The city of Portland, Oregon, contains many bridges over various geographical features and roads of varying lengths and usages. Some bridges carry roads, some carry pedestrians only, some carry trains only, and others have various restrictions.

Bridges over the Willamette River comprise a majority of the notable bridges in the city. Portland has 12 bridges that span the Willamette, while only two road bridges cross the Columbia River, and other notable bridges cross roads, canyons or other bodies of water. Interstate 5 crosses the Willamette via the Marquam Bridge and the Columbia via the Interstate Bridge. Due to the large number of bridges crossing the Willamette in the center of town, Portland's nicknames include "Bridge City" and "Bridgetown."

List of bridges Key: Year opened*: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places†: Listed as a city historic landmark

Columbia River system Name(Alternative names in parentheses) Image Year opened Type Length Spans Carries Coordinates Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge (BNSF Bridge 8.8) 1908 Swing bridge, Pratt truss North Portland Harbor (an anabranch of the Columbia River) BNSF Railway Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 (BNSF Bridge 9.6) 1908 Swing bridge, Pratt truss Columbia River BNSF Railway Interstate Bridge (Portland–Vancouver Highway Bridge) 1917* (and second, parallel bridge in 1958) Truss with lift span Columbia River Interstate 5 Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge 1982Segmental Columbia River Interstate 205

Willamette River Name(Alternative names in parentheses) Image Year opened Type Length Spans Carries Coordinates St. Johns Bridge 1931† Suspension Willamette River Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1 (St. Johns Railway Bridge) 1908 Vertical-lift bridge; converted from swing span in 1989 Willamette River BNSF Railway Fremont Bridge 1973 Tied-arch bridge Willamette River Broadway Bridge 1913* Truss with double-leaf "Rall"-type bascule span Willamette River Broadway; Portland Streetcar A Loop and B Loop Steel Bridge 1912 Through truss with a double vertical-lift span Willamette River Union Pacific RailwayAmtrakMAX Light RailGlisan Street, Interstate AvenueFormerly Harbor Drive (former ) Burnside Bridge 1926* Double-leaf "Strauss-type" bascule Willamette River Burnside Street Morrison Bridge 1958* Double-leaf "Chicago style" bascule Willamette River Morrison Street Hawthorne Bridge 1910*† Parker truss with a vertical-lift span Willamette River Hawthorne Boulevard Marquam Bridge 1966 Cantilever truss Willamette River Tilikum Crossing 2015 Cable-stayed Willamette River TriMet MAX Orange Line and buses; Portland Streetcar Ross Island Bridge 1926 Cantilever deck truss Willamette River Sellwood Bridge 2016 Deck arch bridge Willamette River Tacoma Street

Others Name(Alternative names in parentheses) Image Year opened Type Length Spans Carries Coordinates Blue Bridge (Cross Canyon Bridge) 1992 Reed Lake Pedestrians and bicycles Blumenauer Bridge 2022 Tied arch Banfield Freeway (on Interstate 84) Pedestrians and bicycles Bybee Bridge 1911 Bybee Boulevard Cedar Crossing Bridge 1982 Covered bridge Johnson Creek Deardorff Road Eastbank Esplanade 2001 Pontoon Bank of the eastside of the Willamette River Pedestrians and bicycles Ned Flanders Crossing 2021 Interstate 405 Pedestrians and bicycles Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge 2012 Interstate 5 and SW Macadam Avenue Pedestrians and bicycles Vista Bridge (Vista Avenue Viaduct) 1926*† Concrete arch MAX Light Rail line and Jefferson Street/Canyon Road Vista Avenue Barbara Walker Crossing 2019 Trichord truss Burnside Street Pedestrians and bicycles

Former bridges Madison Street Bridge

See also

List of crossings of the Willamette River Sauvie Island Bridge – located just outside the city of Portland proper

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