Editing Reed College (section)

===Reed Canyon===
[[File:Blue Bridge at Reed College 2012.JPG|thumb|The eastern half of the Canyon, visible from [[Blue Bridge (Reed College)|Blue Bridge]]]]
The Reed College Canyon, a natural area and national wildlife preserve, bisects the campus, separating the academic buildings from many of the residence halls (the so-called ''cross-canyon halls''). The canyon is filled by Crystal Creek Springs, a [[Spring (hydrosphere)|natural spring]] that drains into [[Johnson Creek (Oregon)|Johnson Creek]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Ben | last = Jacklet | title = One vine at a time | newspaper = Willamette Week | date = June 28, 2005 | url = http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=30595 | access-date = March 26, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070106010059/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=30595 | archive-date = January 6, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Canyon Day, a tradition dating back to 1915, is held twice a year. On Canyon Day students and Reed neighbors join canyon crew workers to spend a day helping with restoration efforts.<ref name="canyon">{{cite web |url= http://web.reed.edu/canyon/cday/history.html |title= Canyon Day History |access-date=February 7, 2011 |work= Reed College Canyon |publisher= Reed College}}</ref>

A landmark of the campus, the [[Blue Bridge (Reed College)|Blue Bridge]], spans the canyon. This bridge replaced the unique cantilevered bridge that served in that spot between 1959 and 1991, which "featured stressed plywood girders – the first time this construction had been used on a span of this size: a straight bridge {{convert|132|ft|m}} long and {{convert|15|ft|m}} high. It attracted great architectural interest during its lifetime".<ref>{{cite web | title = Exploring Reed's Vanished Buildings | publisher = Reed Magazine |date=August 2005 | url = http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/aug2005/features/vanished_buildings/2.html }}</ref>

A new [[Pedestrian Bridge (Reed College)|pedestrian and bicycle bridge]] spanning the canyon was opened in Fall 2008. This bridge, dubbed the "Bouncy Bridge", "Orange Bridge", and in some cases the "Amber Bridge" by students, is {{convert|370|ft|m}} long, about a third longer than the Blue Bridge, and "connect[s] the new north campus quad to Gray Campus Center, the student union, the library, and academic buildings on the south side of campus".<ref name="romel"/>