Burnside BridgeRiver mile: 12.4 Opened: May 28, 1926 — precursor opened in 1894 Type: steel double-leaf Strauss bascule movable bridge Main Span Length: 252 feet Outside Width: 86 feet (six traffic lanes, with two 7-foot sidewalks) Color: yellow ochre; towers: red, beige and green Cost: $3 million Owner: Multnomah County Engineer/Designer: Hedrick & Kremers, Portland, Oregon; Gustav Lindenthal, New York, New York; Joseph Strauss, Chicago, Illinois (bascule) Access: pedestrians, bicycles allowed Bridge Opening Signals audible: one long, two short; radio frequency: KTD 520 Average Daily Traffic: 41,000 Historic American Engineering Record OR-101 |
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Last updated: 18 February 2010. |