Burnside Street is a major thoroughfare of
Portland, in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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, and one of a few east–west streets that runs uninterrupted on both sides of the
Willamette River
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. It serves as the dividing line between North Portland and South Portland. Its namesake bridge,
Burnside Bridge, is one of the most heavily traversed in Portland.
In
Gresham between approximately the east 18300 block to Mt. Hood Hwy (and E Powell Blvd/SE Powell Valley Rd), Burnside runs southeast–northwest and is no longer the divide between northeast and southeast on the City of Portland-Multnomah County street grid. Additionally (as you travel southeast), SE Burnside St becomes NW Burnside Road at SE 202nd/NW Birdsdale Ave, and NE Burnside Rd at N Main Ave in Gresham. Burnside Road's eastern terminus is where it meets Mt. Hood Hwy (US-26), E Powell Blvd (US-26), and SE Powell Valley Road.
History
What is now Burnside Street was originally named B Street east of Southwest 16th Avenue and Washington Street west of S.W. 16th (as a continuation of Washington Street from downtown). In 1891, B Street was renamed for Portland merchant David Burnside, and in 1933 Washington Street west of SW 16th was renamed Burnside Street.
Burnside became Portland's principal east–west axis following the 1912 Bennett Plan, soon becoming one of the widest streets in the city.
The street runs from SW Barnes Road in
Sylvan-Highlands to the
Mount Hood Highway in
Gresham, a distance of over . It crosses the Willamette River via the Burnside Bridge, where the
White Stag sign is visible.
For a number of years, the portion of Burnside between NW 19th Avenue and NE Sandy Boulevard was designated
U.S. Route 30. It is served by
TriMet
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bus line 20 between Barnes Road and NE/SE 102nd Avenue, and several
MAX Blue Line
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light-rail stations are located along its route in East Portland between
102nd Avenue and
Ruby Junction.
Buildings and businesses
Notable buildings on Burnside Street include
Bossanova Ballroom, the
Crystal Ballroom,
Laurelhurst Theater, and the
Roseland Theater. Notable businesses that have operated on Burnside include:
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Alexis Restaurant
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Ate-Oh-Ate
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Dante's
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Dimo's Apizza
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Canard
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Doug Fir Lounge
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Franks-A-Lot
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Fifty Licks
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Fire on the Mountain
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Flying Fish Company
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Heart Coffee Roasters
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Hippo Hardware and Trading Company
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HunnyMilk
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Laurelhurst Market
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Le Pigeon
Le Pigeon is a French bistro in Portland, Oregon's Buckman, Portland, Oregon, Buckman neighborhood, in the United States.
History
Le Pigeon was previously known as Colleen's Bistro. Head chef Gabriel Rucker invested in the restaurant and became ...
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Lonesome's Pizza
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Mad Greek Deli
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PaaDee
PaaDee (or Paadee) is a Thai restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
PaaDee is a Thai restaurant on East Burnside Street in the southeast Portland part of the Kerns neighborhood. Erin DeJesus of ''Eater Portland'' has described the me ...
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Pix Pâtisserie
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RingSide Steakhouse
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Rontoms
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Screen Door
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Straight from New York Pizza
The
Cart Blocks operate in
Ankeny Square on Burnside.
See also
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Barbara Walker Crossing
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United Airlines Flight 173
References
External links
The 1978 Burnside Airplane Crash– ''
Portland Monthly''
{{Streets in Portland, Oregon
Streets in Portland, Oregon