Steel Bridge

Steel Bridge
Coordinates	45°31′39″N 122°40′09″W / 45.52750°N 122.66917°W / 45.52750; -122.66917
Carries	Upper: 2 outer lanes for general traffic, 2 inner lanes solely for MAX Light Rail, and sidewalks on both sides Lower: Union Pacific Railroad (incl. Amtrak toward Eugene) and walkway
Crosses	Willamette River
Locale	Portland, Oregon
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad
Maintained by	Union Pacific Railroad
Characteristics
Design	Through truss with a double vertical-lift span
Width	71 feet (22 m)
Longest span	211 feet (64 m)
Clearance below	26 feet (7.9 m) closed 72 feet (22 m) lower deck raised 163 feet (50 m) fully raised
History
Opened	1912 (replaced 1888 bridge)
Location

The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic (on the Pacific Highway West No. 1W, former Oregon Route 99W), and light rail (MAX), making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world^[1] and the second oldest vertical-lift bridge in North America, after the nearby Hawthorne Bridge. The bridge links the Rose Quarter and Lloyd District in the east to Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in the west.