Burnside Bridge
River 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
