TRAFFIC ALERT: On Tuesday, April 7, between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the Broadway Bridge south sidewalk will be closed. Crews will be removing scaffolding and the bridge lift span will be fully open. On Thursday, April 9, between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. expect delays in pedestrian and cyclist access to the Broadway Bridge. Crews will be conducting balance testing of the bridge and the bridge lift span will be periodically open.
As a reminder, the Broadway Bridge is already closed to all cars, trucks, buses and the Portland Streetcar for six months to replace the bridge deck. The south sidewalk will remain open throughout the majority of this closure.
This work is part of the Broadway Bridge Lift Deck Replacement Project. A contractor will be replacing the bridge deck – that’s the surface you drive on, of the movable section of the bridge. In order to do the work, the contractor will remove small sections of the bridge deck, one at a time, to ensure that the movable bridge sections remain carefully balanced and can be opened to river traffic as required by law. New streetcar tracks will also be installed in the section of the bridge deck being replaced. For information, visit: https://multco.us/info/broadway-bridge-lift-deck-replacement.
Multnomah County maintains five Willamette River bridges: the Sellwood, Hawthorne, Morrison, Burnside and Broadway Bridges as well as the Wapato Bridge over the Multnomah Channel. For information, visit https://www.multco.us/bridges.