If you’re not doing anything Friday morning, come on down to Cathedral Park under the St. John’s Bridge to see the center span of the new Sauvie Island bridge head down river. The span was built in NW, just north of some of the new waterfront condos and has been put on a barge for the trip. One interesting item of note is that in order to save time during the final installation, they have jacked the span up already on the barge. That means, with the jacking and the span, it is 192 feet tall. The St. John’s bridge is just over 200ft tall, so it should be a tight fit.

This is reminiscent of when the Fremont Bridge span was floated down the Willamette and put into place. My parents took us down to watch that happen. I don’t have really clear memories as I was like 3 when it occurred, but there are photos somewhere in the family fun books.

Multnomah County is managing this and they say it should start the move around 7am and be up to Sauvie Island by 9am. Multnomah Channel will be closed for approximately 3 days during the move and installation. I’ll be there!

A photo of the span from Portland Transport.
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