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''Steel Bridge, boat dock and little beach. View facing south from west side greenway.'' | |||
The '''Steel Bridge''' is a [[through truss]], double lift [[bridge]] across the [[Willamette River]] in [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[United States]]. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic (on the [[Pacific Highway West No. 1W]], former [[Oregon Route 99W]]) and [[MAX Light Rail|light rail (MAX)]], making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest [[vertical-lift bridge]] in North America, after the nearby [[Hawthorne Bridge]]. The bridge links the [[Lloyd District, Portland, Oregon|Rose Quarter and Lloyd District]] in the east to [[Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon|Old Town Chinatown]] neighborhood in the west. | |||
==External links== | |||
* [http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/historic_bridges_Portland.shtml#Steel_Bridge ODOT Steel Bridge page] | |||
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(OR0291)) The Library of Congress: American Memory] | |||
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Revision as of 19:47, 12 September 2010
Steel Bridge, boat dock and little beach. View facing south from west side greenway.
The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic (on the Pacific Highway West No. 1W, former Oregon Route 99W) and light rail (MAX), making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest vertical-lift bridge in North America, after the nearby Hawthorne Bridge. The bridge links the Rose Quarter and Lloyd District in the east to Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in the west.