Steel Bridge

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Steel Bridge is a historic double-deck vertical-lift bridge in Portland, Oregon, known for carrying both rail and road traffic across the Willamette River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf double-deck bridge
historic bridge
truss bridge
vertical-lift bridge
carries MAX Light Rail
Portland Streetcar
bicycles
pedestrians
rail traffic
road traffic
cityServed Portland, Oregon, United States
surface form: Portland, Oregon
constructionStartDate 1910
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Willamette River
crossesAt Portland City Center
surface form: Portland city center
designer Waddell & Hardesty
surface form: Waddell & Harrington
hasBikeway yes
hasDeckCount 2
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
hasLiftSpan yes
hasLowerDeck rail deck
hasMainSpanLength about 211 feet
hasSidewalks yes
hasTotalLength about 1,946 feet
hasTrafficLanes 2 road lanes
hasUpperDeck roadway deck
hasVerticalClearanceWhenRaised about 163 feet
hasWidth about 71 feet
locatedIn Oregon
Portland, Oregon, United States
surface form: Portland, Oregon

United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Oregon Department of Transportation
Union Pacific Railroad
material steel
notableFor carrying multiple modes of transportation
independent lift of lower deck
NRHPListingDate 1984
NRHPType structure
opened 1912
owner Union Pacific Railroad
parallelTo Broadway Bridge NERFINISHED
Burnside Bridge
partOf Portland street network
surface form: Portland transportation network
river Willamette River
usedFor commuter rail
freight rail
public transit
vehicular traffic

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Rose Quarter connectedByBridge Steel Bridge
Portland bridge system hasPart Steel Bridge
Willamette River notableBridge Steel Bridge
MAX Light Rail notableStructure Steel Bridge