The design of the brand new Willamette Greenway Path Bridge over Columbia Boulevard in north Portland was revealed by Portland Parks and Recreation at an open home late final month. New renderings present a construction that may span throughout the highway with clear fencing and lighting that may make the bridge safer to make use of at evening.
Parks’ Bridge Over Columbia venture was on maintain for a number of years as town ironed out some funding wrinkles. Now it’s full steam forward and the brand new drawings give us our greatest view but on what to anticipate.
This venture, estimated to value $11-$15 million, will construct a half-mile of latest paved path inside Chimney Park (simply north of Pier Park). That path will connect with a brand new bridge that may span over Columbia Blvd on a mild grade. After coming off the bridge, riders will proceed on the brand new path, cross a Union Pacific Railroad monitor, after which proceed northeast to the sting of the North Columbia Slough.
An current bridge over the slough (owned by Metro) will ultimately join the brand new path to a different future path that may wind two miles across the outdoors fringe of Metro’s St Johns Prairie (a 244-acre former landfill). On the northern tip of the Prairie, Metro and their companions are already planning one other new bridge that may in the end connect with an current (though closely broken and in want of restore) path that results in Kelley Level Park.
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This venture marks very thrilling steps ahead for the NP Greenway that may ultimately join the Eastbank Esplanade to Kelley Level Park. Parks expects to complete design subsequent 12 months and construct the venture in 2027-2028. For extra info, see the venture web site.
