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  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 was named for John Charles Fremont, though one of the connecting streets was previously named Fremont Street in honor of the same individual.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremont_Bridge_(Portland,_Oregon)   (498 words)

  
 Portland, Oregon Vacation & Travel Guide
Radiating around the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the Portland area's lush green cityscape and inviting, walkable neighborhoods are the result of its mild temperate rainforest climate combined with progressive urban planning.
It is also a city of bridges, with a dozen spanning the Willamette (and two across the Columbia), from its oldest, the Hawthorne Bridge, to the newest, the Fremont.
Portland is also home to attractions such as the lush Japanese Gardens, and the miles of hikeable and bikeable paths of in-town Forest Park, the nation's largest urban wilderness.
www.go-oregon.net /Portland   (243 words)

  
 Portland travel guide - Wikitravel
Portland [1], "The City of Roses", is the largest city in Oregon and the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest.
Portland lies about 70 miles from the Pacific Coast on the northern border of the state of Oregon, straddling the Willamette River just south of its confluence with the Columbia River at Vancouver, Washington.
Portland is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with an exciting blend of historic and modern architecture.
wikitravel.org /en/Portland_(Oregon)   (7336 words)

  
 Portland Oregon Planning and Zoning - Portland Real Estate
Perhaps no city in the United States is cited as often as Portland, Oregon in the urban planning literature for its progressive transportation and land use policies, downtown redevelopment efforts, and purported success in containing urban sprawl.
Oregon's land-use planning laws are mostly known for promoting density and fighting sprawl, but they also were aimed at making sure that low-income people did not get shut out of any area, says Jack Orchard, a real estate and land-use attorney who has practiced in Oregon since 1972.
It is bounded by the Marquam Bridge in the north, Hamilton Street in the south, Macadam Avenue in the west, and the Willamette River to the east.
www.movingtoportland.net /portland_planning.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Bridge photos, Bridge postcards -- Bridgepix.com
It has the longest main span of any bridge in Oregon and, until the completion of the Caiyuanba Bridge, is the longest tied-arch bridge in the world.
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.
It was named for John Charles Fremont, though one of the connecting streets was previously named Fremont Street in honor of the same individual.
www.bridgepix.com /bridgeblog/?p=215   (478 words)

  
 Interstate 405 Oregon @ Interstate-Guide.com
The Fremont Bridge is the longest tied arch bridge in the world and supports 6,000 tons on its center span.
A ghost ramp is situated to the left of southbound Interstate 5 in Portland as the freeway approaches the second junction with Interstate 405.
At the end of the Marquam Bridge is the interchange between Interstate 5, Interstate 405, and U.S. This view shows the stack interchange as seen along southbound Interstate 5 at the end of the double decked section of the bridge.
www.interstate-guide.com /i-405_or.html   (2018 words)

  
 Interstate 505 Oregon @ Interstate-Guide.com
The St. Johns Bridge was painted green by David B. Steinman to promote harmony with the forest-covered hills on the southern bank of the Willamette River.
The bridge is four lanes and undivided with sidewalks on both sides of the bridge.
Eastern Terminus - Interstate 405 at the Fremont Bridge - Portland, Oregon
www.interstate-guide.com /i-505_or.html   (1771 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)

  
 Tied arch bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tied arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch are borne by the bridge deck, rather than the ground or the bridge foundations.
The bridge deck ties the ends of the arch together, and is under tension, much like the string of a bow; therefore, this bridge design is sometimes called a bowstring arch bridge.
The elimination of horizontal forces at the abutments allows a tied arch bridge to be constructed with less robust foundations; this bridge type can be easily situated on top of elevated piers or in areas of unstable soil.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tied_arch_bridge   (244 words)

  
 Peregrine Watch — Audubon Society of Portland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Many a traveler across Portland's Fremont Bridge has been distracted and delighted by the sight of a peregrine falcon perched atop a lamppost or slicing through the air at over 200 miles per hour taking aim at an unsuspecting rock dove (pigeon).
Urban bridges and skyscrapers with their high, inaccessible ledges and abundant populations of rock doves and starlings meet many of the peregrine's nesting needs.
Bridges are particularly hazardous for nesting peregrines because young falcons tend to fledge (leave the nest) prior to the time they are able to fly.
www.audubonportland.org /science/peregrinewatch   (1917 words)

