Burnside Bridge committee makes final recommendation for new design

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A final design for the new Burnside Bridge was selected and recommended by the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge committee at a meeting Thursday night.

Following a vote by the committee, with only two people voting outright against the design, the committee chose to recommend the Inverted-Y design.

Out of six total designs, the bridge committee voted on the final three, the V tower, inverted-Y tower, and braced basket-handle arch.

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During the vote, the committee was able to give a thumbs up for strong agreement, thumbs sideways for “could live with it” or a thumbs down meaning strong disagreement.

The braced basket-handle bridge bridge received the least favorable votes with only five giving a thumbs up or a thumb sideways.

The V tower came close to passing with 11 favorable votes, however, they needed over 75% to agree in order to recommend the design.

Lastly, the inverted-Y tower passed with 14 favorable votes and only two votes against it.

Now that a design has been recommended, the committee won’t be meeting again until November when the next steps will begin.

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