The Sellwood: Photoedit.

This is the original: Taken at the Willamette of the Sellwood Bridge. I wasn't very happy with the muted tones of the bridge and sky or the trees in the background not looking like... well... trees.

This is my photoedit... The water looks a little funny to me in the thumbnails, might have to fix that.


The Sellwood Bridge was Portland's first fixed span bridge and, being the only river crossing for miles in each direction, is the busiest two-lane bridge in Oregon. It links the Sellwood and Westmoreland neighborhoods of Portland on the east side with Oregon Highway 43/Macadam Avenue on the west side.

Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the bridge opened on December 15, 1925 at a final cost of $541,000. It is 1,971 ft. long with 75 ft. of vertical waterway clearance. There are four continuous spans, the two center spans are 300 ft. long and the two outside spans are 246 ft. each. The girders from the old Burnside Bridge (built in 1894) were reused at each end.