  
 Photo Tour of Downtown Portland Oregon
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.
Named for NE Fremont Street, which was originally was designated as the eastern approach to the bridge (as well as a proposed route for a NE Portland freeway that would have run from there to what is now I-205 near Portland Airport).
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)

  
 Portland Transportation
The bridge closure will allow the contractor to reinstall two pairs of original parts from the east leaf of the lift span that were removed in July for repairs.
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)

  
 Portland’s Bridges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Some if the many sites are the large amount of bridges that run through the city.
  This bridge is very well known because of the fact that is one of the only dual-lifting bridges in the world.
’s oldest bridge but is one of the oldest surviving bridges in the world.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~jnelson3/portland/bridges.htm   (285 words)

  
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The presenters informed the board that the retrofit of the bridge leaves them at the limit of their budget.
Consider implementing the blue bike lane at conflict points as is used in the City of Portland Oregon.
It is desirable for a cyclist to have a clear line of sight and a travelable path from the end of the bridge to the point at which queuing starts for the light.
www.seattle.gov /sbab/documents/fremont1803.doc   (838 words)

  
 Local Climbing - Portland Rock Gym
We are seeking rock climbing route information on five local crags in the Portland area with the intent of creating a new concise guidebook for climbers.
Portland's first outdoor climbing area is still popular with beginners.
By far the most popular moderate climbing area in Portland, Madrone has been closed for 3 years while Clackamas county attempts to use it for quarry.
www.portlandrockgym.com /local_climbing.html   (825 words)

  
 PORT - Portland art + news + reviews
For me bridges are the most interesting of architectural projects and although the finished bridge is 10 years away I suspect it will be a cable stayed design like Sir Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct.
Frankly, I love the fact that Portland's excellent Fremont Bridge design (and PORT's logo inspiration) came from the massive public outcry that the less than stellar Marquam Bridge design produced, let's demand something innovative and distinctive again.
The current I-5 bridges are probably part of the reason Vancouver Washington suffers in aesthetic esteem, despite being one of the fastest growing communities in the nation.
www.portlandart.net /archives/2006/05/thinking_about.html   (403 words)

  
 Experience Oregon - Five Great Bike Rides in Portland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Portland has been voted one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in United States by Bicycling Magazine since 1995.
Turn right to cross the bridge and loop around to the left and park in the gravel parking lot.
Just past the bridge, you'll cross Marine Drive at a crosswalk to ride on the right shoulder of the road for.7 miles.
www.oregon.com /trips/cycle_portland.cfm   (1908 words)

  
 Docket No. 117
In September, 1971, Respondent was constructing   an approach to the Fremont Bridge in Portland, Oregon.
Wright-Schuchart Harbor Contractors,   In this case, unlike Chicago Bridge and Wright-Schuchart, supra, employee rather than employer representatives were not afforded the opportunity to accompany the compliance officer or to otherwise assist in the inspection of the worksite.
Gray were of the opinion that the installation of safety nets on the Fremont Bridge Interchange would serve to increase the hazard to the workmen rather than reduce it (Tr.
www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_1973/117.html   (7106 words)

  
 Portland Migratory Birds
Portland, Oregon joins four other U.S. cities to protect migratory birds and enhance their habitats within city environments through participation in the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife selected Portland as a pilot project city due to its location in the Pacific Flyway; providing critical resting, feeding and nesting habitat for the birds.
Participation in this program demonstrates the City of Portland's acknowledgement that migratory birds are an important element of the urban ecosystem and are indicators of the health of the urban environment.
www.portlandonline.com /portlandmigratorybirds   (197 words)

  
 Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
US-97 is probably the second most important north-south route in Oregon, and as a consequence is well-maintained with smooth pavement for the entire distance, except for a few minor spots.
This is the old US-97 bridge completed in 1927 that crossed the canyon prior to the completion of the new, four-lane bridge in the photo below.
This bridge is now a pedestrian walkway which affords great views of 400-foot deep canyon.
www.w6mar.net /oregon.htm   (1066 words)

