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Satellite view of project area. Looking north through Bend, Bend Parkway through the middle, streets and crossings, buildings, and houses shown.

Midtown Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings Project

The Midtown Crossings Project is making travel safer for all users on four key corridors: Greenwood Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Hawthorne Avenue and Second Street.

A 2020 Transportation GO Bond Project.

Thank you, voters!

Crossing Projects

Franklin Avenue

Looking west at Franklin Ave underpass with snow

Franklin Avenue (4th – 8th construction) (Harriman-4th Street design)

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Greenwood Avenue

Greenwood Ave underpass looking west

Greenwood Avenue Quick Build Pilot Project

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Hawthorne Avenue

Hawthorne roadway near hwy97 looking east

Hawthorne Avenue (Hill Street to Second Street)

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2nd Street Construction

second street construction started at Greenwood and continues south to Frankln

Street modernization and safety improvements will make travel safer and less stressful for all users.

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This project will help to:

  • Improve east-west travel for everyone with better connectivity.
  • Improve safety for all users, including those biking, driving, walking and rolling.
  • Encourage private development in the Core Area where much of Bend’s future housing and employment growth will be.

Project Updates

Location

Midtown crossings project areas map

Schedule

Midtown Crossings Project timeline - June 2025 

Design

Hawthorne Structure Type Selection

Public Meetings

Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent open houses. Your input helped shape these projects and made sure we considered all of the safety concerns you observe on a daily basis.

Open house events include options to participate both in person and online.

  • December 2024 – January 2025 – Franklin Avenue Informational Online Open House – 238** 
  • August 2024 – Franklin Ave Open House – 190* 
  • July 2024 – Hawthorne Overcrossing Open House – 430*
  • June 2024 – Greenwood Ave and Second St Street Pre-Construction Open House – 100*
  • April 2024 – Greenwood Ave Open House – 710* 

 * Participant count including online and in-person.
** Online and email participants 

Background

Improving the transportation system by focusing on safety is a City Council goal. Creating safer connections between neighborhoods, places of work, schools, parks and businesses, for people who ride bikes, walk or roll, is a City priority. The City is designing a variety of safer and more accessible bike and pedestrian routes throughout the community, including the Midtown Crossings project, aimed at linking the Central District to Downtown Bend.

Funding

This project was identified by the community as a need during two large planning efforts focused on the future of Bend’s Transportation System and Core Area. It is an identified project in both the Transportation System Plan as well as the Core Area Tax Increment Finance Plan and Report. 

This project is partly funded by the 2020 Transportation General Obligation (GO) Bond.

Project Documents

Final Documents – 2022 Midtown Feasibility Study

Preliminary Documents – Further Study Needed