List of bridges in Portland, Oregon

Front portion of a red-colored steel bridge

Broadway Bridge over the 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 of the notable bridges in the city. 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.

List of bridges

Key: Year opened
*: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
†: Listed as a city historic landmark^[1]

Columbia River system

Name (Alternative names in parenthesis)	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge (BNSF Bridge 8.8)	1908	Swing bridge, Pratt truss	1,524 feet (465 m)	North Portland Harbor (an anabranch of the Columbia River)	BNSF Railway	45°36′51″N 122°42′08″W / 45.61425°N 122.702306°W / 45.61425; -122.702306
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 (BNSF Bridge 9.6)	1908	Swing bridge, Pratt truss	2,807 feet (856 m)	Columbia River	BNSF Railway	45°37′29″N 122°41′27″W / 45.62473°N 122.69085°W / 45.62473; -122.69085
Interstate Bridge (Portland–Vancouver Highway Bridge)	1917* (and second, parallel bridge in 1958)	Truss with lift span	3,538 feet (1,078 m)	Columbia River	Interstate 5	45°36′24″N 122°40′51″W / 45.606667°N 122.680833°W / 45.606667; -122.680833
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge	1982	Segmental	7,460 feet (2,270 m)	Columbia River	Interstate 205	45°35′35″N 122°32′55″W / 45.593056°N 122.548611°W / 45.593056; -122.548611

Willamette River

Name (Alternative names in parentheses)	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
St. Johns Bridge	1931†	Suspension	2,067 feet (630 m)	Willamette River	US 30 Byp.	45°35′07″N 122°45′52″W / 45.58528°N 122.76444°W / 45.58528; -122.76444 (St. Johns Bridge)
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1	1908	Vertical-lift bridge; converted from swing span in 1989	1,763 feet (537 m)	Willamette River	BNSF Railway	45°34′36″N 122°44′51″W / 45.57667°N 122.74750°W / 45.57667; -122.74750
Fremont Bridge	1973	Tied-arch bridge	2,154 feet (657 m)	Willamette River	I-405 / US 30	45°32′16″N 122°40′59″W / 45.53778°N 122.68306°W / 45.53778; -122.68306 (Fremont Bridge)
Broadway Bridge	1913*	Truss with double-leaf "Rall"-type bascule span	1,742 feet (531 m)	Willamette River	Broadway; Portland Streetcar A Loop and B Loop	45°31′55″N 122°40′27″W / 45.53194°N 122.67417°W / 45.53194; -122.67417 (Broadway Bridge)
Steel Bridge	1912	Through truss with a double vertical-lift span	800 feet (240 m)	Willamette River	Union Pacific Railway Amtrak MAX Light Rail Glisan Street, Interstate Avenue Formerly Harbor Drive (former OR 99W)	45°31′39″N 122°40′09″W / 45.52750°N 122.66917°W / 45.52750; -122.66917 (Steel Bridge)
Burnside Bridge	1926*	Double-leaf "Strauss-type" bascule	1,382 feet (421 m)	Willamette River	Burnside Street	45°31′23″N 122°40′03″W / 45.52306°N 122.66750°W / 45.52306; -122.66750 (Burnside Bridge)
Morrison Bridge	1958*	Double-leaf "Chicago style" bascule	760 feet (230 m)	Willamette River	Morrison Street	45°31′04″N 122°40′11″W / 45.51778°N 122.66972°W / 45.51778; -122.66972 (Morrison Bridge)
Hawthorne Bridge	1910*†	Parker truss with a vertical-lift span	1,382 feet (421 m)	Willamette River	Hawthorne Boulevard	45°30′47″N 122°40′14″W / 45.51306°N 122.67056°W / 45.51306; -122.67056 (Hawthorne Bridge)
Marquam Bridge	1966	Cantilever truss	1,043 feet (318 m)	Willamette River	I-5	45°30′29″N 122°40′09″W / 45.50806°N 122.66917°W / 45.50806; -122.66917 (Marquam Bridge)
Tilikum Crossing	2015	Cable-stayed	1,720 feet (520 m)	Willamette River	TriMet MAX Orange Line and buses; Portland Streetcar	45°30′20″N 122°39′54″W / 45.50556°N 122.66500°W / 45.50556; -122.66500 (Tilikum Crossing)
Ross Island Bridge	1926	Cantilever deck truss	3,729 feet (1,137 m)	Willamette River	US 26 (Powell Boulevard)	45°30′04″N 122°39′52″W / 45.50111°N 122.66444°W / 45.50111; -122.66444 (Ross Island Bridge)
Sellwood Bridge	2016	Deck arch bridge	1,976 feet (602 m)	Willamette River	Tacoma Street	45°27′52″N 122°39′56″W / 45.46444°N 122.66556°W / 45.46444; -122.66556 (Sellwood Bridge)

Others

Name (Alternative names in parenthesis)	Year opened	Type	Length	Spans	Carries	Coordinates
Blue Bridge (Cross Canyon Bridge)	1992	Pedestrian		Reed Lake	Pedestrians and bicycles	45°28′55″N 122°37′49″W / 45.48184°N 122.63037°W / 45.48184; -122.63037
Bybee Bridge	1911	Overpass		OR 99E (McLoughlin Boulevard)	Bybee Boulevard	45°28′28″N 122°38′24″W / 45.47439°N 122.63987°W / 45.47439; -122.63987
Cedar Crossing Bridge	1982	Covered bridge	60 feet (18 m)	Johnson Creek	Deardorff Road	45°28′19.3″N 122°31′25.4″W / 45.472028°N 122.523722°W / 45.472028; -122.523722
Eastbank Esplanade	2001	Pedestrian	1,200 feet (370 m)	Bank of the eastside of the Willamette River	Pedestrians and bicycles
Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge	2012	Pedestrian	700 feet (210 m)	Interstate 5 and SW Macadam Avenue	Pedestrians and bicycles	45°29′57″N 122°40′23″W / 45.4993°N 122.673°W / 45.4993; -122.673
Vista Bridge*† (Vista Avenue Viaduct)	1926	Concrete arch	248 feet (76 m)	MAX Light Rail line and Jefferson Street/Canyon Road	Vista Avenue	45°31′09″N 122°41′52″W / 45.519097°N 122.697844°W / 45.519097; -122.697844

Former bridges

Madison Street Bridge

References

↑ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014). "Historic Landmarks – Portland, Oregon" (XLS). City of Portland. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

External links

Media related to Bridges in Portland at Wikimedia Commons

Bridges in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon

Across the Willamette River (north to south)	St. Johns Bridge Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1 Fremont Bridge Broadway Bridge Steel Bridge Burnside Bridge Morrison Bridge Hawthorne Bridge Marquam Bridge Tilikum Crossing Ross Island Bridge Sellwood Bridge Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge Abernethy Bridge Oregon City Bridge Boone Bridge

Across the Columbia River (west to east)	Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 Interstate Bridge Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge

Miscellaneous	Blue Bridge (Reed College) Bybee Bridge Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge (across I-5) Main Street Bridge (MAX in Hillsboro) Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge (North Portland Harbor) Sauvie Island Bridge (Multnomah Channel) Vista Bridge (Goose Hollow)

See also: Transportation in Portland, Oregon List of crossings of the Columbia River List of crossings of the Willamette River

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