Bryant Street Bridge Design Feedback Needed

Hello all! The Bryant Street Bridge (BSB) committee wants your feedback on the designs submitted. The BSB's design page is HERE. Or you can jump right to the designs HERE.

If you are a GMail/Picasa user, you can leave comments right below the pictures. Otherwise, comment below please. If you have questions, ask away!!

New Bryant Bridge Design Proposals!

Piedmont's very own Compressed Pattern just submitted their design proposal for the Bryant Bridge Project! Check out their proposal (HERE) and pics of their design (1, 2, 3, 4). The pics have also been added to the design slideshow found on the bridge's page...
www.PiedmontNeighborhood.com/BryantBridgeProject

Bryant Street Bridge - Closed for Updates

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The Bryant Street Bridge will be closed Mon., June 9 – Wed., June 11

PDOT will be improving the sidewalk ramps that lead to the bridge so that the approach is safer for pedestrians and bicyclists!

The is repaving work is part of a comprehensive project to improve the accessibility, safety and cleanliness of the Bryant Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge. Initiated by Piedmont Neighborhood Association, designed by Piedmont and Arbor Lodge neighbors, and implemented in partnership with ODOT, PDOT, BOM,and the Portland Water Bureau, the Bryant Bridge Project seeks to transform a neglected space into a valuable community asset.

For more information, images, or to get involved in the Bryant Bridge Project visit... www.PiedmontNeighborhood.com/BryantBridgeProject.

Call Lara Mendicino at 503-283-5422 if you have any questions or concerns about the bridge closure.

Bryant Street Bridge - Design

We have new designs proposals for the Bryant Street Bridge!

You can view the designs by way of the Bryant Street Bridge's www page...

http://www.piedmontneighborhood.com/bryantbridgeproject

And so you don't have to remember that address, just remember there is a link to the above page off the main PiedmontNeighborhood.com site. It is cryptically named "Bryant Street Bridge Project."

Bryant Street Bridge Update

The Oregonian wrote up a bit on the Bryant Street Bridge process.

You can read the full article HERE.

I'll update the 'Latest News' section of our Bryant Street Bridge Project page HERE.

Bye Bye Bollards

The folks on the Bryant Street Bridge Project team received the following from ODOT's Shelli Romero yesterday...

The community has been working with ODOT over the last year to develop a master plan for the Bryant Street Pedestrian Overpass that identifies specific improvements for the structure. Among the specific improvements includes removal of the bollards at the east and west end of the Overpass to help improve bicycle access. After review, ODOT will remove the bollards on Wednesday, February 20th in response to the community input. ODOT remains committed to assist with making the Bryant Street Pedestrian Overpass a safe and more utilized facility for bicyclists and pedestrians recognizing its location is ideal for bike and pedestrian commuters and is in proximity of transit and access to a business and commercial district along N. Interstate Avenue.

We'll update the Bryant Street Bridge web page as this project moves forward....

www.PiedmontNeighborhood.com/BryantBridgeProject

Bryant Bridge Design Update

Hi All
Thanks for your interest and participation with the Bryant Bridge project.
We're currently finishing our master plan,
which will include a comprehensive hit list of art and design features.

Objective is both to use our $50K ODOT grant this spring, and to go after more funding streams for
different aspects of the project over time.

We met last week with the project engineers to refine the possibilities of what is "do-able,"
to what extent we can remove/cut soundwalls, attachments to walls and bridge, bridge/approach modifications,how the contracting might take place, and what can be done
free/inexpensively by ODOT and PDOT (signage, chainlink, bollard removal, lighting repair, etc...) So we now have a clearer view of what the designs can be and how implemented.

The next step is further refining your ideas so that they can be presented to the public.
Specific treatments for master plan- (ie, reflective/mirror feature at blind turns, bridge-related graphics, contoured concrete with better turn radius, framed portals in soundwalls, bioswale/greenspace, cul-de-sac/streetpainting, motion activated solar lighting on bridge, greenwall, mural, etc.)

The big box of ideas will be contain smaller boxes, of which the ODOT bridge enhancement grant is one.

Some visuals have already been generated from our design session(s) since our meeting.
We need more, and by more hands. If you have modest drawing/rendering capabilities would like to either work with me or on your own to create a visual representation of a/the concept(s) that emerged at your table, or that you'd like to otherwise add, please contact me. I'll provide you with copies of the bridge plan, photos, and tracing paper so that you can draw or do an overlay.
(We'll work these into the "after" scenarios of the "before and after" of the plan)

We recently rec'vd a grant for "communications" related to the bridge project from the
Office of Neighborhood Involvement. We'll be displaying the bridge visuals at local businessses and on the web http://www.piedmontneighborhood.com/ which will have a special Bryant Bridge section.

The community will offer their comments, and we'll move towards consensus as to what we implement.

BTW: It looks like the bridge might rec'v "bike boulevard" designation via the Safe and Sound Streets
initiative, so some PDOT/City of Portland funding may ensue there. We plan for applying for a RACC grant for neighborhood/community "public art," METRO for the bioswale demonstation project, and a host of foundation grant ops. We hope to "launch" with visuals/mock-ups/prototypes for the Sunday Parkways event on June 22.

We'll keep you abreast of developments!

Onward...
Brian Borrello