Traffic Plan for Bridge Pedal

The 13th annual Providence Bridge Pedal on Sunday morning, August 10, will involve nine Willamette River bridges in Portland. The event includes three different cycle routes and one for walkers. As usual, the event will require some changes in how motorists get around the city, especially when crossing the Willamette River. Several bridges—including the Burnside, Morrison, and St. Johns—will remain open to vehicular traffic in both directions, despite the presence of cyclists and walkers.

Here is the traffic plan for Bridge Pedal, starting with bridges from south to north:

• The Sellwood Bridge will be closed westbound from 6 am to 9 am.
• The Ross Island Bridge will be closed westbound at 5 am and will reopen by noon.
• The Marquam Bridge/Interstate 5 will be closed northbound (upper deck) from 2 a.m. to noon.
• The Hawthorne Bridge will be closed eastbound from 6 am to 10:15 am, with TriMet bus service operating in both directions. The outside eastbound lane will be closed beginning Saturday at 6:00 pm.

• The Morrison Bridge will be open in both directions.
• The Burnside Bridge will be open in both directions. The westbound right lane and bike lane will be closed from 6:30 am to 11:15 am.
• The Steel Bridge will be closed for MAX construction.
• The Broadway Bridge will be closed in both directions at 6:30 am and will reopen by 12:30 pm.
• The Fremont Bridge/Interstate 405 will be closed southbound (upper deck) at 2:30 am and will reopen by noon.
• The St. Johns Bridge will have one lane open in both directions (the other two lanes will be closed) from 7:30 to 11:30 am.

Bridge Pedal will also require traffic changes on several state highways and Portland streets Sunday morning, including:

• I-5 and I-405: Motorists approaching the Marquam Bridge on northbound I-5 will be routed to northbound I-405 during the temporary Marquam Bridge closure (from 2:00 am to noon). All southbound lanes of I-5 and all northbound lanes of I-405 will remain open at all times. All southbound lanes of I-405 will be closed between I-5 at the north end and the Marquam Bridge at the south end. Motorists headed for southbound I-405/southbound I-5 will take northbound I-405 across the Fremont Bridge to southbound I-5. All entrance ramps to northbound I-405 will be open through downtown Portland. Access to I-84 will be open from I-5 southbound as well as from the Morrison Bridge.

• The right lane of eastbound U.S. 30 will be closed between NW Kittridge Ave. and the St. Johns Bridge from 6:00 am to noon.

• Motorists traveling eastbound on U.S. 26 (Sunset Highway) to southbound I-405 will be routed to northbound I-405, across the Fremont Bridge to southbound I-5. This detour will be in place from 2:00 am to noon.

• SW Macadam Ave./Highway 43: One northbound lane of Macadam/Highway 43 will be closed between the Sellwood Bridge and Ross Island Bridge, with some delays accessing areas east of SW Macadam Ave. from 6:00 am to noon.

• Highway 99E: One southbound lane of Highway 99E will be closed between SE Mill St. and the Milwaukie Ave. off-ramp from 6:00 am to noon.

• Naito Parkway: Closed in both directions between SW Columbia and the Steel Bridge. NW Naito Parkway/NW Front Ave. will be closed southbound from NW Nicolai to the Steel Bridge. SW Naito will be closed northbound from SW Harrison to Steel Bridge.

• N Willamette Blvd.: Closed eastbound between N Richmond Ave. and N Portland Blvd.
• N Greeley Ave.: Closed southbound from N Killingsworth St. to N Interstate Ave
• N Ivanhoe St.: Closed between N Leavitt Ave. and N Philadelphia Ave.N Interstate Ave.: both directions closed between Larrabee and Mississippi, southbound only closed Fremont to Larrabee.
• SE Milwaukie Ave.: southbound only closed between Schiller and Ellis.
• N Russell St: closed both directions between Kerby and Mississippi.
• SE Clay St.: West of Martin Luther King Blvd., access for local traffic only to Water Ave. (OMSI access provided).

The Broadway, Burnside, Morrison, and Hawthorne drawbridges will not be able to open for river traffic between 6:00 am and noon.

TriMet buses and MAX trains may experience delays up to 15 minutes in downtown during the event. Buses are being routed off the Broadway Bridge for the event, and the Steel Bridge is closed to all vehicular traffic because of construction. Buses that regularly use these bridges are being rerouted to the Burnside, Morrison, and Hawthorne bridges.

The following bus lines will also have minor detours: 4-Division/Fessenden, 6-Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 8-NE 15th Ave./Jackson Park, 9-Powell/Broadway, 10-NE 33rd Ave., 12-Barbur, 15-NW 23rd Ave., 17-Holgate/NW 21st Ave.-St. Helens Rd., 19-Woodstock, 33-Fremont/ McLoughlin, 35-Greeley, 43-Taylors Ferry Rd., 44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest, 45-Garden Home, 70-12th Ave., 72-Killingsworth/82nd Ave., 77-Broadway/Halsey, and 83-OMSI Shuttle. Signs will direct riders to nearby stops where buses are on detours.

The Oregon Department of Transportation maintains the Fremont, Marquam, Ross Island, and St. Johns bridges. Multnomah County maintains the Broadway, Burnside, Hawthorne, Morrison, and Sellwood bridges. Union Pacific Railroad owns the Steel Bridge.

Keep Portland Moving is a multi-agency effort to coordinate public works construction, manage traffic impacts, and coordinate public information. Agencies include the City of Portland's Transportation and Environmental Services bureaus, Multnomah County, Oregon Dept. of Transportation, and TriMet. For more information, visit www.keepportlandmoving.org.

For Bridge Pedal information, visit www.providence.org/oregon/events/bridge_pedal.