This morning Peter and I participated in the Providence Bridge Stride. As you may know Portland has several bridges – 11 to be exact. The Providence Bridge Pedal (and Bridge Stride) is a yearly event allowing participants to cross the bridges by bicycle or foot. This Included bridges that normally do not allow pedestrian/cyclist access. Cyclists can cross 6, 8, or 11 bridges. In the stride you cross 2 bridges by foot along a 5 mile route. That’s what Peter and I did.

We took the MAX train downtown and got off near the start of the stride and checked in. Here’s Peter in his COOL vest:

Waiting for the start time (8am)… lots of participants!

The first bridge we crossed is the Fremont Bridge which is I-405. This was the one I was most excited about because it’s normally buzzing with traffic round the clock!

Walking onto the exit ramp:

Excited to be here!

You can see some cyclists also crossing:

The second bridge we crossed was the Steel Bridge. This was exciting because I had never done it, but not quite as cool/exclusive because this pedestrian path is always open.

I’m glad I know about this spot though. Such wonderful views of downtown can be seen here. I snapped a photo but I will definitely come back on a nicer day.

We made it back to the finish line to pick up our finisher pins and hydrate. It was a fun event!