Max Yellow Line
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
INTERSTATE MAX YELLOW LINE L r a b om d SMITH AND BYBEE M WETLANDS NATURAL AREA arine Background Newberry PIER C COLUMBIA RIVER ol tland Expo Center PARK um b or The Interstate MAX Yellow Line is a 5.8-mile extension of MAX ia P light rail connecting Downtown Portland, the Rose Quarter, North PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL Marine RACEWAY Delta Park/ Portland neighborhoods, Portland International Raceway and the Fe ssenden Vanport Expo Center. The project was originally part of a longer extension, Portland hns International Airport t Jo the South-North light rail project, which would have stretched from S idge Kenton/ MLK town Br German N Denver Lombar the southern suburb of Milwaukie through Portland and across d N Lombard the Columbia River into Vancouver, Washington. Clark County, Transit Center Ai C r WILLAMETTE RIVER olum Washington, voters rejected financingp otheirr segment of that line bia Mt Hood Ave t in 1995. Three years later, the Portland region rejected a property Basin Rosa Parks Cascades Kaiser FOREST tax increase for a revised Oregon-only project, although it was PARK West Union N Killingsworth supported in Multnomah County and in the City of Portland. Laidlaw Killingsworth COLUMBIA RIVER Cornelius Pass Parkrose/Sumner d Transit Center Evergreen Support revives light rail for North Portland th Yeon Ai N Prescott 82n rpor Marine 85 S ky t 1 BLUE LAKE l i NE PORTLANDPortland business and neighborhood leaders asked TriMet and Thompson n St Helens San REGIONAL PARK e dy ncoe Evergreen Overlook Metro to find a way to build the “north” segment but address MLK BIG FOUR CORNERS Gle e t Park NATURAL AREA hu several issues. They wanted a less expensive project, no home or th S any 5 d 1 r 24th Albina/ d business displacements, and no increase in property taxes. The t Beth 223 Cornell Mississippi 33r Sandy J o 1s Sandy C Orenco/NW 231st Ave orne Broadway Interstate MAX light rail project met those criteria. rd ld ll a Interstate/ n H tfie NW PORTLAND NE 82nd FAIRVIEW is Hawthorn ornell Rose Quarter Halsey to Ha C Halsey 7th r Quatama/ Nearly 74 percent of the $350 million project cost was federally i GovernmentHillsboro Center Central/ Farm 25 GLENN c SE 3rd Transit Center Fair Complex/ NW 205th Ave OTTO C TROUTDALE o Ba Gateway/NE 99th t WOOD seline s Main Hillsboro Airport funded. This unusually high level of federal participation recognized l Rose Quarter u AUDUBON Transit Center 1 m SANCUTARIES NE 60th 8 VILLAGE / Transit Center Glisan 1 e b Oak 158th id d s tal T rn the region’s investment in the Airport MAX Red Line, which was i u a r o B E 102nd Ave Glisan E 122nd Ave o d ngton/ o R es E 148th Ave E 162nd Ave E 181st Ave u w th Ave n t i r an v 2th d ashi 2 W 1th constructed without federal funds. This brought the federal share k a ty Hospi al r e 1 Murray B 1 li W k Stark a r o e G Rockwood/E 188th Ave Willow Creek/ r SE 1 l H ua o HILLSBORO Sunset e T w r SW 185th Ave for Interstate MAX to $257.5 Wmillion.ashingt Metro regional transportation, E 172nd Ave Stark B Washington on SE 8th Ave Transit Center Stark y Transit Center Park H d Ruby Junction/E 197th Ave JACKSON BOTTOM awthorne MT TABOR SE Main Elmonica/ City of Portland andPARK TriMet funds made up the $92.5 million balance. Burnside WETLANDS Merlo Rd/ 82n PRESERVE th T SW 170th Ave SW 158th Ave d u 85 alati 2nd n V 1 PSU alley Hwy Je 2 nd nkins th 1 50th 62n Cornelius Pass 82 Beaverton 1 Civic Drive Division 48 s ane l 1 l 1 TUALATIN HILLS Creek i K H Design and construction highlights NATURE PARK Division r n a tto SE Division d Pa eBeaverton Cesar Chavez Gresham City Hall Cleveland Ave C Community-focused design Tua V Transit Center MAX Yellow Line light rail SE 17th Powell latin alley Millikan on H Cany MARQUAM & Rhine Po Gresham Central wy Way SW PORTLAND well serviceNATURE PconnectsARK the Expo A design priority was to transform SInterstateE Powell Avenue into a Transit Center Beaverton-Hill SE PORTLAND Beaverton sdale Hwy SE 17th & Holgate R Central pedestrian-friendly, multi-modal urban street. Interstate MAX o Center, N/NE Portland, SE Holgate b 209th e P 229th r o M t well Valley M s aca c serves long-established, diverse neighborhoods with a strong L POWELL BUTTE Hogan Portland City Center and o u NATURE PARK Lusted d BEAVERTON g