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	After cracks were found in the 1950 span in 2001, ] restricted weight and speed on the bridge.<ref name=pbb>Wortman, Sharon Wood, Ed Wortman, and James B. Norman. 2006. ''The Portland Bridge Book''. Portland, OR: Urban Adventure Press. ISBN 978-0-9787365-1-4. pp. 102-104.</ref> Early designs for a new bridge were submitted in July 2004, and groundbreaking was held on January 4, 2006. The new $38 million span was designed by H2L2 Architecture with David Evans & Associates as the design engineers, and built by Max J. Kuney Company. Located at river mile three, the main span is {{convert\|360\|ft\|m}} long and rests {{convert\|80\|ft\|m}} above the water. The main span is of a ] design<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bridge design is key\|last=Rivera\|first=Dylan\|date=October 8, 2008\|newspaper=]\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref> constructed of steel, while the approach spans are a box-girder style using pre-stressed concrete. The bridge has two lanes of traffic with shoulders and sidewalks on both sides for a total width of 66 feet.<ref name=pbb/> The bridge was floated into place after it was constructed.<ref>http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/news_HFL_event_1108.shtml</ref>		After cracks were found in the 1950 span in 2001, ] restricted weight and speed on the bridge.<ref name=pbb>Wortman, Sharon Wood, Ed Wortman, and ]. 2006. ''The Portland Bridge Book''. Portland, OR: Urban Adventure Press. ISBN 978-0-9787365-1-4. pp. 102-104.</ref> Early designs for a new bridge were submitted in July 2004, and groundbreaking was held on January 4, 2006. The new $38 million span was designed by H2L2 Architecture with David Evans & Associates as the design engineers, and built by Max J. Kuney Company. Located at river mile three, the main span is {{convert\|360\|ft\|m}} long and rests {{convert\|80\|ft\|m}} above the water. The main span is of a ] design<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bridge design is key\|last=Rivera\|first=Dylan\|date=October 8, 2008\|newspaper=]\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref> constructed of steel, while the approach spans are a box-girder style using pre-stressed concrete. The bridge has two lanes of traffic with shoulders and sidewalks on both sides for a total width of 66 feet.<ref name=pbb/> The bridge was floated into place after it was constructed.<ref>http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/news_HFL_event_1108.shtml</ref>

	In March 2006, then-] ] proposed reusing the Sauvie Island bridge span as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over ] in ], as part of the Burnside/Couch Transportation and Urban Design Plan.<ref>, CommissionerSam.com{{dead link\|date=July 2011}}</ref> A coalition of Portland community groups including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the ] supported the idea.<ref> by Andy Giegerich, Portland Business Journal, July 20, 2007</ref> Adams ultimately retracted the proposal, realizing the cost would likely be more than the $5.5 million he had originally stated.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Making Portland be all it can be\|last=Griffin\|first=Anna\|date=25 May 2008\|work=The Oregonian\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/07/live-from-city-hall-adams-to-explain-budget-crunch-sauvie-decision/ \|title="With a heavy heart" Adams explains Sauvie decision \|last=Maus \|first=Jonathan \|work=BikePortland.org}}</ref>		In March 2006, then-] ] proposed reusing the Sauvie Island bridge span as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over ] in ], as part of the Burnside/Couch Transportation and Urban Design Plan.<ref>, CommissionerSam.com{{dead link\|date=July 2011}}</ref> A coalition of Portland community groups including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the ] supported the idea.<ref> by Andy Giegerich, Portland Business Journal, July 20, 2007</ref> Adams ultimately retracted the proposal, realizing the cost would likely be more than the $5.5 million he had originally stated.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Making Portland be all it can be\|last=Griffin\|first=Anna\|date=25 May 2008\|work=The Oregonian\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/07/live-from-city-hall-adams-to-explain-budget-crunch-sauvie-decision/ \|title="With a heavy heart" Adams explains Sauvie decision \|last=Maus \|first=Jonathan \|work=BikePortland.org}}</ref>

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Bridge in near Portland, Oregon

