Burnside Bridge Will Close For Rose Festival Parade This Weekend

PORTLAND, OR — The Portland Rose Festival's Grand Floral Parade will require the closure of Burnside Bridge for several hours this weekend, forcing TriMet bus route detours on three separate lines.

The Burnside Bridge will close to both cars and through river traffic from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 9.

TriMet bus lines 12-Sandy, 19-Glisan, and 20-Burnside will detour over Steel Bridge during the parade, county transportation officials said. Sidewalks will remain open to pedestrian traffic, but all motor vehicles should seek alternate routes via the Steel or Morrison bridges.

The Rose Festival's Fleet is expected to arrive by water between 3 and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The vessels will reportedly tie up at Waterfront Park, between the Morrison and Steel bridges. They are expected to depart on Monday, June 11, sometime between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.

To keep up to speed with all bridge closures and traffic disruptions, download the free Multnomah County Bridge Alerts mobile app.

For other bridge information, visit MultCo.us/bridges. And for information about the Rose Festival, visit RoseFestival.org.

Top image: June 10, 2017 - Clown Prince, Angel Ocasio, in the Grand Floral Parade, as it stretched through the rain, during Portland Rose Festival 2017 — via Png Studio Photography/Shutterstock