On November 14 Multnomah County’s Board will vote on two issues to advance the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project: advancing alternatives to study and raising a vehicle fee to fund the project.
The Burnside Bridge will be closed to all users from Friday, November 1 at 11 p.m. until as late as Monday, November 4 at 5 a.m. to remove barricades and apply striping for a new traffic layout.
A group of elected and appointed policy makers from the region who oversee Multnomah County’s Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project will meet October 28 at 3 pm at the Multnomah Building.
The Hawthorne Bridge will be closed to all users on Sunday, October 27 from 6 am until as late as 9 pm during annual greasing of the counterweight cables on the drawbridge.
The Burnside Bridge will be closed to motor vehicles from 11 pm to 5 am on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 22-23 during repairs to the deck joints at the east end of the bridge.
Members of the public are invited to attend the next meeting of the Community Task Force for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project on Monday, October 21 from 6 - 8 pm at Mercy Corps.
The Burnside Bridge will be closed on Saturday as a construction project nears the finish line.
The offramp from Interstate 5 south to SE Belmont Street/Highway 99E will be closed from 9 pm on October 16 until 3 am Thursday during streetlight maintenance on the Morrison Bridge viaduct below.
The Burnside Bridge will be closed from 11 pm on Friday, October 11 until as late as 5 am on Monday, October 14 to allow contractor Hamilton Construction to repair deck joints at the east end.
The Portland Marathon on Sunday, October 6 will impact traffic on Multnomah County's Broadway, Burnside, Morrison and Sellwood bridges.
Multnomah County is hosting an online open house through October 4, 2019 to gather public input on the Earthquake Ready Burnside Burnside project, including dropping the fixed-bridge alternative.
The north sidewalk on the Hawthorne Bridge will be closed from 8 am to noon on Sunday, September 22 during an event. On Friday, September 20 around 11 am a student march will use the south sidewalk.