Editing Portland, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-09-27 15 17 56 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 611 (Delaware Drive) at the exit for the Portland-Columbia Bridge in Portland, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Route 611|PA Route 611]] northbound at the exit for the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge in Portland]]}}
As of 2007, there were {{convert|4.27|mi}} of public roads in Portland, of which {{convert|1.57|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|2.70|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48412.pdf|title=Portland Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 611]] is the only numbered highway serving Portland. It follows Delaware Drive along a north-south alignment through the heart of the borough. The [[Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge]] crosses the [[Delaware River]] in Portland, connecting the borough to [[U.S. Route 46]], [[New Jersey Route 94]] and [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] in New Jersey.

Portland also has a [[Portland-Columbia Pedestrian Bridge|pedestrian bridge]] that crosses the Delaware River, connecting Portland to [[Columbia, New Jersey|Columbia]] in New Jersey. This bridge is the last of 16 similar footbridges that formerly crossed the Delaware River <ref name=NATGeoAff>{{cite web|url=https://scenicwilddelawareriver.com/entries/portland-columbia-pedestrian-bridge-portland-pa/cb8b296c-13d5-41b4-9258-4096d340df13|title=Scenic Wild Delaware River}} In Affiliation with NatGeo. Retrieved July 17, 2023</ref> and measures a total of {{convert |770|feet}} long.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/31191859/columbia_pedestrian_october_18_1958/ |title="Portland Bridge to be Opened". The Pocono Record. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.}} October 18, 1958, Retrieved July 17, 2023</ref> Prior to the flood of 1955, it was a covered bridge.