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Portland's Ross Island Bridge ramp closure; LeBron James bikes to 'work'; end of Canby-Wilsonville ferry?: Commuter roundup
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Car misses road, hits wall, in the Brooklyn neighborhood
The BeeNews
Jan 31Northbound drivers on S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard slowed to see why police were present at the intersection with S.E. Rhone Street, just south of the Ross Island Bridge, at about 4 pm on January 2nd. The reason was a car that had crashed into a retaining... »
Portland's Ross Island Bridge ramp closure; LeBron James bikes to 'work'; end of Canby-Wilsonville ferry?: Commuter roundup
Oregon Sports
Jan 30View 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... »
Woman who jumped off Ross Island Bridge dies, identified as Portland Police Bureau employee
Portland News
Jan 16Frida Vanderberg, 53, was a non-sworn Portland Police Bureau employee, who worked in the traffic division. »
Firefighters rescue woman from river after bridge jump
KATU News
Jan 15Firefighters rescued a woman from the Willamette River Saturday after she jumped off the Ross Island Bridge. »
Woman jumps off Ross Island Bridge into Willamette River
Portland News
Jan 14A woman jumped off the Ross Island Bridge just after noon on Saturday. Firefighters reached her within six minutes and pulled her out of the water. »
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Portland's Ross Island Bridge ramp closure; LeBron James bikes to 'work'; end of Canby-Wilsonville ferry?: Commuter roundup
Oregon Sports
Jan 30View 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... »
The power of urban demolition
Portland Transport
Jan 24One of the things which Portland is famous for in urbanist circles, was the decision in the 1970s to remove Harbor Drive and replace it with Tom McCall Waterfront Park (or Waterfront Park as it was known back then). And more recently, another urban dem... »
Pylons of pride: traversing the new Martin Luther King Viaduct
Portland Architecture
Jan 18MLK 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,... »
Portland Firefighters Rescue Woman from Frigid Waters of Willamette River near Ross Island Bridge
Portlandonline
Jan 15January 14, 2012 »
Next moves for the "capital of conscience"
Portland Architecture
Jan 13Photo by Brian Libby BY BRIAN LIBBY In a Thursday Portland Tibune op-ed, PORT editor and artist/curator Jeff Jahn makes a compelling argument that Portland should sieze the day: keeping its creative talent by embarking on an ambitious future. "Portland... »