The Red Electric Bridge appears to be completed. It has not yet been officially opened, but people are already using it, and boy is this bridge a beauty.
I visited early Sunday morning and took photos in the drizzle. The first set starts at the east end, on SW Capitol Highway, and continues as I walk west to what locals call “Little Bertha.”
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/entrance-looking-west.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/first-steps-rotate-1.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/west-curve-of-bridge.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mid-way-west-rain.jpg)
Toward the west end I met Andrew, who was about to make his maiden ride. The bridge route curves right toward Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (for connectivity reasons, apparently), but the Red Electric trail itself continues to the left along the Little Bertha Greenway.
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/andrew.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/trail-continues.jpg)
And then I turned around and walked back.
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SE-entrance.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/vertical-bridge-and-trees.jpg)
![](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bldgs-in-back.jpg)
![se exit](https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/se-exit.jpg)
For more background on the bridge see our story from January, 2021 and also our walk-through of the Red Electric Trail with Don Baack.