Has there ever been a better time to be a pedestrian or cyclist in Portland? The city completed construction on three new pedestrian/cyclist-only bridges in the last calendar year: Ned Flanders Crossing (June 2021), Red Electric Bridge (July 2022), and Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bridge (July 2022).
All three bridges are part of larger initiatives designed to offer cyclists and pedestrians safer passage through main transit corridors. Ned Flanders created a new route over I-405 (NW Flanders Neighborhood Greenway Project), Red Electric began a car-free link between SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Capitol Highway (Red Electric Trail), and Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bridge will provide a new route across I-84 when it opens at the end of this month (The Green Loop). Whether wandering on two feet or two wheels, all three are worth a visit.