  
 National Weather Service - NWS Portland
This is due to the fact that record keeping has improved in the latter half of the century, while urbanization in the state has increased the economic impacts of severe storms and floods.
Oregon beaches had ash and cinders 2 feet deep for a stretch of 30 miles.
The city of Seneca, in northeast Oregon, recorded the state's all-time record low temperature of -54 degrees F. The next day it was nearly 100 degrees warmer when the high reached 45 degrees.
www.wrh.noaa.gov /pqr/paststorms/index.php   (1914 words)

  
 Dan Haskell ::: Foggy Bridge II ::: 869 Windscreen.tv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Foggy Bridge II : February, 2005 : Dan Haskell
Portland straddles two large rivers (the Willamette and the Columbia), so we have lots of bridges and lots of fog.
What you see here are the ramps for the Fremont bridge.
www.windscreen.tv /index.php?id=869   (49 words)

  
 "Portland, Oregon '03." - photos of scenery in Portland on Worldisround
Portland needs no introduction, it is Oregon's beautiful city by the bay.
Oregon is one of the few states in the U.S. that has...
Helens; with the Fremont Bridge in the foreground.
www.worldisround.com /articles/83654/index.html   (227 words)

  
 fUSION Anomaly. Portland
Portland is the largest city in Oregon, a few dozen miles from the west coast of the United States.
Portland began in 1843, when William Overton and Asa Lovejoy beached their canoe on the banks of the Willamette River.
Portland's Old Chinatown neighborhood is marked by a pair of lions at the corner of NW 4th and Burnside, and includes the district along the Willamette River between Burnside and Union Station.
fusionanomaly.net /portland.html   (2858 words)

  
 Portland, Oregon: Fremont Bridge (Photo, PortlandBridges.com)
This Photo: Taken at dusk from the Broadway Bridge, with some sort of boat in the foreground.
Fremont Bridge: Finished in 1973, this is Portland's newest bridge over the Willamette.
The double-decked Fremont Bridge connects northbound I-405 and westbound US-30 to I-5.
www.portlandbridges.com /viewphotosall-D300CRW08027-17-cat-0-1.html   (185 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).
OR-OSHA 's Portland Field Office is located in the North suite (#112) of Fremont Bldg.
The two most northern drives into Fremont Place, just before passing under the large Fremont Bridge, will place you at Fremont Bldg.
www.cbs.state.or.us /external/osha/maps/oshaportland.html   (641 words)

  
 Photographica: A Community Photojournal
Portland, Oregon is a city divided by a river.
My fiance works in northwest Portland, so I was already in the vicinity, so I decided to take some shots of the Fremont from an angle that we don't see every day.
Fremont Bridge in the light of the sunrise
www.photographica.org /tag/portland   (1017 words)

  
 Portland Condos and Townhomes - Waterfront Condos
They will redefine Portland real estate investment which has been diverted over to the suburbs in the last two decades, and refocus back to the inner city.
Since Portland downtown is well defined and built out, condo prices for all these new riverfront projects "have no where to go but up", said Homer Williams of Williams and Dame Development who co-developed the Meriwether, the John Ross, The Strand at RiverPlace and another 21-storey "Block 34".
If you are interested in living in downtown Portland along the waterfront, there're new projects and new units available that give you a sweeping view of the river.
www.maxwellsinclair.com /portland_downtown_riverfront_condos.php   (508 words)

  
 Portland, Oregon
With scenic bridges spanning the Willamette River to the southeast and the mighty Columbia River to the north, the City of Roses draws visitors with its architectural beauty and huge variety of options for adults and children alike.
The most recent addition is the double-decked Fremont Bridge.
All photos on this web site are ©2002, ©2003, ©2004, ©2005 as the exclusive property of the site designer, Julia (Harris) Ozab, and they may not be used in any form without her express written consent.
www.spectacularoregon.com /landmarks/portland.htm   (402 words)

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