PORTLAND, OREGON OPENS NEW MULTI-MODAL VEHICLE BRIDGE

On September 12th, 2015, Portland, OR opened Tilikum Crossing, the nation’s longest multi-modal vehicle bridge. The bridge serves pedestrians, cyclists, city buses, and light rail service. Private cars and trucks are not permitted on the bridge. Tilikum Crossing is the first major bridge in the U.S. that was designed specifically to allow access to transit vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians, but not cars. The $135 million, 1,720-foot-long cable-stayed structure is owned by TriMet, the region’s public transit agency. TriMet needed a new way to connect its $1.49 billion Orange Line light rail extension across the river, but the area just south of many of Portland’s Willamette crossings lacked the existing road infrastructure to accommodate a new vehicle-heavy bridge. See more at: http://bit.ly/1kQ2Lm3