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| Railed: It’s the most annoying traffic jam in Portland. (Whitney McPhie and Sophia Mick) |
I thought getting to South Waterfront was the most fouled up road mess in Portland. Seems I was wrong (unbelievable, I know). Willamette Week tells us that the eastside has a real problem that makes my complaints about South Waterfront sound like entitled white boy whining:
It’s the Most Annoying Traffic Jam in Portland. Here’s How to Fix It by Garrett Andrews
Long trains moving extremely slowly equal maddening waits for drivers on the Central Eastside.
Problem is the railroad cuts the eastside in two and there are only a few place to cross it that are not grade level crossings, which means at rush hour those few crossings are going to be jammed as well.
Here's some more pics from the story:
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| The railroad crossings at Southeast 11th and 12th avenues. (Brian Burk) |
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| A Union Pacific train passes through the Central Eastside. (Brian Burk) |
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| Portland Railroads |
The portion of eastside of Portland near the Willamette River is full of railroad tracks. It's hard to get a clear view of the situation. If you zoom out you see orange lines running from top to bottom.
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| Union Pacific Albina Yard Portland (black blotch on previous map) |
Zoom in to see how many tracks and you can only see five percent of the line.
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