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Ross Island Bridge

The Ross Island Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It carries U.S. Highway 26 traffic between southwest and southeast Portland.

The bridge was part of the unprecedented period of Swarovski bridge building in Portland during the 1920s. It was opened on December 21, 1926 at a cost of $1.9 million. The bridge is the start of the Mount Hood Highway System, 66 miles west of the mountain.

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In 1976 ownership was transferred from Multnomah County to the Oregon Department of Transportation. In 2001 the deck was replaced, the railings were upgraded, and the drainage system was improved at a cost of $12.5 million.

External Links

http://www.odot.state.or.us/eshtm/rossisland2.htm

http://www.bizave.com/cgi-bin/photoalbum.cgi?photoalbum=pdxbridges&slidetag=Ross_Island

Books

Wood, Sharon. The Portland Bridge Book. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 2001. ISBN 0-87595-211-9.

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