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	Broadway Bridge (Portland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Broadway Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
		The bridge was opened on April 22, 1913 at a cost of $1.6 million.
		Johns Bridge at river mile 5.8, and the downtown Steel Bridge at river mile 12.1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broadway_Bridge_(Portland) (455 words)

	Portland Oregon home of PICMET '03
		Portland, situated approximately 70 miles from the Pacific Ocean where the Columbia River meets the Willamette River, has a magnificent setting, combining sparkling waterways with lush greenery rarely found in urban settings.
		Portland is a city of bridges: Morrison Bridge (1887), Steel Bridge (1888), Hawthorne Bridge (1891), Burnside Bridge (1894), Broadway Bridge (1913),Selwood Bridge (1926), Ross Island Bridge (1926), St John's Bridge (1931).
		Portland Art Museum: Portland is justly famous for its dramatic and dynamic art scene, which really began in 1892 with the establishment of the Portland Art Museum.
	www.picmet.org /program/portlandcity.asp (512 words)

	Portland Oregon Visitors Association - Media
		Portland’s only suspension bridge, St. Johns was the longest rope-strand suspension bridge in the world at the time of itsconstruction.
		The Hawthorne, which gained national recognition for its design, was one of three such bridges in the Portland area built by the inventor of the vertical-lift drawbridge, John Alexander Low Waddell.
		The Hawthorne is the world’s oldest vertical-lift bridge.
	www.travelportland.com /media/genmedkit/gm_bridges_fountains.html (1599 words)

	Photo Tour of Downtown Portland Oregon
		The Calvary Presbyterian Church was built in 1882 and most Portlanders refer to it as the "Old Church." It is the scene of numerous concerts (because of its organ) and weddings.
		Portland State University is located at the far south end and the Center for the Performing Arts along with the Portland Art Museum are located at the north end.
		Particularly notable is the bridge control booth (used to control the drawspan for river traffic), which is reminiscent of the airport control tower style architecture also popular at the time.
	www.movingtoportland.net /phototour_downtown.htm (3342 words)

	Composites Bridge Locator > Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River
		The Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River is in the heart of the Portland harbor and is a vital structure to vehicular traffic and the river's marine traffic.
		With each of the double-leaf bascule spans measuring 140’, the Broadway Bridge is also the seventh longest bascule bridge in the world.
		Broadway Bridge is now one of the largest FRP decks in the world.
	www.martinmarietta.com /Products/bridge.asp?ID=29 (243 words)

	Fremont Bridge (Portland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Due to the public's dissatisfaction with the appearance of the Marquam Bridge, the Portland Art Commission was invited to participate in the design process of the Fremont.
		The bridge was open on November 11, 1973 at a final cost of $82 million, most of which was financed by the Federal Highway Administration.
		The bridge is 2,152 ft. in total length with a main span of 1,255 ft. The top of the arch is 381 ft. tall and the main span has 175 ft. of vertical clearance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremont_Bridge_(Portland,_Oregon) (484 words)

	Portland Transportation
		A second bridge closure is scheduled for August 18 — 23 to place concrete for the second and final section of the west leaf of the lift span.
		The bridge is in the midst of a two-year repair project which will replace the lift span deck and repair or replace parts that open the 80-year old bridge.
		The bridge is in the midst of a two-year $9 million repair project which will replace the lift span deck and repair or replace parts that open the 80-year old bridge.
	www.trans.ci.portland.or.us /TrafficReports/TrafficReportRegional.htm (2069 words)

	MEI-Charlton, Inc.: Newsletter
		In 1978, during routine maintenance of the 1913 vintage Broadway Bridge in Portland, several foot-long cracks were found visually in the face of the north roller (or, more correctly, the "Rall wheel") on the west span.
		The Broadway Bridge is one of three bascule bridges in Portland (the Morrison and Burnside being the other two), and is an example of a Rall-type bascule bridge.
		A joint venture by Clark and Multnomah Counties, the bridge was a milestone in transportation between Portland and Vancouver.
	www.meic.com /Newsletters/2003/Fall03.htm (2032 words)

	Portland
		It gained the name due to the fact that it was the first bridge on the west coast built primarily of steel.
		Like the first bridge, the newer Steel Bridge has two decks; the upper deck accomodates vehicles (and currently a light rail line as well), while the lower deck is double-tracked for rail traffic.
		Images of the Steel Bridge in more recent times can be seen at The Bridges of Portland Oregon site.
	shastaroute.railfan.net /Portland.html (524 words)

	Portland Oregon Visitors Association - Media
		Portland ’s only suspension bridge, St. Johns was the longest rope-strand suspension bridge in the world at the time of its construction.
		The Fremont, the newest bridge to span the Willamette River, is America ’s longest tied-arch bridge.
		As part of the Willamette Light Brigade’s project to light all of Portland ’s downtown bridges, this bridge was the first to be illuminated (1987).
	www.travelportland.com /media/genmedkit/print_res/gm_bridges_fountains.html (1603 words)

