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Morrison Bridge will be closed most of Sunday for maintenance Updated Feb 27, 2021; Posted Feb 27, 2021 The Morrison Bridge, spanning the Willamette River in Portland, August 6, 2015. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / StaffLC- The Oregonian/Oregonlive.com Facebook Share The Morrison Bridge will be closed to drivers, pedestrians and cyclists Sunday from 7 a.m. to as late as 5 p.m. as crews perform annual maintenance on the span. Multnomah County spokesman Mike Pullen said the drawbridge will be raised during a significant portion of the day. Crews will clean gutters, place stormwater filters and make ...

Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports It’s an image many in Rip City are familiar with: Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard arm in arm with protestors, crossing the Morrison Bridge, standing up for Black lives. In a recent episode of the Talkin’ Blazers podcast, Lillard spoke with Dan Sheldon regarding his experience, according to Lindsey Wisniewski of NBC Sports Northwest. “We were in quarantine and we were just in the house,” Lillard told Dan Sheldon on the Talkin’ Blazers podcast. “And you know it was viral, it was protests all over the country, and I was aware of the...

Morrison Bridge goes pink for breast cancer Published: February 13, 2021, 6:00am Share: PORTLAND — Vancouver-based Pink Lemonade Project and other local breast cancer organizations are turning the Morrison Bridge in Portland pink starting Sunday. The bridge will stay pink through Feb. 21, because February is National Cancer Awareness Month. The goal is a visual reminder about the importance of breast health. “Data released from the National Cancer Institute and others show that there was a dramatic drop in screening mammograms since March 2020, partly due to individual concerns about expo...

Portland Winter Light (non)Festival continues February 08 2021 Annual festival brightens cloudy Portland nights; it'll light things up Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12-13. The Portland Winter Light Festival had to evolve in its sixth year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and government safety restrictions. It's called the Portland Winter Light (non)Festival this year and includes a series of installations, video projections and more around Portland, in which spectators can be socially distanced. Photographer Diego Diaz visited many of the sites with lights last weekend and documented ...

Portland’s Burnside Bridge closed for lift span work Updated Jan 30, 2021; Facebook Share By The Oregonian/OregonLive The Burnside Bridge is closed to all traffic until 6 p.m. Saturday as crews install a new computer system on the bridge’s moveable lift span. A second closure is scheduled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, but the bridge will reopen earlier if work is completed ahead of time. During the closures, the bridge will be off-limits to all users, including bicyclists and pedestrians. Alternate routes include the Morrison and Steel bridges. TriMet bus lines 12, 19 and 20 will detour...