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The Blumenauer Bridge, formally the Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, and previously known as Sullivan's Crossing, is a bicycle and pedestrian bridge in
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
. United States. The $19 million project spans Interstate 84 and connects the Lloyd District with Kerns in inner northeast Portland. The bridge was originally slated to open in December 2020, but its projected opening was later postponed to the following spring and subsequently to July 31, 2022, and the bridge did open on that date. The bridge uses a
tied-arch A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward horizontal forces of the arch(es) caused by tension at the arch ends to a foundation are countered by equal tension of its own gravity plus any element of the total deck structure such grea ...
design and is long and wide. File:Blumenauer Bridge under construction October 2021 - from Grand Ave.jpg, Under construction, nine months prior to opening File:Earl_Blumenauer_speaks_at_opening_ceremony_for_Blumenauer_Bridge.jpg, Earl Blumenauer speaks at the opening ceremony for his namesake bridge, as
Jo Ann Hardesty Jo Ann A. Hardesty (formely Bowman, born October 15, 1957) is an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a Portland City commissioner from 2019 to 2022. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representati ...
and others sit on the stage near him File:Blumenauer Bridge (August 3, 2022) - 17.jpg, Bridge looking north File:Portland, Oregon (August 3, 2022) - 14.jpg, Bridge looking south


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Bicycle bridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
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Sullivan's Gulch, Portland, Oregon Sullivan's Gulch is a neighborhood (north of the gulch of the same name) in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. The name commemorates Timothy Sullivan, an early farmer in the area. Sullivan settled his donation land claim on January 27, 1 ...


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Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge
City of Portland, Oregon 2022 establishments in Oregon Bridges completed in 2022 Bridges in Portland, Oregon Cyclist bridges in the United States Northeast Portland, Oregon Pedestrian bridges in Oregon {{Oregon-bridge-struct-stub