Steel Bridge Walkway & Bicycle Path

It must be rush hour, I thought.  There are lots of bicycles on this path.  I’m speaking of the pedestrian and bike path across the Willamette River on the bottom level of the Steel Bridge.

Later, I realized it couldn’t have been rush hour.  It was Saturday.

Then I figured (since July 17^th) it must be because the Broadway Bridge is closed to bicycle traffic.  That may be true.

To my left was a skeletal wall of steel and train tracks, to my right – the blue water of the Willamette River as it headed toward the ocean.  The path I walked on felt sturdy as could be.  Then I started wondering what would happen if a boat came along and they wanted to raise the bridge.  With a cane, it’s not like I am the fastest walker in the world.

I hurried.

On the East bank of the Willamette River, I saw all kinds of bicycles zipping along paths that paralleled the waterway.  I guess I should have looked back at the West bank of the Willamette to see if it looked the same.

All in all, this was an attractive walk across the Willamette River.  The day was sunny, bikes were whizzing by, when I was close to one end or the other, I’d hear behind me, “On your left,” then a bike would go by.  I had a cane, so maybe bicyclists were being more polite.

After I crossed the river, I had a choice – the shortcut up the stairs or walk the long way that bicycles went.  I went the long way.  I ended up in the Lloyd District between the Convention Center and the Rose Garden.  There is a Max stop there.  The Max crosses the Steel Bridge.

There were a few pedestrians on the bridge, but mostly bicyclists.  They treated me nice.

‘Nuff said, as Stan Lee was fond of saying.