I've managed to catch it a couple times! But most of the time its already in the middle of a lift. Catching the warning lights and sirens sounding and the lights going to red... that was just too perfectly timed to not record it!
Howdy Sean, I was wondering if I could show your video for part of one I'm working on? (With credit / your permission) I'm putting together a video about the engineering behind the Interstate Bridge and the replacement that almost happened a decade ago. I actually hung out for an entire day in Vancouver hoping to film the lift, but no large ships came by. So I had to pack up without the shot. This video is, frankly, amazing. Anyway, if you're open to sharing -- that would be really cool. If not, it's all good. Cheers, Rob
Incidentally that's exactly why I wanted to start recording when I saw the bridge lift warning signs. I just don't see enough videos of the actual lift process, especially not from the driver's perspective.
@@jordansean18 AWESOME JordanSean! Thank you so much! (What name should I use for credit, e.g. "(Name) was driving on I-5 and saw the bridge lifting...."?)
@@RoadGuyRob you can just say "Sean Bates". This is not an anonymous account (though i don't have the name always rendering consistently. ) Thanks for asking!
@@jordansean18 haha I bet. I was griping to my wife crossing over one today and was like you know what I’m going to look up what that damn thing looks like open 😂
It's apparently to get your attention because the green light doesn't show up until you're already on the downhill toward the gates... And it's a 50mph bridge lol
Nice footage I crossed this bridge when I went to Portland. I’m new to WA and I didn’t know there was a draw bridge on I-5. Also that truck should’ve just keep going 😂
Lol yeah I think he was already trying to stop. If he had kept at speed he definitely would have gotten through just fine. Portland has us all afraid of the light turning red after we enter the intersection because of red light cameras.
Traffic lights weren’t installed until at least 2005. Old photos of the bridge showed that it had black boxes that would activate “STOP” when drawbridge was active
Those STOP signs are still there today (though about a year ago someone hit and destroyed one of the 4 main ones). I don't remember when the lights went on, but I wanna say late 90s (about the same time the Hawthorne bridge in Portland switched it's STOP signs out for lights)
Seeing those lights in the tower and the blinking red lights make me think about wanting to go to CBS Television City in Hollywood, California for my 50th birthday; giggle!🤭🎂
Yeah the semi truck would have been okay to keep going. The drawbridge operator would probably see he was on the bridge and not lower the gates at the far end of the bridge until he was clear of the bridge. Like others stated though, he may have been trying to stop anyway, and it takes longer to stop a semi truck than it does to stop a car.
that is the Oregon Washington lift bridge on I 5. It's pretty interesting how a lift bridge can be on a interstate highway. Usually states won't put lift bridges on highways because it could cause a multi vehicle crash because people are not thinking that the bridge will stop them very quickly from 55 MPH to 0 in a very short amount of time.
@@bridgetraveler7700 that's why they have warning signs and strobe lights going off for miles ahead, plus really loud air sirens! I honestly had never heard the sirens go off until recent years, mostly because the traffic had already stopped by the time I got there
Me and my mom have crossed that bridge several timex on the way to Washington for doctors appointments,never actually seen it opening though,interesting!
@@jordansean18 I think it's both the bridge and vessels, they do that on a lift bridge in Duluth, MN. I believe it's tradition to do this as the bridge tender knows well in advance that the vessel is coming.
Why does the interstate bridge have a secondary gate chain that drops down when the bridge is about to lift. Those gate chains are connected to the hydraulic door
@@ethanx908 did you see the part where the truck overran the barricade? It's actually more like a Railroad crossing arm. That chain net is what would actually stop a runaway vehicle from diving into the river.
I have seen the bridge go up on Steel bridge, Powell,as well as this one when ship go by.I miss my time there.The same Columbia that Lewis and Clark was on.
📺When one of the passengers exclaimed "Don't run the barricade, you dork!" It sounded like he was quoting a line from a science fiction TV show or movie, giggle!🤭
I5? I guess this is the bridge at Portland, on the border between Oregon and Washington, right? (Exit number 1, and the road number in a silhouette of George Washington's head are a bit of the hints). I guess that trucker thought he/she could make it.
@@jordansean18Ah, I see... Hard for me to tell since I've never been there (in fact I've never been in the States at all. I'm Dutch, thus European, you know), so I gotta take your word for it, and I guess it's indeed pretty hard to get a truck to stop from the situation you describe.
