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Hawthorne Bridge
The
Hawthorne Bridge
is a
truss bridge
with a
vertical lift
that spans the
Willamette River
in
Portland, Oregon
, joining
Hawthorne Boulevard
and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the
United States
and the oldest highway bridge in Portland. It is also the busiest
bicycle
and
transit
bridge in
Oregon
, with over 8,000 cyclists and 800
TriMet
buses (carrying about 17,400 riders) daily. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
in November 2012.
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