Our sympathies go out to the people who live on Kelly Avenue near the Ross Island Bridge in the Lair Hill neighborhood of southwest Portland. Once upon a time, it must have been a nice little residential street, but for many decades now it's been nothi... »
A timeline of Portland's upcoming cataclysmic earthquake. by Nathan Gilles SUNDAY, MARCH 11, marked the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan. For many Oregonians, this was our wake-up call. We learned there's a good ... »
The Portland Bureau of Transportation announced today that southbound Interstate 5 exit 299A will close each weeknight from tonight through March 16. Nighttime closures will last from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and are due to construction of the Gibbs Street Ped... »
Southbound I-5 exit to SW Macadam, South Waterfront, Ross Island Bridge, to close each weeknight from tonight through March 16 »
View full sizeSteve Nehl/The OregonianThe southbound ramp to Oregon 99E from the Ross Island Bridge will be closed intermittently this week.Tough Monday commute? Well, be glad that you didn’t have to travel the Russian Federal Highway or the Trollstige... »
MLK Viaduct (photos by Bradley Maule) BY BRADLEY MAULE Highway construction projects are never popular, never on budget, and never on time. Even in the utopian City That Works, this evidently holds true. The new Martin Luther King Jr Viaduct,... »
A woman jumps off the Ross Island Bridge in a suicide attempt, and winds up in the boat of a passing fisherman. »