	Portland Transport: St. Johns Bridge Plan Ignores Chance to Reconnect
		Johns is my favorite bridge in all the world and as an avid cyclist who enjoys the trek from Portland to Sauvie Island I always admire the big green gothic mass of beauty but wished I could bike there (If I felt safe I would go for a delcious donut at the Tulip Pastry Shop).
		It was originally a 2 lane bridge, restriped to the current substandard widths sometime in the mid century.
		This was seen as a way to punish the City of Portland for siding with Sellwood residents that the future of Tacoma Street was to be a neighborhood main street and not a 4 lane speedway.
	portlandtransport.com /archives/2005/07/st_johns_bridge.html (1094 words)

	Portland, Oregon: Broadway Bridge (Photo, PortlandBridges.com)
		Broadway Bridge: Finished in 1913, this drawbridge marks the transition of Broadway Street from North-South (west side) to East-West (east side).
		The Broadway bridge is a unique double-leaf bascule span construction, 1,736 feet long, and was designed by Ralph Modjeski [1].
		Modjeski was another world-famous bridge designer noted for, among other things, the Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River between Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ.
	www.portlandbridges.com /viewphotosall-D300CRW04663-26-cat-1-1.html (150 words)

	Portland - April 2004
		But its boldest plan calls for a loop across the Broadway Bridge, through the Lloyd District, south through the central east side to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and back across the Willamette River to RiverPlace, where it will join the existing line.
		Portland Streetcar officials call the proposal the Ringstrasse Concept, named for the grand boulevard encircling the city center of Vienna, Austria.
		The proposed route would take the streetcar across the Broadway Bridge to Northeast Weidler Street, south on Northeast Seventh Avenue, west on Northeast Oregon Street and south to OMSI on Martin Luther King Jr.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /existPortland01.htm (1211 words)

	C.I.C.L.E. :: » More Portland bikers cross that bridge when they come to it
		Between the 2005 and 2006 summertime counts, average daily bicycle trips increased by 8 percent on the Burnside Bridge, 12 percent on the Steel and 15 percent on the Hawthorne.
		On the fourth main bridge, the Broadway, the count was up 37 percent, a huge jump.
		On the Burnside Bridge alone, which has a roadway bike lane that doesn't lend itself to an automatic bikes-only count, the city stationed a person to tabulate bicycle trips from 4 to 6 p.m.
	www.cicle.org /cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=971 (574 words)

	Trolley Line Histories
		The Alberta Line was built by the Portland Railway Company in 1903 using part of the original right-of-way of the Portland and Vancouver R. (a steam line built in 1888).
		Broadway Line was built in 1903 by the original Portland Railway Co. BW cars initially ran from SE Portland to downtown across the Burnside Bridge.
		The Portland Railway Co. opened the Council Crest Line as an extension of the Portland Heights Line in Sept. 1906, a year before the Council Crest Amusement Park was finished.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dthompso1/StreetcarLines.html (3708 words)

	OSHA Portland Office
		The Portland Field Office is on the east side of the road (the Willamette River side), at the north end of the Fremont 1 Building, Suite 112 (under the Fremont Bridge).
		Follow NE Broadway St. and cross the Broadway Bridge - be in the right lane.
		Turn right onto NE Broadway St. and cross the Broadway Bridge - be in the right lane.
	www.cbs.state.or.us /external/osha/maps/oshaportland.html (641 words)

	PDC, Williams reach agreement on River District - Portland Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Westside ramps to Portland's Broadway Bridge probably will be demolished by mid-1998, paving the way for 2,500 new housing units in the River District north of downtown.
		Portland civic leaders tout the River District development as a model project to boost density inside the city and alleviate pressure to expand the region's urban growth boundary.
		The goal is to help Portland capture its share of growth in the region, thus ensuring that the city retains its economic vitality and political clout.
	www.bizjournals.com /portland/stories/1996/11/04/story4.html (737 words)

	Channel Deepening - Questions and Answers
		The federal navigation channel stretches from the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon to the railroad bridge between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington; and from the mouth of the Willamette River to the Broadway Bridge in Portland.
		Despite its distance from the open ocean, Portland is an active and major seaport, handling more than 20 million tons of cargo and 1,000 deep-draft vessels every year.
		Portland continues to thrive as a seaport because it is where ocean-going vessels can most efficiently transfer cargo to and from an extensive inland rail, road, and barge network.
	www.portofportland.com /ch_qa.aspx (500 words)

	BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Bridge bicycle counts up 20 percent
		PDOT is close to releasing their 2006 bridge counts and so far the results are very exciting.
		In 2005, the average daily bicycle traffic over the four main downtown bridges was up over 10,000 for the first time ever and showed a three-fold increase from 1995.
		The 37% increase on the Broadway bridge is probably due to construction the prior year.
	bikeportland.org /2006/09/05/bridge-bicycle-counts-up-20-percent (829 words)

