(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland)
Update 2:20 pm: PBOT reports that the lower deck will reopen by 5 p.m. The original post follows.
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If you usually bike or walk across the Steel Bridge’s lower deck in the morning rush hour, try another route on Wednesday.
It’s being closed at 7 a.m. for an inspection, according to the Portland Bureau of Transportation. PBOT added that it’ll announce the reopening, whenever that might happen, in a follow-up tweet from its @PBOTinfo account.
When a camera failure closed the lower deck one year ago this week, the bridge remained closed for four days.
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The lower deck carries about 3,500 bike trips daily, and thousands more walk or skate it.
Both Jonathan and I will be away from BikePortland for most of Wednesday, so watch PBOT’s Twitter feed (or the comment thread below) for updates.