The Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project has made their final decisions as to which bridge designs will move forward for further study and consideration.
Below is the official press release from Multnomah County. You can also see engineering renditions of the designs on this post from a few weeks ago and for [...]

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In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Sellwood Bridge Project is slowly but surely reaching some important decision points.
Since bicycle and pedestrian issues will play a major factor in the design of this bridge, we should all be paying attention.
You have until this Wednesday (11/28) to weigh in on the latest online survey. [...]

Press Release from Multnomah County:
New bridge design is focus of Sellwood Bridge online survey
If you have an opinion about what a new Sellwood Bridge should look like, Multnomah County wants to hear from you. An online survey offered through November 28 at www.sellwoodbridge.org lets the public recommend two preferred designs for a new [...]

Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffy at last night’s meeting.(All photos © Jonathan Maus)

An influential advisory group made up of elected and appointed officials has narrowed the options for the design of the future Sellwood Bridge.
At a meeting last night, the Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project decided on four alternatives [...]

(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Next week, the Policy Advisory Group for the Sellwood Bridge Project will meet to choose up to four bridge designs to consider for further study.
The four designs will then go through an environmental review and a “preferred alternative” will be chosen by Spring 2008.
According to Citizen’s Task Force [...]

(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

Multnomah County has just released their third Sellwood Bridge survey (for background on the project, see this post).
Here’s the word from their Public Affairs office:
“An online survey offered through September 9 (at SellwoodBridge.org) lets the public choose up to two preferred alternatives for replacing or rehabilitating the 81-year-old structure. Survey results will [...]

Sellwood Bridge Project Citizen’s Task Force member Richard Marantz on the Sellwood Bridge.(All photos: Jonathan Maus)

Last week I spent a day with Richard Marantz to get the lowdown on bicycle access issues in the Sellwood Bridge Project.
Richard is an avid bicyclist and member of the project’s Citizens Task Force. He is also acting as [...]

The narrow sidewalk.(Photo: Cindie Olson)

Perhaps influenced by recent events in Minnesota, there’s a post in the Portland Bike Forums that proposes a new solution to the ailing Sellwood Bridge.
Forum member (and regular commenter) Attornatus_Oregonensis (a.k.a. A_O) is a Sellwood resident and he thinks the aging and deteriorating bridge should be decommissioned and kept open only [...]

Sellwood Bridge(File photo)

Everyone is talking about the collapsed bridge in Minnesota. When I heard the news, my first thought was of the aging and deteriorating condition of the Sellwood Bridge. Apparently I wasn’t the only one.
The Multnomah County public affairs office has just announced a news conference at 2:00 pm today in Sellwood [...]

We all know the failing, old, Sellwood Bridge is a major broken link in our transportation network. Or, as the BTA puts it:
“The Sellwood Bridge has extremely dangerous and inadequate bicycle and pedestrian facilities (a single 4-foot sidewalk on one side only)….the BTA has determined that the Sellwood Bridge is the major barrier to [...]

[Graphic from cover of winning proposal to renovate the Sellwood Bridge.]

An employee for the civil engineering firm that won the bid to renovate the Sellwood Bridge* is working on the Sellwood Bridge project has forwarded me a graphic from the cover of their winning proposal that shows a generous 14 foot wide path for bikes [...]

Local bike advocate, Aaron Tarfman (seen here at Worse Day on the Year Ride) attended the recent Sellwood Bridge Task Force Meeting. Here what he found out:

“I came in to hear what the plans were for the future of this link. Unfortunately the news isn’t very good. The prediction is no less than 10 [...]

If you would like to be involved with the future of the Sellwood Bridge, Multnomah County is recruiting volunteers to serve on a Community Task Force. It would be great to have some bicyclists on this committee. Here’s more information about the task force followed by a PDF of the application you can [...]

Chatter about the Sellwood Bridge is on the upswing. The old bridge, which is failing under its own weight, is set to either be significantly renovated or completely re-constructed. Regional bike planners, advocates, and advisory committee members are getting ready with plans, letters, photographic evidence, informal polls, whatever it takes to ensure that [...]