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- 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.