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Formally known as the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, the mile-and-a-half long pedestrian and bicycle promenade follows the east side of the Willamette River, which runs through the heart of Portland. Connecting to the river’s west side Tom McCall Waterfront Park, it completes a recreational riverside loop, plus a bicycle commuter route between eastside neighborhoods and downtown.
Connection points are at the historic Steel Bridge on the Esplanade’s north end and the Hawthorne Bridge on the south.
The north end crossing, the Steel Bridge RiverWalk, is a specially built pedestrian and bicycle bridge deck just 30 feet above the river that offers stunning views of downtown and the city’s series of bridges, including the Burnside and Morrison. Trains rumble along on a separate deck of the Steel Bridge, and cars and light rail whiz by on the upper deck.

