page_title: Madison Street Bridge disaster
section_title: The first Madison Street Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Madison Street Bridge disaster / The first Madison Street Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: Madison Street Bridge No. 2 (rebuilt from Madison Street Bridge No. 1), at Portland, Oregon, across the Willamette River. Various steamboats are moored at Waterfront.
context_page_description: The Madison Street bridge disaster occurred on November 1, 1893, in Portland, Oregon, United States, when a westbound streetcar drove off the open draw of the first Madison Street Bridge. Seven people died. This remains the worst streetcar accident ever to occur in the city of Portland and also the worst bridge disaster in Portland history.
context_section_description: Opened in January 1891, the first Madison Street Bridge was a swing bridge which pivoted on a large central trunnion mounted on a piling structure in the river.  The bridge was poorly designed.  At the time of the accident, the bridge was owned by the City of Portland.
caption: Second (rebuilt) Madison Bridge at Portland, Oregon, showing swing span
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