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The Portland Streetcar heads north on Southeast Grand Avenue during testing. The line opens to the public on Friday with free rides on the first weekend o f service.
Streetcar loop
opens Friday
with free rides
Eastside Connection
enue and Lovejoy Street, the new continue south through downtown
line will cross the Broadway Bridge via Southwest 10th and 11th Av­
The Portland Streetcar is about and travel through the Lloyd and enues to the Portland State Univer­
Central East Side districts to the sity campus at Market Street. Ser­
to double its service.
On Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 Oregon Museum of Science and vice will overlap with the existing
and 23, the non-profit transporta­ Industry via Northeast and South­ route extending from Northwest 23rd
tion link will officially open its East east Grand Avenue, Martin Luther Avenue to Southwest Lowell Street
Side Loop extension with free rides King Jr. Boulevard, and Northeast in the South Waterfront.
The celebration will begin Friday
on the first weekend o f operations. Seventh Avenue.
On
the
west
side,
the
line
will
Starting at Northwest Ninth Av-
at 10 a.m. atOM SI with speeches by
L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
by
Mayor Sam Adams, Congressmen Heritage Center will also hold a spe­
Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio, cial exhibit, “Streetcars Build a City,”
Metro chair Tom Hughes and oth­ from 10a.m. to4:30p.m . at 701 S.E.
ers. Festivities at OMSI will con­ Grand Ave.
tinue until 3 p.m. with live music and
Since the W estside streetcar
vendors.
opened in 2001 on tracks separate
Immediately to the east, the new from the MAX light rail system,
Oregon Rail Heritage Center will hold most of its route has been in the
its grand opening in conjunction
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with the event. The Architectural
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