Sellwood bridge is an undergoing project because of the bridges instability against disaster and time. It is deteriorating and is recognized as unsafe in the near future. The bridge is a major regional transportation route and without it being active would cause major congestion and increased travel time for many drivers especially those between downtown, Milwaukie, and Lake Oswego.
Currently the community wants to preserve its image and does not want a major roadway accessing their residential neighborhoods. The bridge is not accessible for freight trucks or transit lines causing a major issue with routes and public access. The common public needs this bridge to be more accessible to community services such as the bus transit lines and bicycles. It is old fashioned with one slim sidewalk and tight roadways. It is an ongoing project and has surveys and comment sections available to the community to hear what the public thinks about the cities project of opening the bridge to serve a larger traffic crowd and reduce congestion in this region.
I drove over this bridge for the past two summers and due to its two way lanes and connecting roadways from downtown, Sellwood, Milwaukie, and Lake Oswego most notably, creates a major pile-up at this bridge during rush hours, leaving a minimum of 30 minute wait to get over the bridge. This bridge is in such a regional spot it should be open to more lanes and provide better and safer transportation for those on bikes and foot. I hope the final decision is a second bridge supporting one way while the Sellwood bridge supports the other way. The new bridge could have a single sidewalk and there would be much less confrontation from bikers going opposite directions.
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