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In 2023, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced plans to close 181 pedestrian crossings, including 53 in the Portland metropolitan area, citing safety concerns. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] ODOT has worked to install pedestrian-activated beacons throughout the metropolitan area, including along Southeast Powell Boulevard, Southwest ...
The last significant section of the trail was completed ahead of schedule in summer 2006, when the construction of three new bridges over Johnson Creek, Oregon Highway 99E and a railroad line, allowing users to cross them without having to detour and mix with traffic on busy streets. [13] In 2006, the City of Portland rejected a development ...
The Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge, more formally known as the US Congresswoman Darlene Hooley Pedestrian Bridge at Gibbs Street, is an approximately 700-foot (210 m) [1] pedestrian bridge in Portland, Oregon, United States, which opened on July 14, 2012. [2] It connects the Lair Hill neighborhood with the South Waterfront area. [3]
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 .
Blocks in the downtown area are only 200 feet (61 m) long. Many streets in the outer southwest section of the city lack sidewalks; however, this is partially made up with various off-street trails. [39] A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Portland the 12th most walkable of the fifty largest cities in the United States. [40]
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Dozens of wildfires in Oregon have forced the evacuation of more than 500,000 residents, prompting Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to declare a state of emergency Friday as two massive blazes converged ...
The original Morrison Bridge (or Morrison Street Bridge) was a wooden truss swing-span bridge that opened to the public on April 9, 1887 [5] [6] (with a formal opening three days later), [7] as the first Willamette River bridge in Portland and the longest bridge west of the Mississippi River.