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Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
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End of OR 99W concurrency westbound; OR 99W continues while OR 10 exits on the right; westbound exit and eastbound entrance: 1W 1.97: Barbur Boulevard – Portland City Center: Beginning of OR 99W concurrency eastbound; OR 10 merges onto Pacific Highway West north from the right: 1W 1.67: US 26 east (Ross Island Bridge)
According to a city video, in 1994 Portland became the first city to develop a pedestrian master plan. [38] Blocks in the downtown area are only 200 feet (61 m) long. Many streets in the outer southwest section of the city lack sidewalks; however, this is partially made up with various off-street trails. [39]
In March 1990, the system opened the Mall stations—their names referring to the Portland Transit Mall—to coincide with the opening of Pioneer Place shopping mall in downtown Portland. [91] After operating for 30 years, these stations closed permanently in March 2020, owing to low ridership and to speed up train travel times across the city ...
The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 23rd largest in the United States, [14] has a population of 2,226,009 (2010 Census). Of them, 1,789,580 live in Oregon (46.7% of the state's population) while the remaining 436,429 live in Washington (6.7% of state's population).
The Springwater Division rail line was named for a planned connection to Springwater, Oregon. [3] [4] The Portland Traction Company operated rail service from Portland to Boring from 1903 until 1989. Passenger service peaked in 1906 and ended in 1958. Oaks Amusement Park—and five other city parks—were built to encourage weekend passenger ...
Downtown Portland in 1973 Downtown Portland in 2007. By the early 1970s, parts of Portland's central city had been in decay for some time. [4] New suburban shopping malls in the neighboring cities of Beaverton, Tigard, and Gresham competed with downtown for people and money. Unlike many downtown revitalization efforts around the United States ...