July 14, 2012
A bridge for pedestrians and cyclists in Portland, Oregon, made its public debut. This structure is officially named the US Congresswoman Darlene Hooley Pedestrian Bridge at Gibbs Street. Hooley, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon from 1997 to 2009, had staunchly championed the construction of the bridge. (The structure is also widely known as the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge).
The 700-foot (210-meter)-long bridge crosses over Interstate 5 and provides a direct and long-sought linkage between the Portland neighborhood of Lair Hill and the city’s South Waterfront area. Construction on the bridge began in January 2011.
The Saturday opening of the bridge took place amid a great deal of fanfare. The public officials on hand for these festivities included Jody Yates, the project manager for the Portland Bureau of Transportation. She spoke effusively about the structure in a quote published in that day’s edition of the Oregonian. “We’re proud of it,” Yates remarked, “and ready to show it off.”
Photo Credit: Steve Morgan (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Steve_Morgan) – licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
For more information on the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge (officially named the US Congresswoman Darlene Hooley Pedestrian Bridge at Gibb Street), please check out https://galvanizeit.org/project-gallery/gibbs-street-pedestrian-bridge
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