List of bridges in Portland, Oregon

List of bridges in Portland, Oregon

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[edit]

Columbia River system[edit]

Name (Alternative names in parentheses)	Image	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
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
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
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
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

Willamette River[edit]

Name (Alternative names in parentheses)	Image	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
St. Johns Bridge		1931†	Suspension	2,067 feet (630 m)	Willamette River		45°35′07″N 122°45′52″W / 45.58528°N 122.76444°W
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1 (St. Johns Railway Bridge)		1908	Vertical-lift bridge; converted from swing span in 1989	1,763 feet (537 m)	Willamette River	BNSF Railway	45°34′36″N 122°44′51″W / 45.57667°N 122.74750°W
Fremont Bridge		1973	Tied-arch bridge	2,154 feet (657 m)	Willamette River		45°32′16″N 122°40′59″W / 45.53778°N 122.68306°W
Broadway Bridge		1913*	Truss with double-leaf “Rall”-type bascule span	1,742 feet (531 m)	Willamette River	Broadway; Portland Streetcar A Loop and B Loop	45°31′55″N 122°40′27″W / 45.53194°N 122.67417°W
Steel Bridge		1912	Through truss with a double vertical-lift span	800 feet (240 m)	Willamette River	Union Pacific Railway Amtrak MAX Light Rail Glisan Street, Interstate Avenue Formerly Harbor Drive (former	45°31′39″N 122°40′09″W / 45.52750°N 122.66917°W
Burnside Bridge		1926*	Double-leaf “Strauss-type” bascule	1,382 feet (421 m)	Willamette River	Burnside Street	45°31′23″N 122°40′03″W / 45.52306°N 122.66750°W
Morrison Bridge		1958*	Double-leaf “Chicago style” bascule	760 feet (230 m)	Willamette River	Morrison Street	45°31′04″N 122°40′11″W / 45.51778°N 122.66972°W
Hawthorne Bridge		1910*†	Parker truss with a vertical-lift span	1,382 feet (421 m)	Willamette River	Hawthorne Boulevard	45°30′47″N 122°40′14″W / 45.51306°N 122.67056°W
Marquam Bridge	1966	Cantilever truss	1,043 feet (318 m)	Willamette River		45°30′29″N 122°40′09″W / 45.50806°N 122.66917°W
Tilikum Crossing		2015	Cable-stayed	1,720 feet (520 m)	Willamette River	TriMet MAX Orange Line and buses; Portland Streetcar	45°30′20″N 122°39′54″W / 45.50556°N 122.66500°W
Ross Island Bridge		1926	Cantilever deck truss	3,729 feet (1,137 m)	Willamette River		45°30′04″N 122°39′52″W / 45.50111°N 122.66444°W
Sellwood Bridge		2016	Deck arch bridge	1,976 feet (602 m)	Willamette River	Tacoma Street	45°27′52″N 122°39′56″W / 45.46444°N 122.66556°W

Others[edit]

Name (Alternative names in parentheses)	Image	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
Blue Bridge (Cross Canyon Bridge)	1992	Reed Lake	Pedestrians and bicycles	45°28′55″N 122°37′49″W / 45.48184°N 122.63037°W
Blumenauer Bridge		2022	Tied arch	475 feet (145 m)	Banfield Freeway (on Interstate 84)	Pedestrians and bicycles	45°31′36″N 122°39′31″W / 45.52654°N 122.65873°W
Bybee Bridge	1911		Bybee Boulevard	45°28′28″N 122°38′24″W / 45.47439°N 122.63987°W
Cedar Crossing Bridge		1982	Covered bridge	60 feet (18 m)	Johnson Creek	Deardorff Road	45°28′19.3″N 122°31′25.4″W / 45.472028°N 122.523722°W
Eastbank Esplanade		2001	Pontoon	1,200 feet (370 m)	Bank of the eastside of the Willamette River	Pedestrians and bicycles
Ned Flanders Crossing		2021	200 feet (61 m)		Pedestrians and bicycles	45°31′33″N 122°41′12″W / 45.5257°N 122.6868°W
Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge		2012	700 feet (210 m)		Pedestrians and bicycles	45°29′57″N 122°40′23″W / 45.4993°N 122.673°W
Vista Bridge (Vista Avenue Viaduct)		1926*†	Concrete arch	248 feet (76 m)	MAX Light Rail line and Jefferson Street/Canyon Road	Vista Avenue	45°31′09″N 122°41′52″W / 45.519097°N 122.697844°W
Barbara Walker Crossing		2019	Trichord truss	180 feet (55 m)	Burnside Street	Pedestrians and bicycles	45°31′18″N 122°43′10″W / 45.5216°N 122.7195°W

Former bridges[edit]

See also[edit]

• 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[edit]

1. ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014). “Historic Landmarks – Portland, Oregon” (XLS). City of Portland. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

External links[edit]

• Media related to Bridges in Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons