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Photo taken today shows path damage has worsened in past weeks.(Photo: Chad Berkley) Erosion of the soil beneath a 55-foot section of the Springwater multi-use path on the Willamette River just south of downtown Portland has worsened due to weekend rains and now the Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau says closure is a “possibility.” Last … Read more
Erosion of the Willamette riverbank has caused damage to the Springwater path just south of downtown.(Photo: Chad Berkley) A downed tree on the banks of the east side of the Willamette River about one mile south OMSI on the Springwater Corridor Trail has damaged the popular multi-use path. Portland Parks & Recreation spokesman Mark Ross … Read more
A portion of the popular Marine Drive bike path near the Portland airport is closed for a construction project. According to the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Multnomah County is working on a Columbia River levee maintenance project and the path is closed about 2.5 miles east of NE 33rd Drive and about 700 feet west … Read more
Beginning tomorrow (9/13), SW Broadway Drive just south of downtown Portland will be closed to all traffic for three months. The closure is for an unscheduled retaining wall project that will be conducted by the Bureau of Transportation. PBOT says the work is necessary to prevent a future landslide and/or roadway failure. SW Broadway is … Read more
On Naito looking north just before railroad tracks. A five-day closure of NW Naito Parkway begins tomorrow morning at 7:00 am. The closure is due to a City of Portland Bureau of Transportation project to repair the Union Pacific Railroad tracks that cross the road as it passes under the Steel Bridge. The closure will … Read more
Despite detour plans recommending against it, some people are riding across the bridge in the main travel lane.(Photos © J. Maus) I spent some time yesterday watching how people on bikes were handling the detour onto the Broadway Bridge. The bridge just (partially) re-opened to traffic last Friday and currently there are two lanes open … Read more
The bridge is currently open to bike traffic.(Photo © J. Maus) A popular bike route in North Portland is about to be closed until the end of December. The Vancouver Avenue bridge over the Columbia Slough has been closed to motorized traffic since the end of 2008 (due to a fire that damaged wooden supports), … Read more