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PORTLAND MAX LIGHT RAIL
Curve Along SW 1st Ave. |
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SW 1st Ave. executes a bend just north of the Skidmore
Fountain station. In fact, the whole orientation of the city's street
pattern shifts in parallel here. W Burnside St., and things to the
north, are laid primarily along cardinal directions. To the south,
streets tilt toward the west and south, in relation to magnetic north as of
when these blocks were plotted in
the mid-nineteenth century. That keeps them roughly parallel
with or perpendicular to the flow of the Willamette River.
One of what was at that time the newest model of light rail vehicles is on the curve. It has five more stations to go on its
inbound run, the old Yellow Line routing to City Center. |
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