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New freeway lane will crowd bike path.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-MAR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: New freeway lane will crowd bike path.(Transportation)(I-105 traffic will be even closer, but ODOT engineers say North Bank Path users may feel safer and find it quieter)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard

The freeway already skirts uncomfortably close to Eugene's North Bank Path - so close that it gives the willies to a square-jawed Army staff sergeant who pounds through on training runs three days a week.

But soon, the freeway will come even closer to Eugene's beloved bikeway.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is adding a lane to Interstate 105. The shoulder will come as close as a foot away from the bike path; the fog line will pass within 25 feet when the highway is done.

"It kind of scares me, actually," 34-year-old Army recruiter Terry Lyons said during his run on Tuesday....

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