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Bright lights and the big cityyy...it belongs to YOU tonight! Hit the town from May 31st to June 2nd for our Starry Nights Small Business Event. Shop local, score big, and you might just win the ultimate Portland staycation, all while supporting your favorite local businesses. Learn more: https://www.rosefestival.org/p/programs/starrynights

1. The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland is now an eBook and available for purchase at $9.99 a unit. It can be checked out free at Multnomah, Clackamas County, and Washington country libraries.
Links to order ePub Big & Awesome retail:

Broadway Books: https://www.broadwaybooks.net/ebook/9781393479246

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-big-awesome-bridges-of-portland-vancouver

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0912NDY4D/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=sharon+wood+wortman&qid=1616646550&sr=8-2

2. Go to www.bigandawesomebridges.org to find the six fabulous new footbridges added to the Greater Portland Area horizon in the past 7 years, brought to you compliments of PDX Bridge Festival, Inc., your local non-profit in the business of celebrating big and small bridges!

The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver

Flanders Crossing Bridge

With the opening of the 4.25-mile-long I-405 freeway in 1969, the neighborhoods left standing on either side of the high-speed freeway needed a safer connection for pedestrians and bicyclists. It took more than a half-century to build a solution, the Flanders Crossing. As an alternative route to Interstate 5 through Portland, the I-405 is one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. In 2007, the City of Portland identified NW Flanders Street as an alternate seismic-resilient route for emergency vehicles following an earthquake. The Flanders Crossing Bridge may be the only bridge still standing among the 29 overpasses spanning I-405 between the Fremont and Marquam bridges after a large earthquake. See “Count the Bridges Field Trip,” p. 151 in The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver, A Book for Young Readers and Their Teachers.


Opened for use: April 2021 (date to be announced)
Location: Near Downtown Portland over Interstate 405 at Northwest Flanders Street between Northwest 15th and 16th avenues; connects the Pearl District (east) and Northwest District (west) neighborhoods about 15 blocks west of the Willamette River
Purpose: To provide a safe crossing over the I-405 between two busy and often congested Portland neighborhoods.
Named for: Flanders Street
Type: Steel Parker pony truss
Color: Gray
Unusual feature: Truss bridges were the go-to type for bridge building in America during the late 19th century and much of the 20th century. The Flanders Crossing Bridge mirrors that tradition and is distinct for its clean lines and tessellation (repeating patterns). Some say the bridge is an example of structural art. The paint colors for the railing and protective fencing were chosen by the Pearl and Northwest District neighborhood associations. Two twelve-wheel trailers and two cranes were used to roll and swing the the 355,000-pound (177.5 tons) steel truss into place over I-405 on January 23, 2021.
Designed for: Non-motorized vehicle use and, in case of an earthquake, by emergency vehicles
Length: 199 feet
Elevation over I-405: Between 18 and 21 feet
Width: 24 feet with six feet for pedestrians on either side and 12 feet for cyclists in the middle (the bike and pedestrian areas will be at the same grade but marked with stencils painted on the deck)
Structural Engineers: Contech Engineered Solutions, West Chester, OH, and Portland Bureau of Transportation’s engineering team led by Cameron Glasgow and Frederick Mangubat
Foundation Engineers: Shannon & Wilson, Portland
Electrical Engineers and Lighting Designers: Kittelson & Associates, Portland
Steel Fabricator: Contech Engineered Solutions at their shop in Minnesota
Contractor: Wildish Construction, Eugene, OR
Owned and maintained by: Portland Bureau of Transportation
Earthquake resistant: Yes
Cost: $9.5 million

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Do you appreciate Portland's Bridges? Have you enjoyed the Centennial celebrations such as Hawthorne's in 2010 and the Steele, Broadway and Interstate bridges since then?
Did you attend the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parades in 2018 and 2019 when we bridged communities instead of rivers? We need new bridge lovers to keep the magic going!! Would you like to be part of the organization that spearheaded those events? Please reply if you are interested.

This is a fantastic tour!

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW: https://www.oswegoheritage.org/historic-home-tour-1. Thanks to our graphic designer, Sara Niland-Shatsky for the poster design!

The 12th Annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade will be held on April 27, 2019. “Roses in the ❤️ of Portland” is the theme, many entrants are already on board and we are looking forward to a fun and festive affair as we celebrate this year’s Grand Marshall, Helen Raptis, Host of KATU’s AM Northwest.
The parade starts at 9:30am just north of Eastport Plaza on Bush Street, 4000 SE 82nd Avenue.

Currently the largest eastside parade, it has been instrumental in the renaissance of 82nd Avenue by embracing the shopping and service area for eastside neighbors and businesses. The Friesian Horses will join the Parade again this year as we head north in the geographic center of Portland, on 82nd Avenue, starting at Bush Street, turning and finishing in the Montavilla District, on Yamhill Street at 78th Avenue.

The Beat Goes on Marching Band and the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, crowd favorites, will join us again!
To volunteer contact [email protected].
Eastport Plaza Shopping Center is the Platinum Sponsor.
Parade Entrant Form: [email protected]

After the Parade, residents and friends are invited to attend New Year in the Park which is a free family friendly event that celebrates Cambodian, Lao, Thai and Burmese New Years and will be at Glenhaven Park on 82nd Ave and Siskiyou from 9:30-6:00pm.

Join us! There will be something for everyone on your holiday shopping list!

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