St John’s Bridge

The St. Johns Bridge is a Gothic-style cable suspension bridge spanning the Willamette River. It replaced the last Portland ferry, which ran between Linnton and St. Johns.  On the Eastern side underneath the bridge is Cathedral Park…

“… In the early 1970s, Howard Galbraith, the ‘honorary mayor’ of unincorporated St. Johns, got tired of the junkyard state of the area under the eastern end of the bridge. He organized a drive that eventually raised $7.5 million to build a park. After eight years of community fundraising, combined with state, county and city funding, the park was dedicated at a community celebration on May 3, 1980. It got its name from a photo of the St. Johns Bridge by Al Monner that appeared on the front page of the Oregon Journal in 1968. Reference was made to its beautiful cathedral-like arches and the park found its name. …” Portland Parks and Recreation

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