Vista Bridge

Infobox_Bridge

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bridge_name=Vista Bridge
carries=Vehicles and Pedestrians
crosses=Street and light rail lines
locale=Portland, Oregon
maint=Multnomah County
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height=120 ft
length=248 ft
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open= 1926 [ [http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?a=iegib&c=dfjfe Portland Transportation History Timeline ] ] [The placards at the north end of the bridge say 1925. See ]
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The Vista Bridge is an arch bridge for vehicles and pedestrians located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It connects the neighborhoods of King's Hill and Portland Heights via Vista Avenue above the Goose Hollow area. The MAX Light Rail line and Jefferson Street travel under the bridge.

Alternately known as the Vista Avenue Viaduct, the bridge has four pedestrian balconies, two on each side.Norman, James B. (1991). "Portland's Architectural Heritage: National Register Properties of the Portland Metropolitan Area". Portland, Or: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 136.] The 248-foot long structure was designed by architect Fred T. Fowler. It is of a rib-reinforced concrete deck arch design. Completed in 1926, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26 1984.citeweb |title=Oregon National Register List |url= http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |date=July 16 2007 |publisher=Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department |accessdate=2008-03-10]

A predecessor to the bridge was built in 1903 which allowed streetcar access to the neighborhood. It was torn down a few years later. [ cite book | author = Laura O. Foster | title = Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods | publisher = Timber Press | year = 2005 | id = ISBN 9780881926927 | url = http://www.timberpress.com/books/excerpt.cfm/9780881926927 | accessdate = 2007-02-15 ] This bridge was once nicknamed the "Suicide Bridge" because of the people that jumped from it during the Great Depression in the 1930s. In 1991, several bungee jumps were filmed here for an Oregon Lottery advertisement. [ cite web | author = Tom Hallman Jr.| title = Stunt jump off bridge lures critics | publisher = Bungee.com quoting The Oregonian | date = April 41991 | url = http://www.bungee.com/bzapp/press/oreg2.html | accessdate = 2007-02-15 ]

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External links

* [http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?c=27928&a=23933 Photo of 1922 proposal for Vista Bridge]