	Portland Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Included among Portland's 250 parks, public gardens, and greenways are the nation's largest urban wilderness, the world's smallest park, and the only extinct volcano in the lower 48 states within a city's limits.
		Architectural preservation is a major preoccupation in Portland, particularly when it comes to the 1860s brick buildings with cast-iron columns and the 1890s ornate terra-cotta designs that grace areas like the Skidmore, Old Town, and Yamhill national historic districts.
		As a result, Portland is better than ever, cultivating a new level of sophistication, building on enhanced prosperity, and bursting with fresh energy.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=portland@121&...&pg=3 (693 words)

	Press Releases
		This bridge is one of the largest and most heavily traveled composite bridge decks in the world.
		Composite bridge decks are lightweight and highly resistant to corrosion yet have the strength and ability to carry high loads.
		The Broadway Bridge installation marks the twenty-seventh installation of a Martin Marietta Composites bridge deck in the United States and abroad and is its largest project to date.
	www.martinmarietta.com /Investors/news.asp?ID=149 (450 words)

	Broadway Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Portland Names and Neighborhoods, Their Historic Origins (Binford and Mort, 1986), author Eugene E. Snyder tells us that originally the street name Broadway only applied to the street we today call NE Broadway.
		The Bridge linked Broadway in east Portland to what was then called Seventh Street on the west side, moving city fathers to rename it Broadway as well, and it was proposed that the segment on the east side be renamed to East Broadway.
		This was resolved by naming the segment of Seventh south of Burnside South Broadway, that between Burnside and the bridge North Broadway, and leaving the name of Broadway on the original street.
	spot.pcc.edu /~dkirby/student_sites/samuelklein52/final/bridges/broadway.html (262 words)

	BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Bridge bike traffic up in ‘05
		It’s interesting to note that the 2003 combined total for the Steel and Broadway bridges was only 61 riders less than the 2004 count for the Steel Bridge alone (while the Broadway Bridge was not monitored).
		We use these bridges because they have a funneling affect on cycling activity and are thus are 4 reliable locations where we can capture a very high proportion of trips across the river.
		P.S. The Broadway Bridge no-count in 2004 was a result of our counts being conducted at a time when the Broadway Bridge was closed to all traffic.
	bikeportland.org /2005/09/20/bridge-bike-traffic-jumps-15-in-05 (1204 words)

	Getting From Point A to Point B in Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In addition to Tri-Met, there is also the Portland Streetcar and while reliable, comfortable and urban, it only goes from Northwest (the neighborhood) to Portland State University and back again.
		The only downside to the public transportation system in Portland is that it ends a little too early for this otherwise nightowl-oriented city.
		Some of the bridges are not bike-friendly at all (Marquam, Fremont - both house freeways), although most are welcoming to cyclists, especially the Hawthorne Bridge and the Broadway Bridge.
	students.washington.edu /darlams/final/portland_transport.html (365 words)

	Multnomah County calls for feedback on Broadway Bridge construction - Portland Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The condensed schedule would close all traffic on the Broadway Bridge for up to 15 months, allowing 25 percent more work to be completed with available funds and is safer for workers and the public.
		The bridge would be partially open, with one lane of traffic in each direction, most of the time but would still need to be closed to all traffic for at least three months.
		In addition to the repairs in 2003, the Broadway Bridge will be closed for up to four weeks in early 2002 for urgent mechanical repairs on its drawbridge function.
	www.bizjournals.com /portland/stories/2001/10/29/daily10.html?page=2 (471 words)

	Office of Mayor Vera Katz - Accomplishments
		Approved the Portland Development Commission budget allocation to build the first affordable housing project in the River District.
		It is located east of Union Station and south of the Broadway Bridge on NW Naito Parkway.
		The project is a joint effort of GSL Properties, Inc., Fannie Mae, the Housing Authority of Portland and the Portland Development Commission.
	www.ci.portland.or.us /mayor/accomp2/CentralCity/CCunionstation.html (142 words)

	Portland Transport: Slow Down: That Means You Too
		This intersection has many issues: the steep descent from the Broadway Bridge, poor visibility in places, a convergence of less-than-ideal crosswalks, shared cycle-ped paths, and traffic that moves like the streets are a freeway.
		My running group crosses this bridge twice every Wednesday and we've had to increasingly stand our ground (we are a group of about 20) to force bicyclists not to zoom by us on a very narrow sidewalk.
		I just wonder whether it is widely known that there are the rules on this bridge.
	portlandtransport.com /archives/2006/08/slow_down_that_1.html (358 words)

	Photo Album: The Bridges of Portland, Oregon - St. Johns Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Finished in 1931, the steel suspension St. Johns Bridge is arguably the most beautiful in the city, connecting North Portland to US-30 northwest of the city.
		Sadly, since the bridge lies a few miles west of the city, many visitors to Portland never see this marvelous structure, which is a designated historical landmark.
		The Marquam and Fremont bridges were still almost forty years in the future.
	www.scs.sk.ca /vol/HTT/SDesign/bridgeH.htm (470 words)

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