#willamette river

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Down By The Dock

Portland, Oregon

Bob Cronk

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15,000 history of Oregon's Willamette River

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Willamette River Near Harrisburg Oregon - June, 2015

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Need to be soothed? Have some gentle waves lapping on the banks of Oregon's Willamette River, near downtown Portland.

Video from May, 2020.

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USS Houston (CA-30) passing under Manhattan Bridge, circa August 1936.

University of Houston Library: link

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Summertime

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Boats Moored South of the Marquam Bridge

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Some photos from last night. ^^

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Mount Hood was renamed on October 29, 1792, after Samuel Hood, First Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.  

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morning view // portland, ore.

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Portland Harbor, 1907

Ships and ferries in Portland Harbor, 1907. City of Portland (OR) Archives, AP/57044. View this image in Efiles by clicking here.

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The Portland Bridge Book by Sharon Wood Wortman with Ed Wortman

Third edition of The Portland Bridge Book is like an old faithful bridge that's been restored by a dedicated crew of specialists to increase its carrying capacity for the public's enjoyment. Over a span of 225 pages (50 percent larger than the second edition and more than twice the size of the first edition), this edition delivers: Profiles 15 highway bridges and four railroad bridges across the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the metro area. Each structure's general history, technical details, source of its name, and more are explained in accessible language. 150 historic and large format contemporary photographs, many published for the first time. Annotated drawings by Joseph Boquiren showing Portland's movable bridges in operation. How & Why Bridges Are Built, written by Fremont Bridge field engineer Ed Wortman. Expanded and localized glossary of bridge termsPortland transportation history timeline, truss patterns, bridge poetry, lyrics.

Images 1 & 2 from the Portland Bridge Book. Image 3 is the cover of the book.

Snippets

Multnomah County owns four of the five large movable bridges: Hawthorne, Morrison, Burnside, and Broadway bridges, as well as Sellwood and Sauvie Island bridges. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) owns state and interstate highway structures, i.e. Ross Island, Marquam, Fremont, St. Johns, Oregon City, and Abernethy bridges, and across the Columbia River, Glenn Jackson Bridge and in a joint agreement with WA state, the Interstate Bridge.

Other notable bridges in Portland Oregon that do not cross the river.

Balch Gulch Bridge on Thurman Street in Northwest Portland, built for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition. One of about 150 highway and pedestrian bridges owned and maintained by the City of Portland, this unusual hanging deck truss is the oldest highway deck truss bridge in Oregon. Vista Avenue Viaduct, a 248-foot open-spandrel reinforced concrete highway arch located 128 feet above SW Jefferson St on the way to US Highway 26 in Portland's West Hills.

Tilikum Crossing: Portland's Bridges and a New Icon by Donald MacDonald & Ira Nadel (2020)

Portland, Oregon's innovative and distinctive landmark, Tilikum Crossing Bridge of the People, is the first major bridge in the U.S, carrying trains, busses, streetcars, bicycles, and pedestrians- but no private automobiles. When regional transportation agency TriMet began planning for the first bridge to be constructed across the Willamette River since 1973, the goal was to build a something symbolic, which would represent the progressive nature of the Twenty-First Century. Part of that progressiveness was engaging in a public process that involved neighborhood associations, small businesses, environmentalists, biologists, bicycling enthusiasts, designers, engineers, and the City Council. The result of this collaboration was an entirely unique bridge that increased the transportation capacity of the city while allowing Portlanders to experience their urban home in an entirely new way—car-free. In this book, the award winning architect of Tilikum Crossing, Donald MacDonald, and co-author Ira Nadel, tell the story of Portland through its bridges. Written in a friendly voice, readers will learn how Portland came to be known as "The City of Bridges" and the home to this new icon in the city's landscape. MacDonald uses 98 of his own drawings to illustrate the history of Portland river crossings and to show the process of building a Twenty-First Century landmark

Image 4 is the Tilikum Crossing book cover. Image 5 is a photo of the bridge itself.

Short video: Aerial footage of some of the bridges in Portland, Oregon. Relaxing views of the Broadway, Fremont and Steel bridges. Apr 26, 2021

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A ramble 'round the margins of Oak Grove and Milwaukie, 4 August 2023, and the Bantam is back!

On the beach by Elk Rock Island, 4 Aug 2023. Olympus XA/Lomochrome Metropolis 100-400 It’s August. For all intents and purposes summer is at least half over. There’s not a lot of long, sunny, warm days left. Right about now sun is setting at 8:30 PM, not a big deal in some areas, but after a month-plus of near 9 PM sunsets, it’s a sign that the days are waning. While I hate some things about…

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Willamette River in Harrisburg Oregon - August 2015

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Pig (Michael Sarnoski, 2021) Broadway Bridge / Broadway Street Bridge Portland, Oregon (USA) Bridge over the Willamette river Type: bascule bridge.

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USS Houston (CA-30) in the Willamette River, near Portland, Oregon, circa August 1936.

Photographed by Angelus Studio.

Univerity of Oregon Library: PH037_b214_68942

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