Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue MAX Station

Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue
MAX Light Rail Station
Location	229 Southwest Lincoln Street Portland, Oregon United States
Coordinates	45°30′29″N 122°40′51″W / 45.507958°N 122.680857°WCoordinates: 45°30′29″N 122°40′51″W / 45.507958°N 122.680857°W
Owned by	TriMet
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	8 bike rack spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 12, 2015
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station South Waterfront/SW Moody toward SE Park Ave Orange Line PSU South/SW 6th & College toward Union Station

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 1 inch (2.5 cm) 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

• 9 - Powell Blvd
• 17 - Holgate/Broadway

Gallery

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  Station signage in 2015

References

1. "Route and Stations: Lincoln/SW 3rd". Catch the Orange. TriMet. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
2. Fetsch, May (November 22, 2013). "Major public art installations at two future light rail stations". TriMet. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
3. Rose, Joseph (November 27, 2013). "TriMet testing grassy 'eco-track' on Portland-Milwaukie MAX line". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
4. Fetsch, Mary (November 26, 2013). "Innovative eco-track installed at future light rail station along SW Lincoln Street in downtown Portland" (Press release). TriMet. Retrieved September 17, 2015.