Sauvie Island Bridge
Sauvie Island Bridge in 2011
Coordinates	45°37′41″N 122°48′58″W / 45.628°N 122.816°W / 45.628; -122.816
Carries	Access from U.S. Route 30 to Sauvie Island
Crosses	Multnomah Channel
Locale	Sauvie Island, in Multnomah County, near Portland, Oregon
Characteristics
Total length	Old bridge: 1,198 feet (365 m) (new: approx. same)
Width	66 feet (20 m) (old bridge 41 ft (12 m))
Longest span	360 feet (110 m) (old bridge 200 feet (61 m))
History
Opened	June 23, 2008
Location

The Sauvie Island Bridge crosses the Multnomah Channel of the Willamette River near Portland, Oregon, United States. The original Parker truss bridge, built in 1950 with a 200-foot (61 m) main span, was replaced with a tied arch bridge with a 360-foot (110 m) span in 2008 due to cracks discovered in 2001.

Old bridge

Opened on December 30, 1950, the first bridge to Sauvie Island replaced the Sauvie Island Ferry. The $900,000 bridge was designed by the Oregon Department of Transportation and built by Gilpin Construction. Oregon transferred ownership to Multnomah County in 1951. Composed of three steel truss spans, it was a total of 1,198 feet (365 m) long, with the main span measuring 200 feet (61 m) in length. The approach spans were built of reinforced concrete girders. Green in color, the bridge was 41 feet (12 m) wide and carried two lanes of traffic and had sidewalks on both sides. The main span, a Parker truss, sat 80 feet (24 m) above the water line and handled an average of 3,800 vehicles per day.

New bridge

After cracks were found in the 1950 span in 2001, Multnomah County restricted weight and speed on the bridge. Early designs for a new bridge were submitted in July 2004, and groundbreaking was held on January 4, 2006. The new $38 million span was designed by H2L2 Architecture with David Evans & Associates as the design engineers, and built by Max J. Kuney Company. Located at river mile three, the main span is 360 feet (110 m) long and rests 80 feet (24 m) above the water. The main span is of a tied arch design constructed of steel, while the approach spans are a box-girder style using pre-stressed concrete. The bridge has two lanes of traffic with shoulders and sidewalks on both sides for a total width of 66 feet. The bridge was floated into place after it was constructed.

In March 2006, then-city commissioner Sam Adams proposed reusing the Sauvie Island bridge span as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over Interstate 405 in downtown Portland, as part of the Burnside/Couch Transportation and Urban Design Plan. A coalition of Portland community groups including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance supported the idea. Adams ultimately retracted the proposal, realizing the cost would likely be more than the $5.5 million he had originally stated.

The $43 million new bridge opened June 23, 2008. The old bridge was removed in August 2008 and was scrapped at Schnitzer Steel Industries.

References

^ Wortman, Sharon Wood, Ed Wortman, and James B. Norman. 2006. The Portland Bridge Book. Portland, OR: Urban Adventure Press. ISBN 978-0-9787365-1-4. pp. 102-104.
Rivera, Dylan (October 8, 2008). "Bridge design is key". The Oregonian. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/news_HFL_event_1108.shtml
"Is the Sauvie Island Bridge Worth Saving?", CommissionerSam.com
"Pearl wants Sauvie Bridge" by Andy Giegerich, Portland Business Journal, July 20, 2007
Griffin, Anna (25 May 2008). "Making Portland be all it can be". The Oregonian. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Maus, Jonathan. ""With a heavy heart" Adams explains Sauvie decision". BikePortland.org.
"Sauvie Bridge opens to traffic". Daily Journal of Commerce. June 24, 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
Tucker, Libby (18 August 2008). "Adios, old Sauvie bridge". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

External links

Sauvie Island Bridge page on Multnomah County website
Special Coverage of the Flanders Street Bridge Project - BikePortland.org

v t e Bridges in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon
Willamette River (north to south)	St. Johns BNSF Railway 5.1 Fremont Broadway Steel Burnside Morrison Hawthorne Marquam Tilikum Crossing Ross Island Sellwood Lake Oswego Railroad Abernethy Oregon City Boone
Columbia River (west to east)	Burlington Northern Railroad 9.6 Interstate Glenn L. Jackson Memorial
Miscellaneous	Barbara Walker Crossing Blue Blumenauer Bob Stacey Crossing Bybee Gibbs Street Pedestrian Lusted Road Main Street Ned Flanders Crossing Oregon Slough Railroad Rhine–Lafayette Pedestrian Overpass Vista Wapato Bridge (Sauvie Island Bridge)
See also: Transportation in Portland, Oregon List of crossings of the Columbia River List of crossings of the Willamette River

