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Cables and Bolts of the Tilikum Crossing

Evan Kristof shares his love of design and the Tilikum’s role in expanding Portland. Portland’s newest bridge, The Tilikum Crossing, looks especially elegant from the rooftop deck of the old Washington High school in southeast. The river is obscured looking towards downtown over the spread of leafy green and dusty roofs, but the crossing’s clean white peaks […]

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A Rainbow Crossing for 21C

Trimet Bus passing

Not since the Fremont Bridge was completed forty-two years ago has a bridge spanning the Willamette river been opened in Portland, until just this weekend when The Tilikum Crossing opened. It is the city’s first bridge of the 21st century, linking the southwest waterfront to one of the city’s industrial hubs on the east side. There […]