Downtown Portland - Bridges

Bridges

Portland is sometimes known as "Bridgetown," due to the number of bridges that cross its two rivers. There are eight bridges entering downtown and immediately adjacent areas. The bridges are (south to north):

• Ross Island Bridge, which connects U.S. Route 26 (SE Powell Blvd.) to the South Waterfront district high-rises
• Marquam Bridge, a two-deck bridge carrying I-5 across the Willamette River
• Hawthorne Bridge, the city's oldest highway bridge and Oregon's most heavily used bridge for bicycles, leading directly into the central business district (CBD) from the east side
• Morrison Bridge, leading directly into the CBD from the east side
• Burnside Bridge, connecting the east side to downtown and the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood
• Steel Bridge, the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world, and carrying MAX Light Rail and Amtrak into Old Town Chinatown
• Broadway Bridge, connecting the Lloyd District to Old Town Chinatown
• Fremont Bridge, carrying I-405 past the Pearl and Northwest districts and into downtown

There are two other road bridges within Portland across the Willamette—but they're outside the downtown area. See List of crossings of the Willamette River.