Portland...bridges and other

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Another chilly, sunny wintry day...better than gloomy, cold rain any day.

Arrived in Oregon City via Redland Rd from the southeast by 1pm. Little traffic. Found the OR City Arch Bridge and crossed it for the first time.



I love to see boats on the rivers! In the distance, hi-way 205 over the Williamette.




The Williamette Falls and hydroelectric power reservoir area


Made my way north on 43 towards Lake Oswego. Mt. Hood in distance.


Crossed the Williamette again using the Sellwood Bridge. Another bridge I had never crossed before. They tacked on $20 to DMV fees to pay for this bridge. I mean, it is a nice new bridge, but I've been paying about $100 every two years for some time, so I'm happy I finally got to use it.


Then the Ross Island Bridge, crossed back to the west bank of the Williamette:


And then I crossed both the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges, but I didn't see any good place to pull over for photos. Have to redo these two and include the Burnside, Steel and Broadway bridges.

I don't know why I'm on a bridges kick...I guess it's because I'm always riding east and southeast of Gresham where I live to beautiful foresty areas, so this is a nice change of pace.