Portland, Oregon’s innovative and distinctive landmark, Tilikum Crossing, is the first major bridge in the U.S, carrying trains, buses, streetcars, bicycles, and pedestrians- but no private automobiles. When regional transportation agency TriMet began planning for the first bridge to be constructed across the Willamette River since 1973, the goal was to build something symbolic, which would represent the progressive nature of the Twenty-First Century. In this book, the award-winning architect of Tilikum Crossing, Donald MacDonald, and co-author Ira Nadel, tell the story of Portland through its bridges. Written in a friendly voice, readers will learn how Portland came to be known as “The City of Bridges” and the home to this new icon in the city’s landscape.
