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Sauvie Island Bridge not coming to NW

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[via Portland Transport]

After some speculation that the old Sauvie Island Bridge might become a new bike/ped only bridge over the 405 freeway at Flanders Street, city transportation insider Chris Smith tell us that,

“The Commissioner’s office indicates that community response was not sufficient to justify the extra cost of moving the bridge.”

We needed a ton of community excitement (and cash) for Sam Adams to put his weight behind this. Bummer. I was pretty excited about this.

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