-05-06 |publisher= City of Albany |access-date= 2009-02-05}}</ref> In 2006 the city received the Award in Downtown Excellence from the Oregon Downtown Development Association for the renovation of the station.

====Bridges====
Albany has both the [[Ellsworth Street Bridge]] which was constructed in 1926<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/comdev/projects/narp/milestones.html | title= North Albany Milestones | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> and the [[Lyon Street Bridge]] that was constructed in 1973. They are both two-lane bridges that make up part of U.S. Route 20. The two bridges connect Linn to the south with Benton county in the north as they pass across the [[Willamette River]]. this makes up the major connection of downtown Albany with the north end of town and to Corvallis.

====Paths and trails====
Albany has many paths and trails open to both pedestrian and bicyclists. Simpson Park Trail is a dirt pedestrian trail with a round trip distance of {{convert|2.36|mi|km}}. The dirt trail starts at the parking lot of Simpson Park and continuing until the path ends in a grassy area with one very narrow path heading back toward the river. Periwinkle Creek Trail though is the longest of all the paved trails. It is a flat bicycle and pedestrian path that runs along Periwinkle Creek from the northwest corner of Grand Prairie Park to the Albany Boys and Girls Club, and travels a round trip distance of {{convert|3.61|mi|km}}. There are many other trails throughout the city to include, Cox Creek Loop and Waverly Lake Loop, Dave Clark Trail, Oak Creek Greenbelt Trail, Takena Landing Trail, Timber Linn Park Trails, and a proposed Swanson Park Connector a paved path on the north side of highway 99 that connects Swanson Park with the nearby Amtrak/Transit Center.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/paths.php | title= Walking Paths & Trails | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>

Albany has made a growing effort to increase itself as a bicyclist friendly town through increasing the number of paths and trails that are open to them. The city was recently recognised as a Bicycle-Friendly Community for 2010 by the [[League of American Bicyclists]] for its efforts.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=1074 | title= Albany Designated Bicycle-Friendly Community | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>

===Health care===
Albany is served by [[Samaritan Albany General Hospital]], a 76-bed medical facility<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/sites/samaritanalbanygeneralhospital/Pages/default.aspx| title= Samaritan Albany General Hospital| publisher= SHS| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100724015100/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/sites/samaritanalbanygeneralhospital/Pages/default.aspx| archive-date= 2010-07-24| url-status= dead}}</ref> that is the main hospital for the city and has been in operation since 1924. Albany is also served by Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/samaritannorthalbanyurgentcare.aspx | title= Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care | publisher= SHS | access-date= 2010-07-10 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120912030150/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/samaritannorthalbanyurgentcare.aspx | archive-date= 2012-09-12 }}</ref> and Geary Street Urgent Care,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/gearystreeturgentcare.aspx | title= Geary Street Urgent Care | publisher= SHS | access-date= 2010-07-10 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120909002330/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/gearystreeturgentcare.aspx | archive-date= 2012-09-09 }}</ref> both of which are part of [[Samaritan Health Services]]. The unaffiliated Albany Family & Specialty Medicine also provides medical services to the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albanychamber.com/directory/popup.php?pos=2093 |title=Albany Family & Specialty Medicine |publisher=Albany Area Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906221040/http://www.albanychamber.com/directory/popup.php?pos=2093 |archive-date=September 6, 2009 }}</ref>