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===Cityscape=== {{See also|Architecture of Portland, Oregon|List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon|Downtown Portland}} Portland's cityscape derives much of its character from the many bridges that span the Willamette River downtown, several of which are historic landmarks, and Portland has been nicknamed "Bridgetown" for many decades as a result.<ref name="bridgetown"/> Three of downtown's most heavily used bridges are more than 100 years old and are designated historic landmarks: [[Hawthorne Bridge]] (1910), [[Steel Bridge]] (1912), and [[Broadway Bridge (Portland, Oregon)|Broadway Bridge]] (1913). Portland's newest bridge in the downtown area, [[Tilikum Crossing]], opened in 2015 and is the first new bridge to span the Willamette in Portland since the 1973 opening of the double-decker [[Fremont Bridge (Portland)|Fremont Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Newcomb|first=Tim|date=August 20, 2015|title=You Can't Drive Across This Gorgeous Bridge|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/g2136/portland-tillikum-crossing-bridge-no-cars/|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=Popular Mechanics}}</ref> Other bridges that span the Willamette River in the downtown area include the [[Burnside Bridge]], the [[Ross Island Bridge]] (both built 1926), and the double-decker [[Marquam Bridge]] (built 1966). Other bridges outside the downtown area include the [[Sellwood Bridge]] (built 2016) to the south; and the [[St. Johns Bridge]], a [[Gothic revival]] suspension bridge built in 1931, to the north. The [[Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge]] and the [[Interstate Bridge]] provide access from Portland across the Columbia River into Washington state. {{multiple image | align = center | direction = vertical | header = | header_align = center | header_background = | footer = | footer_align = center | footer_background = | width = | image1 = HawthorneBridge-Pano.jpg | width1 = 600 | alt1 = | caption1 = Panorama of downtown Portland in the day. [[Hawthorne Bridge]] viewed from a dock on the Willamette River near the [[Oregon Museum of Science and Industry]]. | image2 = Portland from Pittock Mansion October 2019 panorama 2.jpg | width2 = 600 | alt2 = | caption2 = Panorama of downtown Portland in the evening against the backdrop of [[Mount Hood]], viewed from [[Pittock Mansion]]. }} {{wide image|WillametteRvrPano edit.jpg|600px|align-cap=center|The Willamette River runs through the center of the city, while [[Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon|Mount Tabor]] (center<!--Please scroll the picture (or your page) horizontally and look at the entire image, before you attempt to edit this.-->) rises on the city's east side. [[Mount St. Helens]] (left) and [[Mount Hood]] (right center) are visible from many places in the city.}}
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