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The city of Portland, Oregon, contains many bridges over various geographical features and roads of varying lengths and usages. Some bridges carry roads, some carry pedestrians only, some carry trains only, and others have various restrictions.
Bridges over the Willamette River comprise a majority of the notable bridges in the city. Portland has 12 bridges that span the Willamette, while only two road bridges cross the Columbia River, and other notable bridges cross roads, canyons or other bodies of water. Interstate 5 crosses the Willamette via the Marquam Bridge and the Columbia via the Interstate Bridge. Due to the large number of bridges crossing the Willamette in the center of town, Portland's nicknames include "Bridge City" and "Bridgetown."
List of bridges
Key: Year opened |
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*: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
†: Listed as a city historic landmark |
Columbia River system
Name (Alternative names in parentheses) |
Image | Year opened | Type | Length | Spans | Carries | Coordinates |
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Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge (BNSF Bridge 8.8) | 1908 | Swing bridge, Pratt truss | 1,524 feet (465 m) | North Portland Harbor (an anabranch of the Columbia River) | BNSF Railway | 45°36′51″N 122°42′08″W / 45.61425°N 122.702306°W / 45.61425; -122.702306 | |
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 (BNSF Bridge 9.6) | 1908 | Swing bridge, Pratt truss | 2,807 feet (856 m) | Columbia River | BNSF Railway | 45°37′29″N 122°41′27″W / 45.62473°N 122.69085°W / 45.62473; -122.69085 | |
Interstate Bridge (Portland–Vancouver Highway Bridge) | 1917* (and second, parallel bridge in 1958) | Truss with lift span | 3,538 feet (1,078 m) | Columbia River | Interstate 5 | 45°36′24″N 122°40′51″W / 45.606667°N 122.680833°W / 45.606667; -122.680833 | |
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge | 1982 | Segmental | 11,750 feet (3,580 m) | Columbia River | Interstate 205 | 45°35′35″N 122°32′55″W / 45.593056°N 122.548611°W / 45.593056; -122.548611 |
Willamette River
Others
Former bridges
See also
- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- Oregon portal
- List of crossings of the Willamette River
- Sauvie Island Bridge – located just outside the city of Portland proper
References
- Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014). "Historic Landmarks – Portland, Oregon" (XLS). City of Portland. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
External links
- Media related to Bridges in Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
Bridges in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon | |
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Willamette River (north to south) | |
Columbia River (west to east) | |
Miscellaneous | |