Infrastructure - Traffic
High crash streets
Bridlemile’s portion of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (B-H Hwy) is one of Portland’s 30 highest crash streets and intersections (source: Portland-gov - High Crash streets and intersections).
This B-H-Hwy portion of Portland’s and Bridlemile’s streets hosted Portland’s first radar speed camera system. The Portland Bureau of Transportation activated it on August 25, 2016. Within 30 days of it operating, the reported number of speedsters identified declined by 95%, from 1,417 per day to 72 per day. (Source: OregonLive, December 5, 2016).
Pedestrian crossings
A pedestrian crossing is intended to be a safe place for pedestrians to cross a street.
Bridlemile has five pedestrian crossings along Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, two on SW Shattuck, and two near Bridlemile School on SW Hamilton Street.
The ones on B-H Highway have pedestrian activated buttons. The others do not.
Traffic Signals
Bridlemile has five different traffic signals. These are at:
1. Scholls Ferry Road and SW Patton Road
2. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway
3. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW 56th
4. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Shattuck Road
5. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW 39th
In addition, it has:
- flashing red lights at the intersection of SW Hamilton Street and SW Shattuck Road.
- a school zone flashing light on SW Hamilton Street neat SW 47th.
And more traffic signals are just outside of Bridlemile,
1. At the intersection of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Dosch Road
2. At the intersection of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and Olson Road and SW Scholls-Ferry Road.
Traffic Calming Devices
Bridlemile has 13 speed humps on SW Hamilton Street and 14 on SW Shattuck Road.
They have five more along SW 47th, next to Hamilton Park and Bridlemile School.
Also, Julia Street, SW 48th, and SW 45th have speed bumps.
For more information:Wikipedia – Speed bump
