The St. John's Bridge & Cathedral Park

Finally publishing this on 6/16/2022...yes years later.  Blog had been on a long hiatus.  Trying to tie up loose end with a trip that happened during the Spring of 2018...

Just wondering if people read blogs anymore?This was one of the bridges in Portland we knew we had to see. It is one of the northernmost ones.

Aaaaand because I'm lazy...

From wikipedia's entry on the "St. John's Bridge":
It is a "steel suspension bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, between the Cathedral Park neighborhood in North Portland and the Linnton and Northwest Industrial neighborhoods in Northwest Portland. It carries the U.S. Route 30 Bypass. It is the only suspension bridge in the Willamette Valley and one of three public highway suspension bridges in Oregon...

...The bridge has a 1,207-foot (368 m) center span and a total length of 2,067 feet (630 m).[3] It is the tallest bridge in Portland, with two 400-foot-tall (120 m) towers and a 205-foot (62 m) navigational clearance.  The adjacent park and neighborhood of Cathedral Park are named after the Gothic Cathedral-like appearance of the bridge towers."










That's TC there.  She was a senior in HS at the time.  Writing this text in 2022; she has since graduated from college. 






We enjoyed the serenity at the park and the gothic arches of this unusual bridge.

The bridge you see there (south of St. John's) is the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge.


Love the color of this bridge.

Crossing over the bridge to head back to our suite.


View from back window.




Video where Cathedral Park can be seen:



Info about St Jon's Bridge:
PDX History
Historic Bridges

Cathedral Park
Columbia River Images
Atlas Obscura

Of all of the bridges we'd seen in Portland, this was my favorite...