am h sense of community. Station placement, design and art elements JENNE Allen l i Portland State University. n W oo Lents/SE Foster BUTTE reflect the adjacentdstock communities. The project also enhances the GRESHAM Orient on SE Bybee SPRINGWATER CORRIDOR y Most southbound trainsOAKS les a BOTTOM r B Farmington 170th O streetscape by tripling the number of trees along Interstate Avenue. r ry WILDLIFE Hall r REFUGE a nd e r Mu Multnom continue through Portland b ah Since the project is constructed at grade within the existing streeta r 282 ls F a ur SE Flavel b BUTTES W r hol e e aCityr Center as MAX Orange right-of-way, it integrates safety, lighting and aesthetics into NtheATURAL lc B h TOWLE n Sc SE Tacoma/ AREA g M BUTTE e d o Johnson Creek u WILLAMETTE R th Line trains to Milwaukie. alignmentJohnson design. Creek nt Scott Hall/Nimbus NATIONAL Taylors 82n 90 Brockman Washington Square CEMETARY 1 SPRINGWATER WILLAMETTE RIVER Mount Hood Capitol Taylors Ferry th Transit Center Ferry RIVER VIEW CORRIDOR NATURAL 90 AREA 1 EAST Barbur Blvd BLISS COOPER Transit Center SE Fuller nd BUTTE MOUNTAIN 32 NATURE PARK 1 145th King Barbur Idleman d 72n King 1 121st G Milwaukie/ MILWAUKIE th reen TRYON CREEK Main y nd b rr C h STATE 35 e u K a t e F 1 rg r r s NATURAL AREA r 5 e n e 222 7 v o d e Clackamas Town Center 1 o i r 129th B s /H r w Transit Center Tigard e y HAPPY v 2 W i 12 alnut Transit Center R Lake Harmony VALLEY lls Ferry Scho SE Park Sunnybrook TIGARD 82n S 9 MOUNT TALBERT unn DAMASCUS 7 ys Co d NATURE PARK ide K un Kellogg Creek th ru try Club Gaarde se Way Bull Mountain Johnson 2nd Lake Oswego 2 Bonita LAKE 1 Transit Center Thiessen OSWEGO W Clackamas-Boring e OSWEGO LAKE b s s Carman McLoughlin t r e Hall ey r ge d Oa C f Ben Durham l o e McV Be Sou Carver/Hwy 212 a th Sh tfi Roots c R ore th k e r Boones Ferry l a e oy d 35 m 1 R a Jennifer nd s / COOK isigg H nnings 232 PARK w Riv Je Am e y W r 2 2 HERITAGE PINE illamett 82nd 4 NATURAL AREA Tualatin rive D r e e Cl TUALATIN RIVER GLADSTONE v a i c fic Hwy 4th ka NATIONAL ci R 2 m Pa a WILDLIFE REFUGE 1 Tualatin s s/Hwy 224 a m TUALATIN MARY S. YOUNG a NORTH LOGAN k STATE c CLACKAMAS RIVER NATURAL AREA RECREATION AREA la d C oo akers Ferry BARTON rw Sagert B PARK he t in- S J r t Tuala o h n we WEST l s Langer o E n LINN egon RIVER ISLAND Or 65th Holcomb Sp B rin o gw r at l e a Salamo r n d Oregon City Transit Center d SHERWOOD or Boones Ferry ta Sunset S lls l l a i F Sc te H h t Redland ae Willame OREGON C d e a d r CITY s a c L a Mou McLoughlin Mo NEWELL d Ba s ntain CREEK e k l e e a CANYON c t ll le fi r e CANEMAH ap ci P WILLAMETTE RIVERBLUFF a M a L P d t el n in an o P l d a COFFEE LAKE WILSONVILLE tr South E n CREEK e WETLANDS C Bea v e WILLAMETTE rcr NARROWS ee FOREST k Wilsonville Rose Quarter junction In 2009, the MAX Yellow Line moved from the east- west downtown alignment that it had shared with the Red and Blue lines since 2004 to the new north- south alignment also used by the Green Line. At the east end of the Steel Bridge, Interstate MAX separates from this shared alignment and enters the median of the Yellow Line, which it follows for the next 4.5 miles, climbing a six percent grade between Albina and Overlook Park stations. Moving Paul Bunyan In the Kenton neighborhood, a 37-foot, six-ton statue of Paul Bunyan served as a community icon for more Brian Borrello’s Silicon Forest, at the Interstate/ than 40 years—and stood in the middle of the planned Rose Quarter MAX Station, presents a metaphor for alignment. A community event was held to move the displacement and change. statue 59.2 feet to a new plaza. Across from the statue, Creating art elements for stormwater management bright blue, hoof-shaped seating sculptures invoke • Paul’s legendary companion, Babe the Blue Ox. • Recycling asphalt and concrete as base materials for roadways, trackway and sidewalks Community art celebrates cultural diversity • Expanding wetlands and tripling the number of trees along the alignment Guided by an art advisory committee comprised of citizens and art professionals who live or work near • Reusing excavated soils in sewer trenches and the Interstate corridor, TriMet’s Public Art Program planters, saving on hauling and disposal captured the diverse cultural and historic character of • Recycling excavated old trolley rails the 10 station areas.