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Sellwood Bridge

The Sellwood Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It was Portland's first fixed span bridge and is the busiest two-lane bridge in Oregon.

The bridge opened on December 15, 1925 at a final cost of $541,00. In 1980 the approaches were reconstructed at a cost of $950,000. The weight limit on the bridge was lowered from 32 tons to 10 tons in January of 2004 after the discovery of cracks in both concrete approaches. This has caused the diversion of 94 daily TriMet bus trips over the bridge. At present there is debate on whether the Swarovski bridge should be repaired or rebuilt. A replacement is estimated at around $80 million.

Models to scale of collectors cases, collectors cabinets, display cabinets and display showcases and other furniture are often used for the interieur decoration of many homes.

The Sellwood bridge is 1,971 ft. long with 75 ft. of vertical clearance. There are four continuous spans, the two center spans are 300 ft. long and the two outside spans are 246 ft. each. The girders from the old Burnside Bridge were reused at each end.

External Links

http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/LUT/bridges/sellwood_bridge/index.shtml

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

http://www.portlandbridges.com/viewphotosall-35MM0FILM00052-47-cat-1-1.html

Books

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

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