Process kicks off for Oregon City – West Linn carfree bridge concept plan

Maybe when the geniuses shut down this bridge from 2010 to 2012 to rebuild it they could have brainstormed a way to have cars and pedestrians use it safely at the same time…
Because that’s what most bridges do…
They allow cars and people to cross over water….
I see people walking over it daily…
While I drive over it daily…..
If its unsafe for pedestrians to cross when cars are using it then EVERYONE who was involved with the multimillion dollar rehab of this bridge needs to be fired and sued…..
Can we please get some common sense in local government.
This is ridiculous…

Re: Bridge Oregon City- West Linn.
I am fairly new to this area and want to give my impression as a novice in this discussion. I use the arch bridge fairly often on my bike and manage to ride on the narrow sidewalk with some trepidation. An additional pedestrian/bike bridge is necessary in the vicinity of the arch bridge if it cannot be modified for additional non-motorized traffic. On the other hand, I heard about the widening project of the I 205 bridge over the Willamette River. A lower level addition for non-motorized users, quasi hanging under the car traffic lanes, could be a less expensive solution than a new bridge. I have seen and used such a structure over the Rhône River at Tarascon, Southern France. While the location of such structure would be somewhat removed from downtown OC, it lends itself to getting traffic away from the congested downtown area. Perhaps an additional smaller bridge in the vicinity of the arch bridge will become necessary too. Hans Tschersich, Gladstone

All of this is being done in the context of a massive highway expansion project that will rebuild 8 bridges on I-205 and expand I-205 to three lanes. Money for the highway expansion, which breaks ground in 2022, will presumably come from tolling. Money for a new bike/ped bridge is not identified so you know how that goes. Plan, plan some more, wait a decade, plan again, wait another decade….