Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue station explained
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| Type: | MAX Light Rail station |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 45.508°N -122.6809°W |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Bus Routes: | - FX2, 9, 17, 43
- 291 - Orange Night Bus
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| Bicycle: | 8 bike rack spaces |
| Opened: | September 12, 2015 |
| Accessible: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail-light | | Zoom: | 15 |
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Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue is a light rail station on the MAX Orange Line, located at 229 Southwest Lincoln Street in Portland, Oregon.[1]
Features
Trio, a series of three mixed metal sculptures by Elizabeth Conner, was installed at the site in 2013.[2]
The Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue Mstation features an experimental "eco-track" with 1adj=midNaNadj=mid mats of grass to create a vegetated trackway that reduces stormwater runoff. The surface, which primarily uses species from the Sedum genus of flowering plants, was installed in November 2013 by contractors Stacy and Witbeck on both sides of the station's island platform.[3] [4]
Bus service
, this station is served by the following bus lines:[5]
- FX2–Division
- 9–Powell Blvd
- 17–Holgate/Broadway
- 43–Taylors Ferry Rd
Notes and References
- Web site: Route and Stations: Lincoln/SW 3rd. Catch the Orange. TriMet. September 8, 2015. January 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108144321/https://trimet.org/schedules/maxorangeline.htm#/stations/lincoln-3rd/. live.
- Web site: Major public art installations at two future light rail stations. TriMet. September 12, 2015. November 22, 2013. May. Fetsch. April 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101552/http://news.trimet.org/2013/11/major-public-art-installations-at-two-future-light-rail-stations/. dead.
- News: Rose . Joseph . Joseph Rose (journalist) . November 27, 2013 . TriMet testing grassy 'eco-track' on Portland-Milwaukie MAX line . . September 17, 2015 . September 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918084411/http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/11/trimet_testing_eco-track_on_do.html . live .
- Fetsch . Mary . November 26, 2013 . Innovative eco-track installed at future light rail station along SW Lincoln Street in downtown Portland . TriMet . September 17, 2015 . April 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163101/http://news.trimet.org/2013/11/innovative-eco-track-installed-at-future-light-rail-station-along-sw-lincoln-street-in-downtown-portland/ . dead .
- September 18, 2022 . Rail System . September 18, 2022 . TriMet.
