Portland Steel and Flowers

This last Sunday I took a walk along the river in downtown Portland. The Cherry Trees were in full bloom and it was not raining for a change. This was good since the rain has a tendency to wash the flowers away. But the rain last week was light and the flowers stayed on the trees. Portland of course is known by many names, Stump Town, Bridge City to name a few. As for the bridge name, there are ten bridges that cross the river (actually 11 plus a new one being built) so the name kind of fits.

 

Steel Bridge

Where the Cherry Trees are, there is the very old Steel Bridge, I guess it got its name because it is made of steel. But this bridge has a lower deck for trains and an upper deck for cars and now the light rail. Down river is the Broadway Bridge, this one also is for cars and now the trolley as well. There is a train only bridge but it is not counted in the ten bridges, only car bridges make the list. But since it was a nice cool day, many people were out looking at the flowers and enjoying a walk. Clouds always seem to be around this time of year so the flowers were a little muted by not having the bright light but they were still nice to see.

Broadway Bridge