Project News

The space below features news articles, press releases, meeting notices, and other material about the project. Feel free to contact us if you see something we should include.

New Sellwood Bridge construction web cam

Construction for the Sellwood Bridge replacement began in December. For a live view of the construction site, check out our new web camera on the Sellwood Bridge website. A time lapse feature allows you to view the day's work in a few seconds. Soon you will be able to watch videos that show work from the previous week and month.

The current view shows work on the detour bridge which will carry bridge traffic from fall 2012 until the new bridge opens in 2015. Special thanks to Riverpark homeowners association and TriMet for their help with our web cam.

News Roundup: Keeping an Eye on the Bridge Builders; Streetcar Hitches a Ride

• Keep An Eye On The Bridge Builders
  ^{Michael Clapp, OPB - January 26, 2012}
  
  Multnomah County has set up a web cam to let the public watch day-to-day progress on the replacement of the Sellwood Bridge. Read the story at news.opb.org.

• Streetcar hitches a ride on Sellwood Bridge work
  ^{Jim Redden, The Portland Tribune - January 26, 2012}
  
  Multnomah County is still planning to spend an additional $3.5 million to prepare the replacement Sellwood Bridge to carry a future Portland Streetcar line, even though the reason for the work is no longer valid. Read more at PortlandTribune.com

Sellwood Bridge lane closure on Thursday

Electrical work on the Sellwood Bridge will require a single lane to be closed at times on Thursday, January 26 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Flaggers will direct traffic in both directions around the closed section of the westbound lane. Drivers could experience delays of up to 20 minutes. The bridge sidewalk will remain open. The work is related to the bridge replacement project.

To avoid delays, drivers may want to consider using alternate river crossings such as the Ross Island or Hawthorne bridges.

Multnomah County maintains the Sellwood Bridge and 300 miles of roads and bridges. For bridge information, visit www.multco.us/bridges.

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Sellwood Bridge project honored for planning process

Multnomah County and its partner agencies in the Sellwood Bridge project have received an award for the public process conducted during the project’s planning phase. The award from the Federal Highway Administration will be presented to the agencies at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, January 24 at 10 a.m. at 501 S.E. Hawthorne Boulevard. FHWA’s Oregon Administrator Phillip Ditzler will present the award.