Stats:
Total Time (h:m:s) 10:14:26 21:55 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s) 8:06:30 17:38 pace
Distance (mi ) 23.58
Moving Speed (mph) 3.4 avg.
Temperature (°F) 68.6°F avg. 73.4°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) WSW 4.5 avg. WSW 8.1 max.
The walk started here at the Sellwood Bridge. In the end I would walk 8 miles past the downtown pictured in the distance.
Downtown from the Ross Island Bridge
The new South Waterfront development from the Ross Island Bridge.After 18 Miles I made it over the Saint John's Bridge only to discover that the Bugerville was closed! At this point I had a choice. I could get on a bus and take a total of three busses to get home or I could walk to the Max train 3.5 miles away. Don't ask why but I walked to the Max train. It turns out that this was a great choice. You see because the Steele Bridge was closed the Max train only took me as far as the start of the Steel Bridge at the Rose garden. This was my chance to cross the steel Bridge on foot and reach my goal of hitting all the bridges in one day. Though the bridge was closed it seemed deserted so I went for it. Much to my surprise what I found at the other end of the bridge at 12:30 PM was far from deserted. It was packed with about 30 workers and all the paths were blocked. I played stupid and after a ton of bad looks they escorted me the rest of the way and I reached my goal and completed the final bridge.
At this point it was getting towards 1AM and all the bussed had stopped running. I walked another mile to the Yamhill pub and waited for my rescue vehicle to arrive. Total miles for the walk: 23.64 miles. Bridges Crossed: Sellwood, Ross Island, Hawthorne, Morrison, Broadway, Saint John's, and The Steel.
The Saint Johns Bridge 18 miles into the walk.Full details and interactive map can be viewed here.
My Twitter Feed:
Starting out on a walk over the Portland bridges. Will walk unless a bridge starts to crumble then there may be running screaming falling... 02:55 PM
Crossing the Ross Island (hella long) bridge 5.4 miles after crossing the Sellwood bridge. http://snipurl.com/3d76l 04:22 PM
At 7.3 miles I am crossing the Hawthorne. There are so many bikes on this bridge that the bridge itself thinks it's a bike. 05:34 PM
Crossing Morrison Bridge thinking about Morris the cat. Like Elvis I remember the day they said Morris died. But we know better don't we... 05:57 PM
At 9 miles Burnside Bridge. It was built in the dark of night by city workers who stole the concrete from a skate park being built near by. 06:24 PM
Crossing the Broadway Bridge. It takes you right into the actual Broadway Street... It's all very glamorous. 07:01 PM
After 17.5 miles crossing St Johns Bridge heading to Saint Burgerville 09:25 PM
Walked 18 miles to Burgerville and they are closed. 10:30 PM
21.92 miles to Lombard Max train station. Beer me. 12:20 PM
