Stock & Fine Art Photography of Portland Bridges


Bridges of Downtown Portland on Pixelmap
BRIDGES ON THIS PAGE, alphabetical order Broadway Bridge Burnside Bridge Fremont Bridge Hawthorne Bridge Marquam Bridge Morrison Bridge Ross Island Bridge Steel Bridge	BRIDGES OF DOWNTOWN PORTLAND This page features bridges connecting central Portland with neighborhoods across the Willamette. Downtown Portland has an amazing variety of bridges and includes some of the most unique structures in service today.	Other Oregon Bridge Pages Bridges of Downtown Portland Bridges of Metro Portland Bridges of the Oregon Coast Bridges of Columbia River Gorge Bridges of Central & Eastern Oregon Bridges of Willamette Valley & Southern Oregon



Broadway Bridge, Portland, Oregon
BROADWAY BRIDGE Portland, Oregon



Burnside Bridge, Portland, Oregon
BURNSIDE BRIDGE The Burnside Bridge is a bascule bridge, in which the road deck pivots on either side to accomodate ship traffic when necessary. The center span is 251 ft (76.5m). The bridge was completed in 1926, and it replaced an 1894 span before it. The east side of the bridge hosts a world famous skate park.



Fremont Bridge, Portland, Oregon
FREMONT BRIDGE The Fremont Bridge is a tiered-arched bridge and, at 1255 feet (382m), it is the longest span in Oregon. It is also the second longest tiered arch bridge in the world. The bridge opened in 1973 and it carries traffic on two levels. It had design input from the public after the very unpopular Marquam Bridge went up in 1966.



Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, Oregon
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE The Hawthorne is the oldest bridge crossing in Portland still in operation. It is also the oldest lift bridge still operating in the United States. It is a steel truss bridge with a total span of 1380 feet (421m). Its lift span is its longest free span-244 feet. The bridge opened to traffic in 1910, and today carries the most bicycle and bus traffic in the city.



Marquam Bridge, Portland, Oregon
MARQUAM BRIDGE This is the busiest bridge in the state of Oregon.



Morrison Bridge, Portland, Oregon
MORRISON BRIDGE This bridge was built near to the location of the first crossing of the Willamette River in downtown Portland. In 1958 the new Morrison Bridge was complete, carrying 4 lanes of traffic over the river with a Bascule lift mechanism in the middle to allow ships to pass. In 2007 it became the first bridge to be illuminated by the Willamette Light Brigade-an effort to light the significant bridges of Portland. The colors were changed during the NCAA tournament to the green and yellow of the Oregon Ducks as they made their run to basketball perfection.



Ross Island Bridge, Portland, Oregon
ROSS ISLAND BRIDGE The Ross Island Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge which carries US highway 26 over the Willamette River just south of downtown Portland. Its center span is 535 ft (163m) and the total bridge length is over 3700 ft (1128m). The bridge was completed in 1926. The Ross Island is yet another example of fine bridge engineering in Portland, as it was designed by Gustav Lindenthal (designer of New York's Hells Gate Bridge).



Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
STEEL BRIDGE

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Stock and Art Photos of Portland Downtown Bridges crossing the Willamette River including the Fremont, the Broadway, the Morrison, the Burnside, the Hawthorne, the Marquam and the Ross Island crossings.