The Red Electric Trail Bridge is Underway
/The Red Electric Trail is coming along. Steel sections of Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) pedestrian and bicycle bridge between SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Capitol Highway were lifted into place last week. The bridge is a critical segment of the Red Electric Trail system.
The Red Electric Trail is a major regional trail which connects the existing Fanno Creek Trail west of Alpenrose Dairy to the Willamette Greenway Trail in South Waterfront. It generally follows the old Red Electric train line which opened up in 1914 and closed in 1929. It is being built as part of the Portland region’s 220-miles of regional trails. When completed, there will be 16 miles of safer, mostly off-road Red Electric trail between the Tualatin and Willamette Rivers.
The Red Electric Bridge Project is funded by a $2.1 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, approved by Metro Council and disbursed through the Oregon Department of Transportation, $1.5 million in PBOT Transportation System Development Charges and $1.1 million in Parks System Development Charges. The total project budget is $4.7 million.
– PBOT Press Release
GreenWorks assisted KPFF on this project with concept drawings as well as elements of the bridge's design to ensure it's useful to the community and looks great.