The Flanders Crossing Bridge is open for business
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Flanders Crossing Bridge
It’s Flanders Crossing Eve! The bridge and bikeway will finally open!
See you soon, you sweet thang.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
The new Flanders Crossing Bridge will open in nine days
Soon.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
The Flanders Crossing Bridge is born, and a key bikeway comes into focus
Click for captions. (Photos by Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)[Read more…]
What would happen if we shut down I-405? We’re about to find out
Imagine what we could do with this space besides just driving: More homes, shops, and parks. This photo shows Bridge Pedal riders on I-405 in 2010.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
The carfree Flanders Bridge will be installed next month
(Source graphics: PBOT – Animation: BikePortland)[Read more…]
Here are the latest proposals for the NW Flanders Bikeway and carfree bridge
Proposal for NW Flanders approaching Broadway, looking west.
One of the projects we’re most excited to follow this year is a complete remake of NW Flanders Street into a low-stress bikeway between Naito Parkway and NW 24th. And yes, it will come with a new carfree bridge over I-405. We can hardly wait! Since there’s been significant progress on them recently, I figured it was time for a check-in.
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PBOT reveals design updates for Sullivan’s Crossing, Flanders bridges
[*Note: This is a duplicate of a post originally published yesterday. The original post caused display issues so I made a duplicate and recreated 15 comments left on the old post. Sorry for any inconvenience. – Jonathan.]
The new look of NE 7th and Lloyd — the northern landing of the Sullivan’s Crossing bridge — is beginning to take shape as PBOT moves forward with the project.
(Graphics: PBOT)
By 2020 Portland will have two more carfree bridges — both of which will span across freeways that currently present onerous barriers to our central city transportation network.
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PBOT reveals design updates for Sullivan’s Crossing, Flanders bridges
[*Note, 2/15 at 9:45 am: For some reason this post is not displaying comments or our sidebar. Trying to figure it out. I’ve posted a duplicate here. Sorry. – Jonathan]
The new look of NE 7th and Lloyd — the northern landing of the Sullivan’s Crossing bridge — is beginning to take shape as PBOT moves forward with the project.
(Graphics: PBOT)
By 2020 Portland will have two more carfree bridges — both of which will span across freeways that currently present onerous barriers to our central city transportation network.
[Read more…]
With acceptance of grant, City can finally build the Flanders Crossing Bridge
On Wednesday Portland City Council accepted a $2.8 million grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation to build a new carfree bridge over Interstate 405 at Flanders Street.
It was the final funding hurdle for a project that has been hoped-for in Portland planning documents for over 20 years. At the council meeting, PBOT Commissioner Dan Saltzman said, “This has been a long time coming.”[Read more…]
