did you think for once about our apples and grain that stopped by the drawbridge and the millions of dollars losses because of that quint antique built by our great grand fathers 100 years ago, for horse and carriage. Your refusal in the city of Portland to understand this is about the very life's blood of our five point port system that can make us here competitive for all our trade base jobs. So city slickers before you get all high and mighty on you wheat germ fueled bicycle, know this, It will cost millions of dollars more, to everyone, to continue with the freeway failure that exists in the I-5 system as it passes through the city of Portland. Face the facts of the Portland "freeway failure", or the farmer's truck driver is gonna slap the metaphorical hippy out of you.

the bridge is only congested going south between 7 and 9am and heading north from 3 to 6pm.
so as long as farmers dont have to deliver them apples at that precise time...

you misspelled intelligence but since this is blogtown im gonna assume you did it intentionally.

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I have waited for Bridge Maintenance and/or Bridge Lifts twice in the past month, and neither one of them was between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. or 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Drawbridges date back at least 4000 years: their usage has declined over time because they have moving parts that wear out and require a great deal more engineering and maintenance. It's time to move on with a new bridge that has the additional capacity that will be required over the next 100 years. Failing that, please begin thinking where you would like to locate the third interstate bridge in the Metro Portland/Vancouver area: it will be required in the next 15-20 years.