No kidding! The first time I saw this bridge with all of it's work lights on, I had to take a photo. It's still up on Wikipedia 🥰 (Also I just realized the wiki page is missing the latest updates to the bridge.. guess I got some editing to do!) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge
Given its an interestate and jams are inevitable do they only allow boat traffic outside rush hour? I mean if its jammed solid it cant open and the boats would have to wait for that to clear. An example is a rail bridge outside NYC that carries Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, Amtrak will refuse to open it during morning and evening rushes.
@@filanfyretracker I think most large river operators try to be courteous, but I'm not aware of any policy that says that river traffic must wait until outside of rush hour. It's pretty uncommon to see a lift during rush hour, but I have gotten stuck on the bridge on my way to a math exam 😅
That's actually a retractable chain net barricade that gets lowered down to deck level. That barricade would (hopefully) stop a highway speed truck from going into the water!
I think the bell was just the door chime on my car. I don't recall hearing any bells on this bridge, just the horn and sirens.. and maybe the beeps from the pedestrian gates
haha, was that you that came through? I was driving home from portland an hour ago and there was a bridge lift.. couldn't see what boat called for it! Sail boat?
When I get a car again, I want to stop at those lift- and drawbridges again, so that I can put my car in park, and long-kiss my sweet bonbon; while he's hanging on to me; giggle!!🤭
@@Jacobgaming1847 it's literally called Interstate Bridge. It's been called that since long before the interstate freeway system. The Wikipedia article is also just called "Interstate Bridge" if you want to look it up 😁
Simi truck take longer to stop than a regular cars i play ats from time to time I had no warning as open I had to slam on the brakes and ended up crashing head on into the bridge because around 70 plus my truck not start and it totaled my trailer that I was pulling
The air sirens are located near all the highway warning signs, and the horns are near the motor houses on each of the two lift spans (I think? Might be on the control booth between the spans)
I am soooo Glad they moved the Draw Bridge in Toledo and made it a nice tall bridge. Traffic sucked when that Bridge would go up. A bit of history on this Bridge: ruclips.net/video/j0wGM-7mtiI/видео.html Info on the bridge: (Tour) Very cool! ruclips.net/video/IcB_7qJ1_qQ/видео.html Pretty cool.
@@reallyjustrandom1230 this bridge rarely goes up, as it was refit in the 1950s with a "humpback" shape that allows most river traffic to pass underneath.
We have heard that Oregon & Washington Governor is to plan to Rebuild the Interstate Bridge that is over 100 Years of Living. By the time Earthquake Rumbles the Bridge could Collapse which is no good & to take a Ferry Temporarily until the Bridge gets Rebuild. It would be nice if there is No Stoplights Draw Bridge on a Highway. It needs to be Free from Stoplights.
@@daeone1514 they pretty much would never dare open it during rush hour. Its been referred to as "the last red light from Mexico to Canada" because its literally the only traffic control on the whole way. ...wait is that still true now that California has interstate customs? *scratches head*
@@jordansean18 California still has a state inspection checkpoint for agricultural purposes near its north end and a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint near the south end. But the agricultural purpose checkpoint, for the most part, doesn't stop cars for that long (the more detailed inspections are for trucks), and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint is rarely activated.
I know it's shaky 😅 I just wanted to share what I could get since I'm never in the right place at the right time for this haha
Great footage of this bridge operating! I have been over this bridge multiple times over the years but I have never seen it operate in person
I've managed to catch it a couple times! But most of the time its already in the middle of a lift. Catching the warning lights and sirens sounding and the lights going to red... that was just too perfectly timed to not record it!
*OH DON’T RUN THE BARRICADE YOU DORK!*
Howdy Sean, I was wondering if I could show your video for part of one I'm working on? (With credit / your permission)
I'm putting together a video about the engineering behind the Interstate Bridge and the replacement that almost happened a decade ago. I actually hung out for an entire day in Vancouver hoping to film the lift, but no large ships came by. So I had to pack up without the shot. This video is, frankly, amazing.
Anyway, if you're open to sharing -- that would be really cool. If not, it's all good.
Cheers, Rob
Absolutely Rob; love your channel. Go right ahead! (Sorry for the shaky camera work haha)
Incidentally that's exactly why I wanted to start recording when I saw the bridge lift warning signs. I just don't see enough videos of the actual lift process, especially not from the driver's perspective.
