Sharon and Ed Wortman, authors of Big and Awesome Bridges of Portland and Vancouver, shared fascinating facts about some of Portland's most historic and beautiful bridges. Regional in scope, Big & ...

The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver is a book that gets young kids excited about science and engineering and provides teachers a comprehensive resource for developing engaging elementary ...

The opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge on Labor Day weekend is a source of regional pride - and of regional embarrassment. Yes, the self-anchored suspension span is beautiful, a great ...

Test your Portland bridge IQ with this graphic and the two-part quiz below. (Dan Aguayo/The Oregonian) The new book "Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver" will soon be in front of local ...

OAKLAND — After a 24-year wait for a new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, the first commute day on the Bay Area’s freshest landmark was rather anticlimactic. Sure, there were the expected traffic ...

London's Paddington area has a new drawbridge that only looks like an enormous metal folding fan. To allow boats to wade past on Fridays, Knight Architects and structural engineers AKT II created a ...

Sharon Wood Wortman has been Portland’s “Bridge Lady” for more than two decades. She’s the author of “The Portland Bridge Book,” with her bridge engineer husband, Ed Wortman. She has led bridge ...