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Jul. 6th, 2024 04:53 pmNo, not the stuff in the UK, there's a survey in progress to find out what Portlanders want in a rebuilt bridge.
Portland is best known as the City of Roses, but it's also the City of Bridges. There are 15 bridges within the Portland city limits, including the only fully functional double-lift bridge in the world, the oldest operating lift bridge in North America, the signature example of a Rall-type bascule (a type of drawbridge that minimizes wear on the bridge, but opens and closes very very slowly), and a bridge that spent over 30 years as the world's longest tied-arch bridge. And okay, one boring and functional freeway bridge, but that's fine because there's only one of it.
So adding a new bridge design to the collection is very serious business, thus the public consultation. The Burnside Bridge is currently pretty basic, but options are being offered for spicing up the non-drawbridge part of it with either a tied-arch or cable-stayed span.
My personal favorite is the basket-style tied-arch option. Second choice would be the Y-shaped cable-stayed one, which would still look a lot like the cable-stayed bridge that Portland already has, but is the most different of the cable-stayed options. Annoyingly, the survey insists that you pick an overall category first and rank your choices within it, rather that being able to rank all six options together.
Portland is best known as the City of Roses, but it's also the City of Bridges. There are 15 bridges within the Portland city limits, including the only fully functional double-lift bridge in the world, the oldest operating lift bridge in North America, the signature example of a Rall-type bascule (a type of drawbridge that minimizes wear on the bridge, but opens and closes very very slowly), and a bridge that spent over 30 years as the world's longest tied-arch bridge. And okay, one boring and functional freeway bridge, but that's fine because there's only one of it.
So adding a new bridge design to the collection is very serious business, thus the public consultation. The Burnside Bridge is currently pretty basic, but options are being offered for spicing up the non-drawbridge part of it with either a tied-arch or cable-stayed span.
My personal favorite is the basket-style tied-arch option. Second choice would be the Y-shaped cable-stayed one, which would still look a lot like the cable-stayed bridge that Portland already has, but is the most different of the cable-stayed options. Annoyingly, the survey insists that you pick an overall category first and rank your choices within it, rather that being able to rank all six options together.