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	After cracks were found in the 1950 span in 2001, ] restricted weight and speed on the bridge.<ref name=pbb>Wortman, Sharon Wood, Ed Wortman, and James B. Norman. 2006. ''The Portland Bridge Book''. Portland, OR: Urban Adventure Press. ISBN 978-0-9787365-1-4. pp. 102-104.</ref> Early designs for a new bridge were submitted in July 2004, and groundbreaking was held on January 4, 2006. The new $38 million span was designed by H2L2 Architecture with David Evans & Associates as the design engineers, and built by Max J. Kuney Company. Located at river mile three, the main span is {{convert\|360\|ft\|m}} long and rests {{convert\|80\|ft\|m}} above the water. The main span is of a ] design<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bridge design is key\|last=Rivera\|first=Dylan\|date=October 8, 2008\|newspaper=]\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref> constructed of steel, while the approach spans are a box-girder style using pre-stressed concrete. The bridge has two lanes of traffic with shoulders and sidewalks on both sides for a total width of 66 feet.<ref name=pbb/> The bridge was floated into place after it was constructed.<ref>http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/news_HFL_event_1108.shtml</ref>		After cracks were found in the 1950 span in 2001, ] restricted weight and speed on the bridge.<ref name=pbb>Wortman, Sharon Wood, Ed Wortman, and ]. 2006. ''The Portland Bridge Book''. Portland, OR: Urban Adventure Press. ISBN 978-0-9787365-1-4. pp. 102-104.</ref> Early designs for a new bridge were submitted in July 2004, and groundbreaking was held on January 4, 2006. The new $38 million span was designed by H2L2 Architecture with David Evans & Associates as the design engineers, and built by Max J. Kuney Company. Located at river mile three, the main span is {{convert\|360\|ft\|m}} long and rests {{convert\|80\|ft\|m}} above the water. The main span is of a ] design<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bridge design is key\|last=Rivera\|first=Dylan\|date=October 8, 2008\|newspaper=]\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref> constructed of steel, while the approach spans are a box-girder style using pre-stressed concrete. The bridge has two lanes of traffic with shoulders and sidewalks on both sides for a total width of 66 feet.<ref name=pbb/> The bridge was floated into place after it was constructed.<ref>http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/news_HFL_event_1108.shtml</ref>

	In March 2006, then-] ] proposed reusing the Sauvie Island bridge span as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over ] in ], as part of the Burnside/Couch Transportation and Urban Design Plan.<ref>, CommissionerSam.com{{dead link\|date=July 2011}}</ref> A coalition of Portland community groups including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the ] supported the idea.<ref> by Andy Giegerich, Portland Business Journal, July 20, 2007</ref> Adams ultimately retracted the proposal, realizing the cost would likely be more than the $5.5 million he had originally stated.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Making Portland be all it can be\|last=Griffin\|first=Anna\|date=25 May 2008\|work=The Oregonian\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/07/live-from-city-hall-adams-to-explain-budget-crunch-sauvie-decision/ \|title="With a heavy heart" Adams explains Sauvie decision \|last=Maus \|first=Jonathan \|work=BikePortland.org}}</ref>		In March 2006, then-] ] proposed reusing the Sauvie Island bridge span as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over ] in ], as part of the Burnside/Couch Transportation and Urban Design Plan.<ref>, CommissionerSam.com{{dead link\|date=July 2011}}</ref> A coalition of Portland community groups including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the ] supported the idea.<ref> by Andy Giegerich, Portland Business Journal, July 20, 2007</ref> Adams ultimately retracted the proposal, realizing the cost would likely be more than the $5.5 million he had originally stated.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Making Portland be all it can be\|last=Griffin\|first=Anna\|date=25 May 2008\|work=The Oregonian\|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/07/live-from-city-hall-adams-to-explain-budget-crunch-sauvie-decision/ \|title="With a heavy heart" Adams explains Sauvie decision \|last=Maus \|first=Jonathan \|work=BikePortland.org}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:58, 31 January 2013

Old bridge

New bridge

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