The Green Loop is a proposed

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concept for a 6-mile-long

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, United States. First put forward in 2012, The Green Loop is part of the Portland Central City 2035 plan. Rather than have a single consistent designer, the park will be made of multiple connecting projects led by neighborhood partners.

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*Opened in 2022, The Blumenauer Bridge is the first finished portion the Green Loop, linking the

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with

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for pedestrians and bikers. *Construction on the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project is set to begin in the summer of 2025 creating a pedestrian pathway between the

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and the

. *The Broadway Corridor Project will continue the Green Loop through the addition of two new

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. Construction began in 2024 and is estimated to take 15-20 years. * Block 216 continues the Green Loop path for a single block through downtown. *Central City in Motion includes multiple city updates related to the Green Loop on the east side of the

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from Tilikum Crossing to

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. *The Culinary Corridor has been suggested as a way to add room for

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along the path of the Green Loop as it moves through the heart of downtown. If the full idea were put in place, a parking lane from NW Burnside Blvd. through

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would put food trucks in, what Randy Gragg (director of the Portland Parks Foundation) calls, “underused right of way." The Cart Blocks comprise a portion of this vision, along with Block 216 and Darcelle XV Plaza. *The

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Master Plan would expand the sidewalk along the west side of the south park blocks to create a Green Loop path. *The Southwest Corridor Plan would have added a

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line between

and

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as well as improving biking and pedestrian infrastructure, however the project was paused in 2020 due to lack of funds. *The OMSI Masterplan, approved by the City of Portland Design Commission in 2023, includes a portion of the Green Loop.

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* https://www.pdxgreenloop.org/ {{Parks in Portland, Oregon Linear parks Parks in Portland, Oregon Proposed parks in the United States

Route projects

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