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EDIT: Last night, according to a FB local page; there was a fatality on Hoffman Road between 16th and 99W in Monmouth. Said fatality occurred with a 30 year old male cyclist being hit by a vehicle, and then run over by several more vehicles. This occurred on a part of the road that does NOT have a separate path, and only has a 2-ft wide "shoulder" for the cyclists. Hoffman road is only about a mile or so, 35-45mph speed limits on it. It is also next to farmland. It happened during dark, not during the day. No details are released on whether the cyclist had lights on, whether he had a helmet or not (don't see how it would have helped if he still got run over by a few more vehicles!? )
Hoffman road is about 2 miles long.
I've ridden it many times when I lived in Independence as part of my exercise it would be on a circle I would ride a number of times to keep in shape.
It is your typical country rd. - i.e., it can be very dangerous for bicycles - especially between 99W and Hwy 51 (Independence Hwy) where there is a lot more traffic than west of 99W. I imagine there is more traffic now than when I lived in Independence about 30 years ago.
I used to ride into Salem to go to CCC when I lived in Independence, and sometimes I would miss my ride home and would have to ride in the dark. Very dangerous. Obviously I am still here - I stopped riding after I moved to Seattle, just too many people trying intentionally to run me off the road, or who otherwise just don't care or even know you are there.
I really doubt that every street/road will ever have a bicycle lane, especially roads like Hoffman rd.