@@jordansean18 AWESOME JordanSean! Thank you so much! (What name should I use for credit, e.g. "(Name) was driving on I-5 and saw the bridge lifting...."?)
@@RoadGuyRob you can just say "Sean Bates". This is not an anonymous account (though i don't have the name always rendering consistently. )
Thanks for asking!
Apparently this video was made by attaching your phone to a jackhammer attached to a paint shaker during an earthquake.
Lol yup. Makes for an easy tripod to carry in the car!
I still haven’t see it operate and I’ve lived here for years. Super cool
Oh I get stuck behind it a couple times a year just out of coincidence. Was terrible when it made me late for a test at Clark 😅
@@jordansean18 haha I bet. I was griping to my wife crossing over one today and was like you know what I’m going to look up what that damn thing looks like open 😂
Very cool video. Loved the lift sequence. Those horns were fantastic!
Interesting how there is sirens on the Approach Boards which start sounding when the light is still green.
It's apparently to get your attention because the green light doesn't show up until you're already on the downhill toward the gates... And it's a 50mph bridge lol
Nice footage I crossed this bridge when I went to Portland. I’m new to WA and I didn’t know there was a draw bridge on I-5. Also that truck should’ve just keep going 😂
Lol yeah I think he was already trying to stop. If he had kept at speed he definitely would have gotten through just fine.
Portland has us all afraid of the light turning red after we enter the intersection because of red light cameras.
Traffic lights weren’t installed until at least 2005. Old photos of the bridge showed that it had black boxes that would activate “STOP” when drawbridge was active
Those STOP signs are still there today (though about a year ago someone hit and destroyed one of the 4 main ones).
I don't remember when the lights went on, but I wanna say late 90s (about the same time the Hawthorne bridge in Portland switched it's STOP signs out for lights)
@@jordansean18 have they replaced the destroyed sign with a new signal. Can you get a video of the bridge now going north into Washington
Seeing those lights in the tower and the blinking red lights make me think about wanting to go to CBS Television City in Hollywood, California for my 50th birthday; giggle!🤭🎂
Yeah the semi truck would have been okay to keep going. The drawbridge operator would probably see he was on the bridge and not lower the gates at the far end of the bridge until he was clear of the bridge.
Like others stated though, he may have been trying to stop anyway, and it takes longer to stop a semi truck than it does to stop a car.
that is the Oregon Washington lift bridge on I 5. It's pretty interesting how a lift bridge can be on a interstate highway. Usually states won't put lift bridges on highways because it could cause a multi vehicle crash because people are not thinking that the bridge will stop them very quickly from 55 MPH to 0 in a very short amount of time.
@@bridgetraveler7700 that's why they have warning signs and strobe lights going off for miles ahead, plus really loud air sirens! I honestly had never heard the sirens go off until recent years, mostly because the traffic had already stopped by the time I got there
Thank god that “dork” backed up!
Me and my mom have crossed that bridge several timex on the way to Washington for doctors appointments,never actually seen it opening though,interesting!
Excellent capture
That boat’s blowing its horn like a train passing a railroad crossing.
I think it's mostly just the bridge operators that blow the horns around here. This bridge has a bunch of horns and sirens all over 😅
@@jordansean18 I think it's both the bridge and vessels, they do that on a lift bridge in Duluth, MN. I believe it's tradition to do this as the bridge tender knows well in advance that the vessel is coming.
no that horn is on the bridge bridges have horns
We need a Bridge lift ASAP
😳 1:17 The boat horn sure sounds spooky; Eeeeeeeeeeek!!😱
Why does the interstate bridge have a secondary gate chain that drops down when the bridge is about to lift. Those gate chains are connected to the hydraulic door
@@ethanx908 did you see the part where the truck overran the barricade? It's actually more like a Railroad crossing arm. That chain net is what would actually stop a runaway vehicle from diving into the river.
Great video and more
I have seen the bridge go up on Steel bridge, Powell,as well as this one when ship go by.I miss my time there.The same Columbia that Lewis and Clark was on.
Amazing & excellent capture❤
Those sirens sound really creepy!
