[OrRando] Re: Longview Bridge

[Kamp, David]

PBP, Portland-Bremerton-Portland.  This jogs my memory.  Couple years ago we mused on POP, Portland-Ontario-Portland, a longer-than-1200K-brevet.  But if we started way east from Portland and just kissed the west reach of Ontario, we'd maybe have a cool ride close to the internationally accepted 1200K.  Or we could actually start our odomoters after leaving Portland, like Govt Camp, then take extra credit for the P-GovC leg.  Well, at least scouting the route would be fun.  It's loosely in the late summer credit card tour plans.  Anyone game for this, contact me off list.

David Kamp
E-: david.kamp at hp.com
Tel: 541-760-5221 (C)

-----Original Message-----
From: orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com [mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com] On Behalf Of Del Scharffenberg
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:21 PM
To: Oregon area Randonneurs
Subject: [OrRando] Re: Longview Bridge

Up until the OrRando era, that bridge was part of our annual 600k route, both going north and returning south.  From 1987 through 2005 we had our own PBP route (Portland-Bremerton-Portland).  As mentioned, STP also uses it, the one day of the year when on a bike you have numbers on your side.

It's not a bad crossing, but does require "sharing the road".  You can hop up on the sidewalk if you want to, similar to the Sellwood Bridge, rideable but narrow.

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