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YOU COULD MAKE HISTORY! Help Name the New Transit Bridge Over the Willamette Conceptual rendering subject to change to subject rendering Conceptual Help name the new transit bridge over the Willamette the over bridge transit new the name Help YOU COULD MAKE HISTORY! MAKE COULD YOU Where did other Willamette River Burnside Bridge Portland City Center bridges get their names? Morrison Bridge For the rst time, the public—you!—will be involved in naming a Hawthorne Bridge bridge over the Willamette River in Portland. Below are the stories Marquam Bridge of how some other bridges across the Willamette got their names. South PSU Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge ABERNETHY BRIDGE Ross Island Bridge Named after store owner George Abernethy, the governor of the 26 Provisional Government of Oregon beginning in 1845. 5 Portland Milwaukie Light Rail FREMONT BRIDGE reviR ettemalliW reviR Named after the connecting street, which was named for explorer and U.S. Army Major John C. Fremont. MARQUAM BRIDGE Named after Philip A. Marquam, an early transportation advocate and landowner. To Milwaukie and North Clackamas County North OREGON CITY BRIDGE SE Flavel St Named for Oregon City, which was named by Dr. John McLoughlin UNIQUE TRANSIT BRIDGE CREATES NEWSE REGIONAL Tacoma St /CONNECTION Johnson Creek of the Hudson’s Bay Company. M U LT NOM AH C O UNT Y C L A CKAMASSE Johnson COUN CreekT Y Rd NO POSTAGE Milwaukie NECESSARY SE Harrison St IF MAILED IN THE SE Monroe St UNITED STATES 43 Milwaukie / SE Railroad Ave BUSINESSMain St 224 REPLY MAIL LIAM SSALC-TSRIF SELIAM Lake Rd PERMIT NO. 596 DNALTROP RO SE Linwood Ave SE Linwood SEPOSTAGE Aldercreek Rd WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE SE Park Ave SE Park Ave TRIMET CUSTOMER INFORMATION 1800 SW 1ST AVE STE 300 PORTLAND OR 97201-9904 NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE PART OF OREGON HISTORY Conceptual rendering subject to change A new bridge is coming— and it needs a name! There hasn’t been a new bridge built over the Willamette River in Portland in 40 years. And there’s never been one named with the help of the public—until now. This is your chance to make history by dreaming up a name for the new car-free bridge that will soon span the Willamette. Name it for a deserving person, a historical event or the communities it will serve. There’s no limit to the possibilities! The new bridge will carry light rail trains, buses, The new bridge will connect north Clackamas County, cyclists, pedestrians and streetcars. Adding this Milwaukie and inner SE Portland to existing light rail, new east-west connection will help improve increasing the regional MAX system to 60 miles. transit for the entire region—meaning less traffic on roads, easier commutes, and better access to greenways and bike routes. The last bridge built The new bridge will open in 2015. over the Willamette The only question is whether your River in name will be on it! Portland was the At 1,720 feet in length, the new bridge Fremont will be the largest car-free transit Bridge in bridge in the U.S. 1973. Count me in—I want to make history! Submit your proposed name online or by mailing this card. trimet.org/namethebridge The deadline is 5 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2013, so don't delay! Share with us the meaning of the name, and its historical, biographical, cultural or other signicance. 1 Your proposed bridge name 4 2 Your name 3 Your email Project Partners: Federal Transit Administration, Clackamas County, Metro, City of Milkwaukie, Multnomah County, The City of Oregon City, The Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland Development Commission.
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