August 22, 2006

Hawthorne Bridge to close Sunday morning for maintenance

The Hawthorne Bridge will be closed to motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm this Sunday, August 27 for annual maintenance activities. During the closure crews will grease the counterweight cables and make adjustments to other cables that help to raise and lower the bridge.

Alternate river crossings include the Burnside, Morrison, Marquam and Ross Island bridges. TriMet bus routes that normally cross the Hawthorne Bridge will be detoured across the Morrison Bridge. The closure will not impact river traffic.

The Hawthorne Bridge is the oldest operating vertical lift bridge in the nation. Multnomah County maintains the Hawthorne Bridge and more than 300 miles of roads and bridges.