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Aerial view of crossings in downtown Portland. This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River.
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
The Whilamut Passage Bridge [1] [2] is a pair of bridges across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. The west span was completed in 2011. [3] The east span was completed and opened in August 2013. [2] [4] They carry Interstate 5 traffic and replaced an earlier bridge completed in 1961. [5] Construction on the bridges began in 2009 and ...
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is a cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was designed by TriMet , the Portland metropolitan area 's regional transit authority, for its MAX Orange Line light rail passenger trains.
The Marquam Bridge / ˈ m ɑːr k əm / is a double-deck, steel-truss cantilever bridge [1] that carries Interstate 5 traffic across the Willamette River from south of downtown Portland, Oregon, on the west side to the industrial area of inner Southeast on the east. It is the busiest bridge in Oregon, carrying 140,500 vehicles a day as of 2016. [2]
The Oregon Route 34 bridge across the Willamette River at Corvallis is a mid-valley highway crossing. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operates five stream gauges along the river, at Harrisburg, Corvallis, Albany, Salem, and Portland.
Viewed from the Eastbank Esplanade The opened Morrison Bridge, photographed from East Portland. The Morrison Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1958, it is the third bridge at approximately the same site to carry that name. [2] It is one of the most heavily used bridges in Portland. [3]
The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States [1] and the oldest highway bridge in Portland.