Artists, Authors, Composers, Designers, and Freelance Grant Writers

Joseph Boquiren — Artist and architect Joseph Boquiren has contributed to the third edition of The Portland Bridge Book and created the cover for Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass, and the "City of Water" postcard, also published by Urban Adventure Press.

Carye Bye is the founder of Red Bat Press, and produces letterpress note cards and other mailable art featuring Portland's Willamette River bridges. She can be reached at <www.redbatpress.com>.

Stephen Cohen is the Portland-based musician and composer/performer of "Bridges Of This Town," used on this site.

John Daniel is an Oregon author and recipient of a 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. His website <www.johndaniel-author.net> inspired the layout of the homepage for <www.bridgestories.com>.

Linda Gill, of LAG Studios, provided the Fremont Bridge image used on this site.

Ralph Nelson is the composer of the 'bridge' songs "The Bridges in Town Go Up and Down" and "St John's Bridge."

James Norman, of Salem, makes beautiful books on a freelance basis. His email address is <jnorman34@comcast.net>.

Jennifer Omner, of All Publications, co-designed and laid out the format for Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass. Her website is <www.allpublications.com>.

Kirsten Rian, poet, musician, and freelance grant writer, helped choose the poets and helped with the Regional Arts & Culture Council grant for Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass. Her email address is <k@kirstenrian.com>.

Paula Sinclair is a Portland-based musician whose most recent album is The Good Horse, a musical interpretation of the poems of William Stafford and other Oregon poets. Her website is <www.sinclairsinclair.com>.

Billie Wood Smoak was once a courtroom illustrator for Channel 2 news, and now works as a freelance artist specializing in drawings of children. She can be reached through <sharon@bridgestories.com>.

Ed Wortman, an engineer for 47 years, retired from full-time sliding his rule on December 31, 2007. He is now available for consulting projects. He can be reached through <sharon@bridgestories.com>.

Articles and Publications

High Country News: link to essay by Sharon Wood Wortman.

Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder: OSU website for the book of the same title by Robert Hadlow. McCullough was Oregon's state bridge engineer from 1919 to 1935, and many of the bridges along Hwy 101 are of his design.

ASCE Bridge Calendar: link to the ASCE website order page for their annual bridge calendar.

Wikipedia entry on the Portland Chinese Classical Garden.

Bridge Info

Samuel Klein's Portland bridges website: Very well done website on Portland's bridges. Appears to be a student project, and may be removed from the server at PCC at any time. Please send an email to: webmaster@bridgestories.com if you the link to be broken.

Mult Co Bridge Section: Multnomah County webpage on area bridges.

Nova (PBS) Super Bridge: Student-friendly information site on bridge engineering.

State of Oregon Covered Bridges: County by county directory of Oregon's covered bridges.

State of Oregon Bridge Engineering Page: Online portal to Oregon Dept of Transportation's bridge information site.

The Portland Bridges page details the number and diversity of bridges in the City of Portland, with data from a 1999 survey by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Oregon Dept of Transportation Coastal Bridges: Guide to the historic bridges found along Hwy 101 on the Oregon coast.

Florida Dept of Transportion: Bridge lighting information page.

Columbia River Crossing: project aimed at improving mobility, reliability, and accessibility for automobile, freight, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian users of the I-5 corridor from State Route 500 in Vancouver to approximately Columbia Boulevard in Portland.

Parisian Bridges: informative website, detailing thirty-seven bridges in Paris; presented by the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC; "French Public Works Research Laboratory").

Portland Aerial Tram: Information on Portland's newest tranportation option.

Cultural and Historical

The Regional Arts & Culture Council serves the Portland tri-county area, and works to integrate arts and culture into community life. RACC provided a grant to help fund this site.

POVA: www.travelportland.com page on Portland's Willamette River bridges.

Portland Classical Chinese Garden: Wikipedia entry for describing the garden.

Portland Chinatown Self-Guided Walking Tour and Restaurants: www.travelportland.com guide to Portland's Chinatown.

WLB: Willamette Light Brigade website. WLB's mission is to add lighting to Portland's bridges to enhance their architectural features.

River Renaissance: a City of Portland initiative to promote and celebrate the Willamette River as the region's chief environmental, economic and urban asset.

Portland Timeline: a timeline of Portland's recent history presented by the Portland Auditor's Office.

Breakfast on the Bridges: usually the 3rd Friday of every month. Come join the fun on either the Broadway or Hawthorne bridges between 6:30am and 8:30am. Free coffee, tea, pastries served, donated by local coffee shops, roasters and bakeries.