The long-planned bicycle and pedestrian facility on the Morrison Bridge has progressed tangibly in the last two weeks. Multnomah County has announced that the new path is expected to be completed by December.
the bridge onto SW Alder and 2nd downtown.
(Photo © Elly Blue)
Construction began this March on a 15-foot wide concrete pathway that will carry two directions of bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the south side of the bridge.
The pathway will be separated from auto traffic on the bridge (which contains a freeway entrance and exit) by a two foot tall concrete barrier topped with a metal guardrail.
The 2 foot concrete barrier will be topped
by a metal guardrail.
(Photo © Elly Blue)
The facility this pathway replaces was a pair of 5 foot (or narrower) sidewalks on the bridge’s north and south sides. The bridge has been closed to bicycle and pedestrian traffic since construction began in March. The County says they hope the new path will ease some of the growing bicycle congestion on the Hawthorne Bridge to the south.
– The project’s website has more information and will have future updates.
– See our previous coverage of the new Morrison Bridge bike/ped path for more details about the project.