Delivering The New Sauvie Island Bridge...
See also: Feature
Bridge.
Ed
Wortman at Fought's Yard in Tigard. This is where the Sauvie Island
Bridge was fabricated and put together. It was taken down and
erected a second time at Terminal 2, and then floated down the
Willamette and the Multnomah Channel to its final destination.
On
the dock at Terminal 2
Arch
now skidded onto the barge
Arch
being jacked up at Terminal 2
It
took four tugs to push (and pull) the arch away from Terminal
2. The flags are flying 185 feet above the Willamette.
Arch
passing under Burlington Northern Bridge 5.1
Arch
passing by Ed Wortman, standing down river from BN Bridge 5.1.
Arch
passing under the St. Johns Bridge.
Turning
up the Multnomah Channel. Notice the log rafts in the foreground.
Arch
very close now, old bridge's railing in foreground
Taken
from the main span of the old bridge, new bridge coming in.
Arch
nearing the mainland pier
Photo
taken from Sauvie Island - New bridge being pushed between its
piers (old bridge in background).
New
and old bridge before the new bridge settles down.
More information on the Sauvie Island
Bridge can be found on its archived
Featured Bridge page, and for information on other Portland
bridges, please visit the Bridge Bios
page.
