Hawthorne Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 45°30′48″N 122°40′16″W / 45.5133°N 122.6711°W |
| Carries | Vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists |
| Crosses | Willamette River |
| Locale | Portland, Oregon |
| Maintained by | Multnomah County |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Parker truss[1] with a vertical-lift span |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 1,382 ft (421 m) |
| Width | 73 ft (22 m) |
| Longest span | 244 ft (74 m) |
| No. of spans | 6 (excluding concrete girder approach spans) |
| Piers in water | 6 |
| Clearance below | 49 ft (15 m) closed 159 ft (48 m) open |
| History | |
| Designer | Waddell & Harrington |
| Opened | December 19, 1910 |
| Replaces | Madison Street Bridge No. 2 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 30,000[1] |
Hawthorne Bridge | |
Portland Historic Landmark[2] | |
| Location | Portland, Oregon; Willamette River at river mile 13.1 |
| Coordinates | 45°30′48″N 122°40′16″W / 45.51333°N 122.67111°W |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Waddell & Harrington |
| MPS | Willamette River Highway Bridges of Portland, Oregon |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000932 |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 2012[3] |
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The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States[1] and the oldest highway bridge in Portland. It is also the busiest bicycle bridge in Oregon, with over 8,000 cyclists[4] and 800 TriMet buses (carrying about 17,400 riders) daily.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2012.[3][5]
- ^ a b c d Wood Wortman, Sharon; Wortman, Ed (2006). The Portland Bridge Book (3rd ed.). Urban Adventure Press. pp. 61–68. ISBN 0-9787365-1-6.
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014), = 44013&a = 146276 Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved August 20, 2014
{{citation}}: Check|url=value (help). - ^ a b "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 11/13/12 through 11/16/12". National Park Service. November 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ "2011 Bicycle Counts Report" (PDF). Portland Bureau of Transportation. p. 4. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Tims, Dana (November 20, 2012). "Four Multnomah County bridges listed on National Register of Historic Places". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2014.