The Columbia River in NW USA is the largest river by flow rate flowing into the Pacific ocean from the Americas. Consequently it has large bridges and also the Bonneville dam. Portland, Oregon lies on the south bank of the Columbia River and is on the Williamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River. A photo shows the area covered by this package.
The MSFS scenery is a vast improvement over previous flight sims. However bridges over large waterways, rivers or other bodies of water are very noticeable and are an eyesore destroying realism. Rkbridger packages solve that issue with bridge packages which show the bridges in their true magnificence and also improve the entire landscape, including marinas and river traffic, along the stretch of water modeled. All bridges are modeled in the correct architectural style with appropriate night lighting and with traffic flowing on the bridges.
The last bridge modeled on the Williamette River is the art deco style Oregon City Arch bridge designed by Conde McCullough and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is just down stream from the Williamette Falls and Locks which have also been improved in this package.
The Astoria-Megler Bridge and the Lewis and Clark Bridge were done by Asobo.
POIs have been placed at each model and are listed below.
Photogrammetry must be ON to ensure models integrate correctly with the sim.
Models of bridges, dams and locks are listed below:
Youngs Bay Bridge; between Astoria Regional Airport and the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Columbia River:
BN Rail Bridge 9-6
Oregon Slough Rail Bridge
Oregon Washington 2 Bridges
I-5 Columbia River Bridge
Jackson 2 Bridges
Bonneville Dam, Locks and Powerhouses.
Bridge of the Gods
Williamette River
Wapato Bridge
St Johns Bridge
BN Williamette Lift Rail Bridge
Fremont Bridge
Broadway Bridge
Steel Bridge
Burnside Bridgeport
Morrison Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge
Marquam Bridge
Ross Island Bridge
Tilikum Crossing Bridge
Sellwood Bridge
Oak Grove Rail Bridge
Abernathy Bridge
Oregon City Arch Bridge – Designer Conde McCullough
I live near Portland and not only drive over these bridges... I fly over many of them in a Cirrus! My only wish is the Abernathy and Oregon City Arch would have been included... for that I would have given you 6 Stars!