History Pub: Burnside Bridge: Past, Present, and Future Presented by Sharon Wood Wortman

History Pub:

Burnside Bridge: Past, Present, and Future

Presented by Sharon Wood Wortman

All Ages | Doors 6:00PM
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater
5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Monday October 28th, 2024 7:00PM

Travel through the history of the Burnside Bridge from 1894 to the present with historian Sharon Wood Wortman and find out Multnomah County’s plans for rebuilding it to withstand the looming subduction zone earthquake.  

Sharon Wood Wortman is the author of The Portland Bridge Book, the first book on the subject, published by OHS Press in 1989. She had previously published a 20,000-word series for The Oregonian about Portland’s bridges in 1984 –100 years after the opening of the first Burnside Bridge. In 1993, Sharon published an article for the 20th anniversary of the Fremont Bridge, at which time she interviewed Fremont’s field engineer Ed Wortman. She has led bridge tours for thousands of people of all ages, earning her the nickname “The Portland Bridge Lady.” Retired bridge engineer Ed Wortman will join Sharon, lending his technical knowledge. Sharon and Ed are both volunteer members of Multnomah County’s Community Design Advisory Group for an Earthquake Ready Burnside.