Route and Stations

In 2008, jurisdictional partners and the public examined alternatives for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project. Numerous end points, station locations, track alignments and bridge alignments were studied and considered. In July 2008, a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) was approved.

The 2008 LPA route includes:

• an extension of light rail from Portland State University south
• 2 new stations on the west side of the Willamette River
• a multi-use transit bridge spanning the river from OSHU’s future South Waterfront campus to OMSI
• 8 new stations on the east side of the Willamette, beginning at OMSI and proceeding south through inner Southeast Portland and Milwaukie to north Clackamas County
• a south terminus on Park Avenue at Oak Grove

Stations

Design for station areas approved in the 2008 LPA advanced during the year-long Preliminary Engineering phase, which ended on March 31, 2010. Details of much of this preliminary planning and design work can be found in the project Conceptual Design Report.

Portland

	SW Lincoln St Station SW Lincoln Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues at the southern end of downtown Portland
	South Waterfront Station Adjacent to the site of the future OHSU South Waterfront Campus
	OMSI Station Adjacent to OMSI, Portland Opera’s Hampton Opera Center, the Portland Community College Workforce Training Center and bike route connections to the Springwater Cooridor and the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade
	SE Clinton St Station Between SE Division Street and Powell Boulevard at Clinton Street and 12th Avenue, in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood
	SE Rhine St/17th Ave Station South of SE Powell Boulevard at SE Rhine Street and 17th Avenue, in the Brooklyn neighborhood (with pedestrian bridge connection to Fred Meyer corporate headquarters)
	SE Holgate Blvd/17th Ave Station At the juncture of SE Holgate Boulevard and 17th Avenue, in the Brooklyn neighborhood
	SE Bybee Blvd Station At the intersection of SE Bybee and SE McLoughlin boulevards, in the Sellwood-Moreland and Eastmoreland neighborhoods (within walking distance of Reed College)
	SE Tacoma Blvd Station Near the intersection of SE Tacoma and McLoughlin boulevards, in the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek neighborhood (providing a direct connection to the Springwater Corridor) 800-space Park & Ride facility

Milwaukie

SE Lake Ave/SE 21st Ave Station On SE Lake Avenue and 21st Avenue in downtown Milwaukie

Oak Grove

Park Ave Station and Park & Ride At SE Park Avenue and McLoughlin Boulevard in north Clackamas County (connects to the multi-use Trolley Trail) 600-space Park & Ride facility