BURNSIDE BRIDGE CENTER BASCULE SECTION BASCULE RAILING 2011 CALENDAR OF PORTLAND’S WILLAMETTE RIVER EVENTS AND BRIDGE BIRTHDAYS Events subject to change, call ahead JANUARY JUNE AUGUST Hood to Coast Relay (30th Annual) Portland Aerial Tram St. Johns Bridge (80th Birthday) The Bite of Oregon (27th Annual) August 26 - 27 Opened: January 27, 2007 Opened: June 13, 1931 August 5 - 7, Waterfront Park (503) 292-4626 www.portlandtransportation.org (503) 248-0600 www.hoodtocoast.com/ Portland Rose Festival (104th Annual) www.biteoforegon.com Benefits: American Cancer Society MARCH May 27 - June 12 Benefits: Special Olympics Oregon Portland Saturday Market (38th Annual) (503) 227-2681 www.soor.org SEPTEMBER Opened: March 1973 www.rosefestival.org Portland Pirate Festival (7th Annual) Opening Day: Waterfront Park 2011 Bridge Pedal (16th Annual) September 17 - 18, Cathedral Park March 6 JULY August 7, Waterfront Park (503) 244-3141 (503) 222-6072 Waterfront Blues Festival (24th Annual) (503) 226-0676 www.portlandpiratefestival.com www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com July 1 - 4 www.bta4bikes.org Benefits: Children’s Cancer Association www.waterfrontbluesfest.com Benefits: Bicycle Transportation Alliance, APRIL Benefits: Oregon Food Bank Providence Heart & Vascular Institute OCTOBER Broadway Bridge (98th Birthday) Marquam Bridge (45th Birthday) Opened: April 22, 1913 Cathedral Park Jazz Festival (31st Annual) Steel Bridge (99th Birthday) Opened 1966: Lower deck: October 4 July 15 - 17 Opened for Auto: Aug. 9, 1912 Upper deck: October 18 MAY (503) 286-1312 Cinco de Mayo (26th Annual) www.cpjazz.com Burlington Northern Portland Marathon (30th Annual) (TBD) Waterfront Park Railroad Bridge (22nd Birthday) October 9, St. Johns and Steel Bridges (503) 232-7550 Steel Bridge (99th Birthday) Opened: August 12, 1989 (503) 226-1111 www.cincodemayo.org Opened for Trains: July 21, 1912 www.portlandmarathon.org Riverfest (4th Annual) Doggie Dash (6th Annual) Oregon Brewers Festival (24th Annual) August 18 - 21 NOVEMBER (TBD) July 21 - 24, Waterfront Park (503) 516-1546 Fremont Bridge (38th Birthday) www.oregonhumane.org/doggiedash/ www.oregonbrewfest.com www.portlandriverfest.org Opened: November 11, 1973 event.asp Portland Antique & Freshwater Trust Portland Triathlon DECEMBER Morrison Bridge (53rd Birthday) Classic Boat Show (5th Annual) (4th Annual) Sellwood Bridge (86th Birthday) Opened: May 24, 1958 July 22 - July 24, River Place Marina August 21 Opened: December 15, 1925 www.cwc-acbs.org www.portlandtri.com Riverwalk on Steel Bridge & Hawthorne Bridge (101st Birthday) Eastbank Esplanade PDX BridgeFest Waterfront Concert Opened: December 19, 1910 Opened: May 25, 2001 July 23 - August 6 August 26, Tom McCall Park www.pdxbridgefestival.org Portland Youth Philharmonic (1924) Ross Island (85th Birthday) Burnside Bridge (85th Birthday)) (503) 228-4294 Opened: December 21, 1926 Opened: May 28, 1926 Portland Festival Symphony at Cathedral Park www.portlandyouthphil.org (TBD) Oregon Symphony (1896) Christmas Ship Parade (57th Annual) Portland Rose Festival (104th Annual) (503) 245-7878 (503) 228-1353 December 8 - 20 May 27 - June 12 www.portlandfestivalsymphony.org www.orsymphony.org Willamette/Columbia Rivers (503) 227-2681 www.christmasships.org (TBD) www.rosefestival.org TBD = to be determined Subject to change call ahead 1. St. Johns Bridge 4. Broadway Bridge 7. Morrison Bridge 10. Ross Island Mile: 5.8 Mile: 11.7 Mile: 12.8 Mile: 14.0 2. Burlington Northern R/R 5. Steel Bridge 8. Hawthorne Bridge 11. Sellwood Bridge Mile: 6.9 Mile: 12.1 Mile: 13.1 Mile: 16.5 3. Fremont Bridge 6. Burnside Bridge 9. Marquam Bridge 12. Portland Aerial Tram Mile: 11.1 Mile: 12.4 Down Up River Mile: 13.5 Mile: 14.1 THE WILLAMETTE LIGHT BRIGADE’S CHARGE Community volunteers formed the Willamette Light Brigade in 1986 with the goal of adding architectural lighting to all the bridges across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Present WLB Lighting Charge The Burnside Bridge www.lightthebridges.org FOR MORE BRIDGE AND RIVER-RELATED INFORMATION & ACTIVITIES Multnomah County Bridge Section Portland “Combined Sewer Overflow” Oregon Convention Center Oregon Museum of Science www.co.multnomah.or.us/ Project (503) 235-7575 and Industry (1944) www.portlandonline.com/cso/ www.oregoncc.org (503) 793-4000 Multnomah County Transportation www.omsi.org Permits Portland Boathouse Multnomah Co. Sheriff's Color scheme for the Morrison Bridge www.portlandboathouse.org Willamette River Patrol Oaks Amusement Park (1905) (503) 988-3582 (503) 243-7952 (503) 233-5777 RiversWest (handcrafted boats) www.mcso.us/public/rou.htm www.oakspark.com River Renaissance www.riverswest.org www.portlandonline.com/river Oregon Department of Portland Aerial Tram (2007) Willamette Riverkeeper Fish and Wildlife www.portlandtram.org St. Johns Bridge Lighting Committee (503) 223-6418 (503) 872-5315 www.lightthestjohnsbridge.org www.willamette-riverkeeper.org www.dfw.state.or.us Portland Spirit (503) 224-3900 Willamette Light Brigade Willamette Sailing Club US Coast Guard www.portlandspirit.com www.lightthebridges.org (503) 246-5345 (503) 240-9310 www.willamettesailingclub.com www.uscg.mil/d13/portland/ Rose Quarter Portland Parks and Recreation www.rosequarter.com/ (503) 823-PLAY (7529) Waterfront Bicycles Oregon Historical Society (1898) www.nba.com/blazers www.portlandonline.com/parks/ www.waterfrontbikes.net (503) 306-5198 www.ohs.org Sternwheeler Rose Metro Regional Parks & Greenspaces Visitors Info: (503) 286-7673 (503) 797-1850 Travel Portland Oregon Maritime Museum (1980) www.sternwheelerrose.com www.metro-region.org (503) 275-9750 Sternwheeler “Portland” (1947) www.travelportland.org (503) 224-7724 Oregon Department of www.oregonmaritimemuseum.org Transportation (ODOT) Transit Info: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BRIDGE/ TriMet (503) 238-RIDE (7433) Port of Portland www.trimet.org www.portofportland.com.