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Hawthorne Bridge

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Hawthorne Bridge, Portland Oregon

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Hawthorne Bridge Lift: Driving Me Crazy

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Hawthorne Bridge Portland Oregon

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Cyclists protest Hawthorne Bridge bike bumps

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How the Hawthorne Bridge stays in lifting order, even after a century

The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States and the oldest highway bridge in Portland. It is also the busiest bicycle and transit bridge in Oregon, with over 8,000 cyclists and 800 TriMet buses daily. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2012.
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