If possible, it is also advisable to avoid scheduling meetings and appointments on the hill and at the waterfront on the same day.Īnyone needing ADA access and transport will need to speak to an attendant for assistance. and 4 to 6 p.m.) Nonetheless, people should plan to add as much as 30 minutes to their usual trip. More shuttles will run during peak travel times (7 to 9 a.m. Shuttles will run during the tram’s normal operating hours. Explore direct connections to the hill or waterfront here. Passengers can catch a shuttle bus from the South Waterfront at SW Whitaker between SW Bond Ave and SW River Pkwy (see on Google Maps: ) and on Marquam Hill at the Kohler Pavilion roundabout at 808 SW Campus Drive (see on Google maps: ).Ĭommuters who transfer to the tram as part of their normal route are advised during the closure to plan an alternative route that does not involve a waterfront to hill transfer or vice versa, if possible. For more detail about the current operations, which were adjusted in June, see the PBOT travel advisory from that time.ĭuring the closure, shuttle buses will run between Oregon Health & Science University’s South Waterfront and Marquam Hill campuses. Tram ridership has been limited to patients and essential healthcare employees only since March, under safety precautions for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The haul rope, used to propel the tram cabins from one station to the other, stretches over time and must be shortened approximately every 18 months. The closure will allow crews to shorten the tram’s haul rope. The work is scheduled for the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend, when the tram experiences lower than normal use and also closes for the national holiday. The panel landed on the staircase of the bridge located below and struck a pedestrian. INTRODUCTION On December 4 th, 2018 at 11:52 AM the uphill roof panel from Cabin 2 of the Portland Aerial Tramway fell during a trip.
24, 2020) The Portland Aerial Tram will close for scheduled maintenance from 7:30 p.m. Portland Aerial Tram Body Panel Dislocation Incident Ridgeline Engineering Company 2 April 2019 1. Approximately 1,250t of steel and 450t of concrete were used in construction.Workers atop a Portland Aerial Tram rope tower during the haul rope replacement maintenance project in 2016. Travelling up to 175ft above the ground, the tram can operate safely in winds of up to 50mph. The Portland Aerial Tram currently serves as an access checkpoint for Oregon Health and Science Universitys Kohler Pavilion and is still closed to general. The central tower provides the intermediate support, while the lower station houses mechanical equipment to operate the tram and the bollards that serve as the fixed ends of the tram cables. Its steel legs and concrete shear walls sit on a 10ft-thick reinforced concrete mat, supported on 76 drilled piers that extend 20 to 50ft below the mat. The 200ft-tall upper station is the world’s tallest upper tram tower. Its lower station serves as the public centre of a new urban community springing up on Portland’s south waterfront. The tram is driving investment and renewal in the formerly underused industrial neighbourhood. Arup provided structural, mechanical, electrical and public health engineering for the project.Ĭonsisting of upper and lower stations and a 197ft central support tower, the tram links Portland’s Marquam Hill with the Willamette River area and was designed to be unobtrusive against its panoramic backdrop. The Portland Aerial Tram connects the upper and lower facilities of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
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