Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
Posted by: Rose Red
N 45° 31.599 W 122° 40.216
10T E 525748 N 5041510
The upper deck of the Steel Bridge is used for lightrail, vehicles and pedestrians while the lower deck carries about eight trains a day.
Waymark Code: WM13NX
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2007
Views: 34
The coordinates are the entrance to the Riverwalk, a pedestrian and bicycle crossing over the Willamette River. It was constructed by the Portland Office of Transportation in partnership with Union Pacific Railroad Company (Spring 2001).
Steel Bridge (1912) is the only double-decked telescoping vertical lift bridge in the world. Its upper deck is used for lightrail, vehicles and pedestrians while the lower deck carries about eight trains a day. Because the bottom deck is only 25 feet above water, it lifts often for river traffic. It slips up-and-down inside the bottom of the bridge's top deck, without interrupting top deck users.