Interstate/Rose Quarter is the last stop in the free rail zone on the Yellow Line and is located a block away from (with bus stops inbetween) of the Rose Quarter Transit Center Station on the Blue, Red and Green Lines. Just south of the station the lines tracks combine to cross the Steel Bridge over the Willamette River into the City Center. The station has two wide side platforms in the middle of Interstate Avenue and run north from the intersection with Multnomah Street and is right across from the Rose Garden home to the Portland Trail Blazers. The platforms each have a canopy over about have the platforms and a sets of electric trees. This artwork by Brian Borello are illuminated using electricity generated from built in solar panels at night (Public Art on MAX Yellow Line).
Photos 1-2 taken on 5 July, 2006, 3-11 on 2-11 16 October, 2011
Union Station/NW 5th & Glisan
