Looking West into Downtown Portland, from Burnside Bridge

Looking West into Downtown Portland, from Burnside Bridge

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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.

US Bancorp Tower: Also known as "big pink" - the 2nd tallest skyscraper in Portland at 536 feet. The building opened in 1983.

Portland Street Scenes: Don't forget to visit the Portland Neighborhoods Guide for detailed descriptions of various areas of Portland...

This Shoot: Portland Burnside Bridge.

PhotoID DREB0IMG09340 Specifications:

Size: 3072x2048 pixels, 300DPI up to 10.24" x 6.83"

Largest Print Size: Great Prints up to 24"x36" in size

Camera Exposure/Specs: 1/125 Sec, f8.0, ISO 200, Lens 18.0 to 55.0 at 31mm

Shoot Time/Day: 08/02/2005 - 10:55 PST