Burnside Bridge, Daybreak

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Location: Portland, Oregon

Burnside Bridge: Finished in 1926, the Burnside Bridge, another drawbridge, marks the absolute center of Portland, because Burnside Street divides the city into its north-south sectors and the Willamette River divides it into its east-west sectors.

The bridge was one of several built in the 1920's by Multnomah County (also the Sellwood and Ross Island Bridges) that was linked to a scandal after which Gustav Lindenthal, a prestigious bridge designer, was brought in to sure things up. [1] The bridge replaced an earlier bridge built in 1894; the bridge is 2,308 feet long and is a double-leaf bascule drawspan type. [2]

References:

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America.

[2] Smith, Dwight. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Second Edition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1989. P. 118.

PhotoID D300CRW00086 Specifications:

Size: 2160x1440 pixels, 300DPI up to 7.20" x 4.80"

Largest Print Size: Great Prints up to 16"x24" in size (larger may still be acceptable in some cases)

Camera Exposure/Specs: 1/20 Sec, f9.5, ISO 100, Lens 28.0 to 135.0 at 50mm

Shoot Time/Day: 11/20/2002 - 09:19 PST