Category Archives: Sellwood Bridge Update

Sellwood Bridge Update- A year in the life of our wobbly neighbor

Posted on January 6, 2012 by tomdwyer

Some of the biggest news in Portland is happening, almost literally, right in our backyard. The Sellwood Bridge was built in 1925 at a final cost of $541,000 ($6,678,393.75 in today’s dollars). The long-overdue replacement is planned to cost $268.8 … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- It’s here! It’s here! It’s here!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by tomdwyer

It’s HERE! This, the month of December, in the Year Of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve A.D., marks the START OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW SELLWOOD BRIDGE! As you can tell we’re a little excited, but it’s going beginning … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Wasn’t there a building under the bridge?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by tomdwyer

Last month’s Bridge Update was a hive of activity, but this month’s is pretty quiet. Things will start ramping up in December, when in-water work will begin for the “Shoo-Fly” temporary detour bridge. For those of you who just can’t … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Crumbling bridge is focus for MoveOn.org rally

Posted on October 7, 2011 by tomdwyer

It’s been a busy month for the bridge, and there’s more on the way. MoveOn.org and Rebuild The Dream were planning a gathering in support of jobs and investment. When they looked around for examples of desperately neglected infrastructure, guess … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Closer… closer… closer…

Posted on September 2, 2011 by tomdwyer

It seems like a dream, but the Sellwood Bridge construction is actually creeping closer to a beginning. Here’s the bridge news-you-can-use for this month… Budget– In the wake of May’s Clackamas County vote not to raise their licensing fees, the … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Drilling continues; mystery dock solved

Posted on August 2, 2011 by tomdwyer

Last month we told you that work has started on the new bridge, in the form of in-water drilling for soil samples. This month’s update is boring… that is, boring for samples will continue in-water through the end of the … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- THEY STARTED!!!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by tomdwyer

Just a quick update this month… THEY’VE STARTED! It’s not the major on-land construction yet; in fact, it’s probably not even in-water construction because the bridge engineering isn’t done yet. They’re probably just gathering the data they’ll need to finish … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Looking forward after the Clackamas vote

Posted on June 3, 2011 by tomdwyer

Last month’s vote by Clackamas on the Sellwood Bridge funding measure was a blow, but the Bridge Replacement project is slowly grinding on. We went to an informational meeting held at SMILE (Sellwood Moreland Improvement League) in which the County … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Vote “Yes” on Measure 3-372

Posted on April 29, 2011 by tomdwyer

While the Sellwood Bridge may be a prime example of what’s wrong with our country’s crumbling infrastructure, it’s renovation has been an example of what’s right in large scale public projects, even winning an award for its design input process. … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge measure 3-372

Posted on April 29, 2011 by tomdwyer

I’m Tom Dwyer An example of our country’s neglected infrastructure is the crumbling Sellwood Bridge just two blocks away from our shop. Carrying 30 thousand vehicles a day, it’s a major link between Clackamas and Washington counties. The Interstate thirty … Continue reading →

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