Greenroads Certified Bronze

Sellwood Bridge Replacement: SE Tacoma Street

 

Summary

Engineer Estimate: $330 million

Length: 0,1 lane-miles

Funders/Stakeholders: Multnomah County, City of Portland, State of Oregon, Tiger Grant

Owner: Portland Bureau of Transportation 

Design: T.Y. Lin, CH2M Hill, David Evans Associates

Contractor: Slayden Sundt Joint Venture 

Functional Class: Local

Greenroad Version: 1.5

Description

SE Tacoma Street provides a connection from the east end of the new Sellwood Bridge to the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The Project consist of a redevelopment of Tacoma Street and the new bridge approaches, including paving, landscaping, stormwater features, and the extension of the bicycle and pedestrian features of the bridge itself. Improvements were also made to the intersection of SE Tacoma Street and SE 6th Street. 

Features

The SE Tacoma Street Project connects cars, transit, pedestrians, and cyclists to the streets and trails on the east side of the Willamette River, integrating the multimodal improvements of the Sellwood Bridge into the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. The Project features:

• Native species used in landscaped areas
• Art installations on bridge approach 
• Bicycle and pedestrian trail connections
• Wayfinding signage for active transport modes 
• Wide multi-use path and bicycle lanes
• Pedestrian activated signals and bike turn lanes at intersection with SE 6th St. 
• Energy efficient and light pollution friendly LED lighting