Events

WaterWatch at the Portland Bridge Swim

Sunday, July 12, 2026
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cathedral Park
Beneath the St. Johns Bridge
N. Edison St. and N. Pittsburg Ave.
Portland, OR 97203

The Portland Bridge Swim returns to the Willamette River on Sunday, July 12th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as participants make the 11-mile swim in the Willamette from Sellwood Riverfront Park to Cathedral Park beneath the St. John’s Bridge. WaterWatch will be at Cathedral Park throughout the event to talk with attendees as swimmers pass beneath all 12 of Portland’s Willamette River bridges along the way.

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