The first phase of the City of Bend’s major Midtown Crossings plan gets underway this summer as part of a flagship infrastructure project that will provide safer travel and easier access between the Central District and downtown. This project will improve four essential routes in the Core Area: Franklin Avenue, Greenwood Avenue, Second Street and Hawthorne Avenue, with the latter to feature a bridge, over Highway 97 and the railroad, the design of which has yet to be finalized.