It sure does! I love a sound like that, so that I can hold on to my sweet bonbon when I hear it!❤
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Wow thank you for this amazing shot 💪
📺When one of the passengers exclaimed "Don't run the barricade, you dork!" It sounded like he was quoting a line from a science fiction TV show or movie, giggle!🤭
Between Oregon and Washington
I5? I guess this is the bridge at Portland, on the border between Oregon and Washington, right? (Exit number 1, and the road number in a silhouette of George Washington's head are a bit of the hints). I guess that trucker thought he/she could make it.
Exactly right! Though in fairness to the trucker, this gate is at the bottom of a steep bump in the bridge
@@jordansean18Ah, I see... Hard for me to tell since I've never been there (in fact I've never been in the States at all. I'm Dutch, thus European, you know), so I gotta take your word for it, and I guess it's indeed pretty hard to get a truck to stop from the situation you describe.
0:09 the lights on the bridge make it look like it's on fire
No kidding! The first time I saw this bridge with all of it's work lights on, I had to take a photo. It's still up on Wikipedia 🥰
(Also I just realized the wiki page is missing the latest updates to the bridge.. guess I got some editing to do!)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge
@@jordansean18 Can you do another video of this bridge in action 🎬?
@@truckspotting7473 I'm not sure how often it's going up right now. I might see if I can post some of my older videos of it in daytime.
Given its an interestate and jams are inevitable do they only allow boat traffic outside rush hour? I mean if its jammed solid it cant open and the boats would have to wait for that to clear.
An example is a rail bridge outside NYC that carries Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, Amtrak will refuse to open it during morning and evening rushes.
@@filanfyretracker I think most large river operators try to be courteous, but I'm not aware of any policy that says that river traffic must wait until outside of rush hour.
It's pretty uncommon to see a lift during rush hour, but I have gotten stuck on the bridge on my way to a math exam 😅
How slow was that crane barge going when it was entering the bridge radius?
They usually come over from the other side of Hayden Island, so I don't think it was going very fast at the time
Hold up…are those inner gates actually their own kind of lift bridges!? I’ve never seen gates like that before…
That's actually a retractable chain net barricade that gets lowered down to deck level. That barricade would (hopefully) stop a highway speed truck from going into the water!
Especially useful on the northbound side where you're trying to slow from 50-60mph on a steep downhill.
They have the sirens on the warning sign but there aren’t tornado shaped sirens
@@Anxxisyt they look more like the sirens on a firetruck
Tell me I'm not the only one who wondered if the bridge was on fire from the way the lighting is.
Yo awesome video my man!
1:17 insert multiple crossing bells and one more long horn here
I think the bell was just the door chime on my car. I don't recall hearing any bells on this bridge, just the horn and sirens.. and maybe the beeps from the pedestrian gates
@@jordansean18reference to railroad crossing
Can you raise the bridge we need a bridge lift
haha, was that you that came through? I was driving home from portland an hour ago and there was a bridge lift.. couldn't see what boat called for it! Sail boat?
@@jordansean18 no it wasn’t me
@@jordansean18 Are you from United Kingdom? (a.k.a the short is UK)
This man really got out of his car! 🤣🤣🤣
@@radanju3 having a 10-minite red light on the interstate is second only to having to reverse traffic 😅
That's nice you don't have to wait and get stuck again.
4 days after a Christmas Day in 2020.
I can see there was a big crane boat just going thru it
How much vehicles did this delay? I hope there is a large fee that boats have to pay to lift the bridge.
When I get a car again, I want to stop at those lift- and drawbridges again, so that I can put my car in park, and long-kiss my sweet bonbon; while he's hanging on to me; giggle!!🤭
Ah I miss this place. Too bad it's gone to hell since I moved
For some reason at first when you were approaching it looked like the bridge was on fire 🤣
I'm dizzy trying to watch it
But why did you call the driver a dork?
whats that very loud horn sound i
Air siren is to alert highway drivers, and the horn is blasted as a signal that the bridge is opening so the boats don't sleep on it 😅
0:19 Yes, that truck driver is a giant twerp.
Eh at least he backed up so the barricade could close 😅
I think it is a pretty bridge but don't have a car so hope they do replace it and add a MAX extension
What is the name of this bridge? I think I seen this on the other side in another video
@@Jacobgaming1847 it's literally called Interstate Bridge. It's been called that since long before the interstate freeway system. The Wikipedia article is also just called "Interstate Bridge" if you want to look it up 😁
可動橋!!
