Crews are preparing to begin adding structural elements to the new Sellwood Bridge over the Willamette River.
A Hillsboro-based rigging company's effort to move a 3,400-ton Sellwood Bridge truss span without a hitch in January 2013 has earned national recognition.
County officials and general contractor Slayden Construction estimate it will take 10 hours to physically move the 1,100-foot truss of the Sellwood Bridge from its present location to temporary piers.
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners today approved the final design of the Sellwood Bridge Project. With the approval, construction can begin late this summer on the bridge’s replacement, which will be a steel deck arch bridge. Construction on a detour bridge has already begun.
Members of the Sellwood Bridge project's public stakeholder committee say they don't understand why a project proposal from Multnomah County officials is more expensive than expected and lacking in some of the elements from the original plan.
Tensions were high at a public meeting held by Multnomah County on Thursday, when residents and business owners disagreed over where a new driveway should be constructed for the Macadam Bay houseboat community in Southwest Portland.
A group of ACE Academy students recently built scale models of the 85-year-old bridge, its steel deck arch replacement and the detour bridge that will keep traffic flowing during construction.