DOUBLE DECKER STEEL BRIDGE TURNS 100!

Come celebrate one of the world's masterpiece structures at PDX Bridge Festival's annual FREE All-Ages Block Party on Saturday, July 7, 2012, 5 pm until midnight, at the Slate, 2001 Northwest 19th in Portland. The Block Party features an amazing live music line up (8 bands), two stages, 22 food and craft vendors, a double-duty birthday cake, and a raffle for all-things-bridge goodies. Join us at 5:30PM as the American Society of Civil Engineers Oregon Section presents the Steel's Bridge commemorative plaque to the City of Portland. Music Featuring: Solovox www.solovox.com Excellent Gentlemen http://excellentgentlemen.com Quick & Easy Boys http://thequickandeasyboys.com Tango Alpha Tango http://tangoalphatango.com Symmetry/Symmetry http://www.myspace.com/symmetrysymmetry Violet Isle http://www.violetislemusic.com/ Worth http://worth-music.com/fr_news.cfm Andrew Paul Woodworth http://www.andrewpaulwoodworth.com/ PDX Bridge Festival is also sponsoring six pay-as-you-will bridge walks between July 13 and August 11, all fundraisers for The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver--A Book for Young Readers, another PDX Bridge Festival project. (For more about the book, and how to get your name listed in Big & Awesome's acknowledgement page, visit www.pdxbridgefestival.org.) Bridge Walks: Saturday, July 21, 9 a.m. until noon, the day the Steel Bridge turns 100, join guide Nathan Hoover for a walk across the Steel Bridge and other downtown Portland bridges. Begins at Floyd’s Coffee, 118 NW Couch, Portland. Includes a visit to the Morrison Bridge to meet the operator and tour the bascule pit. No advance reservations necessary. www.willamettebridgewalk.com Saturday, August 11, 9 a.m. until noon, join Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman, authors of The Portland Bridge Book, for a walk across the Steel Bridge and other downtown Portland bridges. Includes a visit to the Morrison Bridge to meet the operator and tour the bascule pit. Begins at Floyd’s Coffee, 118 NW Couch, Portland. No advance reservations necessary. Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14, join Sharon for one-hour walks across the Steel Bridge as part of Union Pacific Railroad’s two-day 150th anniversary celebration at Portland Union Train Station. The Steel Bridge walks, also pay-as-you-will, begin at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., both days, and begin and end at Union Station. No advance reservations necessary. For more about the UP celebration, visit http://up150.com/events/portland-display. More info @ http://pdxbridgefestival.org