• 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.
  • I was on the south side of the Morrison Bridge with a great view of the Hawthorn Bridge.
  • Hawthorne’s counterweights each weigh 450 tons and are supported by the bridge’s two towers, which rise 165 feet above the bridge deck.
  • The Hawthorne Bridge, constructed in 1910 and 3,550 feet long, is the oldest operating vertical lift span in the country.
  • The oldest of Portland’s bridges ; the Hawthorne Bridge is also the oldest vertical-lift bridge in the U.S. Read more.
  • Hawthorne Bridge is a vertical lift bridge, road bridge, through truss bridge, pratt type truss bridge and steel bridge that was completed in 1910.
  • The Hawthorne Bridge is one of several spans of this type across the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. This bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical-lift.
  • Hawthorn Bridge's tall bluestone piers and abutments were completed in February 1858.
  • When you arrive at Steel Bridge, cross over to walk along the river’s west shore back to Hawthorne Bridge.