![The computer operating system that opens the Broadway Bridge drawbridge is being replaced in 2021. The computer operating system that opens the Broadway Bridge drawbridge is being replaced in 2021.](https://multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/related/s3/800px-Broadway_Bridge_in_Portland_with_bascule_span_open_-_viewed_from_west_2.jpg?itok=1S4mxek-)
Broadway Bridge Control System Upgrade
This project replaced the control system that helps operate the Broadway Bridge drawbridge. Two weekend bridge closures were required in August and September 2021.
This project replaced the control system that helps operate the Broadway Bridge drawbridge. Two weekend bridge closures were required in August and September 2021.
In 2024, we will replace the deck and sidewalks of the Broadway Bridge's lift spans, as well as repair the brakes that help control their speed.
This project repaired and strengthened damaged steel beams on the Hawthorne Bridge ramp over MLK Blvd/Hwy 99.
In 2024, a contractor will repave and make other repairs to the Hawthorne Bridge. The bridge is expected to remain open with lane restrictions throughout most of construction.
This project removed part of a closed on-ramp that once connected SW Naito Parkway to the Hawthorne Bridge, to help make way for Multnomah County's new Central Courthouse.
The steel on five river river spans of the Morrison Bridge needs to be repainted between January 2022 and summer 2023.
We will pave the Morrison Bridge ramps in 2024. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of October.
We are making improvements to strengthen the SE Morrison and Belmont Street approach ramps and the movable span of the Morrison Bridge.
In November 2022, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners accepted a recommendation to rename the Sauvie Island Bridge.
In 2009, the county adopted a $19 per year vehicle registration fee to fund the new Sellwood Bridge. In 2018, the state allowed the county to use VRF revenue on other Willamette River bridge projects.