TriMet begins work on the first new bridge across the Willamette in 40 years this week.
TriMet begins work on the first new bridge across the Willamette in 40 years this week.
The 7.3 mile Portland to Milwaukie light-rail line will have a groundbreaking ceremony this Thursday.
The entire light-rail project is budgeted at $1.49 billion. The bridge will cost $134 million. When completed, the line will provide MAX service from the southern end of Portland State University to downtown Milwaukie.
The transit bridge will be the first span built over the Willamette since the Fremont Bridge, which started construction 40 years ago. When finished, it will carry light-rail trains, buses, streetcars, pedestrians and bicyclists across the river. Private automobiles will not be allowed on the bridge.
Read more at The Portland Tribune.
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