Who constructs a lift bridge for a superhighway? 🤔
They converted the old highway into an interstate back in the 50s
Simi truck take longer to stop than a regular cars i play ats from time to time I had no warning as open I had to slam on the brakes and ended up crashing head on into the bridge because around 70 plus my truck not start and it totaled my trailer that I was pulling
And this is after a steep downhill too, which is why they had lights and sirens ahead 😅
What type of bridge was it?
You can learn more about it on Wikipedia, article is just called Interstate Bridge
ooh you can hear a model L going off
I don't know sirens, but it's a loud little guy about the size and shape of a fire truck siren
@@jordansean18 yeah, i saw it when i went downtown a week or so ago
Timestamp 0:19: That is my favorite part.
Hahaha yeah Rob made sure to clip that part in the intro to his video 😅
You supposed to keep recording until the lights turn green again
@@DestinyTheRealPurpleSparkle next time 😅
What state is the bridge from?
Between Oregon and Washington
@@jordansean18 ok, thank you.
Oregon and Washington to let ship pass.That was so cool to watch.
My my That lorry almost caused an accident
Where is this bridge located?
Columbia river; between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington
NEVER GiVE UP 🎶
where is the horn located
The air sirens are located near all the highway warning signs, and the horns are near the motor houses on each of the two lift spans (I think? Might be on the control booth between the spans)
Wheres that?
Between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington
@@jordansean18 Ok thanks!
I am soooo Glad they moved the Draw Bridge in Toledo and made it a nice tall bridge. Traffic sucked when that Bridge would go up.
A bit of history on this Bridge:
ruclips.net/video/j0wGM-7mtiI/видео.html
Info on the bridge: (Tour)
Very cool!
ruclips.net/video/IcB_7qJ1_qQ/видео.html
Pretty cool.
@@reallyjustrandom1230 this bridge rarely goes up, as it was refit in the 1950s with a "humpback" shape that allows most river traffic to pass underneath.
We have heard that Oregon & Washington Governor is to plan to Rebuild the Interstate Bridge that is over 100 Years of Living. By the time Earthquake Rumbles the Bridge could Collapse which is no good & to take a Ferry Temporarily until the Bridge gets Rebuild. It would be nice if there is No Stoplights Draw Bridge on a Highway. It needs to be Free from Stoplights.
Yeah they're currently drafting a new set of proposals. You can follow it at www.interstatebridge.org/
And only about 40% of the bridge pair is the original bridge. The rest was built in the 50s.
...so... like 60-70 years old for the rest haha
You could take I-205 if that survives. Otherwise, the closest bridges are Bridge of the Gods in the Gorge or the Astoria-Megler bridge in Astoria.
@@busterman5557 Also the Lewis and Clark Bridge between Longview, WA and Rainier, OR.
@@hwyfan True. Don't know why I didn't think of that bridge.
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Who is driving this vehicle?
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Why is there such a bridge on an Interstate
It was here before there was an interstate 😉 they doubled and reshaped it but occasionally large vessels require a lift
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気分良く走っているところに
いきなりSTOPの電光表示では
何の緊急事態なのかとみんなが
腰を抜かす止められ方だ。
船を通す可動橋であると
気づくのに時間がかかってしまう。
That’s a bad spot for an expressway. Cool bridge tho, just a bad location. The expressway
Lol yeah its a 100 year old bridge that was upgraded and retrofitted to carry the interstate freeway
@@jordansean18 the fact that it basically shuts down the expressway gets to me. Traffic after that will be senseless
@@daeone1514 they pretty much would never dare open it during rush hour.
Its been referred to as "the last red light from Mexico to Canada" because its literally the only traffic control on the whole way.
...wait is that still true now that California has interstate customs? *scratches head*
@@jordansean18 yes California has customs on inbound Interstates with stop signs and all that
@@jordansean18 California still has a state inspection checkpoint for agricultural purposes near its north end and a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint near the south end.
But the agricultural purpose checkpoint, for the most part, doesn't stop cars for that long (the more detailed inspections are for trucks), and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint is rarely activated.
You gotta learn how to take better video dude
where is this bridge located?
@@JupiterFan the name is actually "Interstate Bridge", and it's between Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington
@@jordansean18 ok thank you
@@jordansean18 btw what's the ship horn name?