Much of the U. S. city of Portland, Oregon is built to a grid plan oriented north/south and east/west. However, the streets in the central downtown area are aligned to magnetic north—presumably at the time the area was platted—and so is oriented about 19.25° eastward.The magnetic declination is 15.19° which is decreasing at 0.10° per year. PDX data
The city is rated highly in "walkability", bicycle-friendliness and public transport provision. Urban growth has been controlled by the Metro planning authority since the 1970s.
Principal streets 82nd Avenue Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway Broadway Burnside Street, east–west, runs uninterrupted on both sides of the Willamette River, serves as the dividing line between North Portland and South Portland Canyon Road Capitol Highway Cesar Chavez Boulevard, formerly known as Northeast and Southeast 39th Avenue Cornell Road Division Street Harbor Drive Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., formerly Union Avenue (renamed in 1989). Carries Oregon Route 99E. Klickitat Street Hawthorne Boulevard Lombard Street Naito Parkway Williams Avenue, a north-south street that defines the eastern boundary of North Portland Stark Street (part of which has been designated Harvey Milk Street) Terwilliger Boulevard
See also
Terwilliger curves The Simpsons and Portland, Oregon – many characters in The Simpsons are named after Portland streets Transportation in Portland, Oregon
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