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Originally Posted by Noah930
We have a poster hanging in my son's room that depicts the 11 bridges of Portland. It claims all are bike accessible with the exceptions of the Marquam, Fremont, and Burlington Northern (RR).
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Most have bike lanes or wide-enough bike/pedestrian sidewalks.
If you have to ride in the traffic lane, it is kind of dicey. Even though great big markings painted on the roadway state that bikes are permitted, some drivers get very bent out of shape.
In general, drivers seem to be touchy about bikes and bridges. I was crossing the Burnside Bridge at 5:15 AM yesterday, there was an SUV behind me, we were the only vehicles within three blocks either way and the bridge has two lanes for each direction so he would have no problem passing me. I was going over 25 mph up the west bridge approach - it is my "morning sprint" - so technically I was at the speed limit. He swerves at me, enters my lane and swipes by a foot away, honking his horn. I caught up with him 3 blocks later at the stoplight, and we had a discussion.
90% of the (few) negative incidents I've had with drivers have been with pickups and SUVs. There is something about the people who drive those vehicles.