Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg

Subject: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: GUEST,Sonja
Date: 10 Sep 01 - 01:14 AM

Oh, the Ross Island Bridge is a fix-it-up bridge,

The Ross Island Bridge gonna be so fine,

But now the Ross Island Bridge is a fix-it-up bridge,

If you want to drive it, first you got to find it,

I been drivin' 'round in circles near the Ross Island Bridge.

You Portlanders know what I'm talking about. How about some verses.

Sonja

Subject: RE: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: GUEST,Sonja
Date: 10 Sep 01 - 10:25 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: Amergin
Date: 10 Sep 01 - 10:31 PM

maybe a bit of background information for those who don't live here?

Subject: RE: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: Ebbie
Date: 10 Sep 01 - 10:37 PM

Oh, the Ross Island bridge is easy to find Just keep turning left on your way out of town Dip down out of sight in a straight away line You'll come out at its foot. Waiter! A crown.

Subject: RE: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: GUEST,Sonja
Date: 17 Sep 01 - 10:36 PM

Amergin,
It's just that Portland has for some time been upgrading and repairing a number of its bridges over the Willamette (accent on the second syllable) River, which runs right through the middle of the greater Portland area.
The Ross Island Bridge has had many of its on and off ramps closed for months (years?)--some of them all the time and some of them only at certain hours. Thus, for example, you can go over the bridge at, say 7:00PM and try to return home via the same route an hour later, only to find the ramp is closed and you have to drive a very circuitous route to get back across the river.
It's not that this is the only construction going on or the only affected bridge, but the similarity of "Rock Island" and "Ross Island" inspired someone at a song circle recently to suggest that someone should write a parody of "Rock Island Line" about the Ross Island Bridge.
Sonja

Subject: RE: Portland Song Challenge:RossIslandBridg
From: GUEST,Sonja
Date: 26 Sep 01 - 03:21 AM

Whaddya know? They done finished the damned thaing! I drove over it tonight and all the on and off ramps seem to be usable, for the first time in years!

Oh, the Ross Island Bridge is a mighty fine bridge,

The Ross Island Bridge no longer hard to find.

Oh, the Ross Island Bridge still a parking lot at five o'clock,

But in a minute you can drive onto the Ross Island Bridge.