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09-SEP-2013

The Steel Bridge (1912)

This is my favorite of the 11 bridges that cross the Willamette River in Portland. I encountered some inexplicable metering behavior when I took this series of photos (and don't like most of the results); maybe I need to take a look at the Leica instruction manual ;-).

The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic (on the Pacific Highway West No. 1W, former Oregon Route 99W) and light rail (MAX), making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world[1] and the second oldest vertical-lift bridge in North America, after the nearby Hawthorne Bridge. The bridge links the Rose Quarter and Lloyd District in the east to Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in the west. (Wikipedia)

Leica LEICA X2
1/100s f/11.0 at 24.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography14-Sep-2013 14:44
Very nice capture, Voted.
Carol Rollins11-Sep-2013 05:24
Great shot of this amazing bridge, Helen.
joseantonio10-Sep-2013 16:28
What an amazing bridge. And to think it was built in 1912....V.
Jim Coffman10-Sep-2013 16:13
A fine capture of this old bridge,Helen!
I hate to read instructions!! :))