Either that, or it's "disappeared".

What money?

Not only that, they're breaking ground on a bridge with no tracks.

Is the Sellwood Bridge in The Bowtie's district?

Really? Breaking ground? River drilling?...who could have guessed?
Wow, a replacement of a bridge primarily used for 4 wheeled conveyances?
Where is the outrage? Will the bicyclists protest and then occupy?

The article says the grant comes from a fund for "multiple-modal" projects. As we live in the Multi-Modal Mecca, it's no surprise to me.

It's a miracle.

The bridge wasn't delayed, closed and didn't fall down without the fee scam passing.

Now on to building Portland's loony replacement bridge.
24 feet in width for the same two lanes of traffic and 37 feet of width for bikes and pedestrians.

How does this impact the funds that Creepy was going to siphon off from Sellwood Bridge "savings" to pay for MLR?

"How does this impact the funds that Creepy was going to siphon off from Sellwood Bridge "savings" to pay for MLR?"

That's already happened on paper.

I'm sure the 3rd district Congressman is satisfied because this bridge fits with the usual Portland approach to new infrastructure:

1. The replacement bridge will not add any new road capacity, despite a clear need.
2. It will provide more space for non-motorists than motorists, even though they represent a tiny fraction of all users.
3. There will be federal subsidies.

The proposed CRC project adds no new capacity for through traffic but spends massive amounts for bike/ped/light rail, and the expensive new Willamette River bridge completely prohibits private motorized vehicles. The traffic lanes on the Morrison Bridge were also recently narrowed.

It's all part of the grand Portland vision to punish motorists for the crime of being motorists, and to steadily increase congestion.

As someone who lives in this neighborhood I can tell you that there is no desire or need for additional lanes of traffic into the neighborhood. If they expanded this bridge to 4 lanes, it would just create more traffic headaches in the neighborhood. Maybe a bridge doesn't belong there to begin with, but that is a debate for another day. I applaud the county for keeping this project on track.

P.S. Many of us don't want streetcar on Tacoma either.

P.S.S. Why is it a problem to have a lot of space for pedestrians and bikes? Have you tried biking across the bridge now?

It was actually supposed to be a 4-lane bridge when it was built in the 1930s, but the county ran out of money and downsized it to 2 lanes.

NB, you ask "why is it a problem to have a lot of space for pedestrians and bikes?" to the tune of 2/3rds more than vehicles.

Wouldn't having the bridge reduced to a more equitable width save money that we could spend on other transportation needs?

Since Hawthorne Bridge, with over 100 times the bike/ped count of Sellwood, functions well with a total of 20 ft of bike/ped width, then why should this bridge have 37 ft.?

The paths are crazy wide even by local standards because they want to keep the option to someday rejigger it for four lanes, and they'll need enough room that there's still some kind of reasonable bike/ped path left after doing that.

NB...

Perhaps the busiest 2-lane bridge in the state ought to be a 4-lane bridge?

You can pretend the SE Tacoma Street isn't a major arterial, but that will only elongate the rush hour line of cars/fumes lining up behind the signals at SE 13th and 17th.

Don't even bother with the "Tacoma is only two-lanes" fiction. It was four lanes before they "calmed" the traffic.

It might be necessary to bulldoze properties on one side of the street to have four modern lanes on SE Tacoma. Just Do It. Or wait 20 years and do it then. Either way, it will happen. And property values will be much higher then.

but the county ran out of money and downsized it to 2 lanes.

Ran out of money? What is this thing of which you speak?

It appears that the Federal Government has let the selfish pigs of Clackamas County off the hook.

Mister Tee - I hope you are joking. If you're not, you're seriously deluded.

You would have made a great 1950's Urban Planner.

I'm not an urban planner, just a mom who doesn't want to be killed crossing Tacoma street with her kids in tow. When it was four lanes, it was absolutely terrifying. I think the bridge is exactly the right size.