City of Portland's Office of Healthy Working Rivers and TriMet present -
River-in-Focus: The Willamette River Transit Bridge – the first bridge built over the Willamette River in over 35 years.
Dave Unsworth, TriMet’s Deputy Project Manager for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, will describe the first transit-only bridge in the United States to be built here in Portland between the Marquam and the Ross Island bridges. This cable-stayed bridge will be host to light rail, bus, future Streetcar, cyclists and pedestrians, but no private vehicles. Dave will describe the features of the bridge, the multiple layers of environmental hurdles and permitting needed to undertake such a project, and the basic construction plan to erect this structure.
Tuesday, September 21
Noon to 1 pm
City of Portland
Portland Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor
1120 SW 5th Ave
Free lunchtime presentation, open to the public, please bring your own lunch.
For information on Portland’s rivers, visit www.portlandonline.com/river
River-in-Focus: The Willamette River Transit Bridge – the first bridge built over the Willamette River in over 35 years.
Dave Unsworth, TriMet’s Deputy Project Manager for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, will describe the first transit-only bridge in the United States to be built here in Portland between the Marquam and the Ross Island bridges. This cable-stayed bridge will be host to light rail, bus, future Streetcar, cyclists and pedestrians, but no private vehicles. Dave will describe the features of the bridge, the multiple layers of environmental hurdles and permitting needed to undertake such a project, and the basic construction plan to erect this structure.
Tuesday, September 21
Noon to 1 pm
City of Portland
Portland Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor
1120 SW 5th Ave
Free lunchtime presentation, open to the public, please bring your own lunch.
For information on Portland’s rivers, visit www.portlandonline.com/river
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