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Hamilton is key to traveling across and in Bridlemile.

Bridlemile's many creeks have influenced the street patterns that were built in Bridlemile.

If you want to drive or bike inside of Bridlemile, e.g. to Bridlemile Elementary School (green shadowed lines) there are three choke points (red ellipses) that block east-west travel in Bridlemile. From west(left) to east(right) they are the creek and road cut from SW 60th Pl to east of SW 58th, the creek crossing between Shattuck and SW 47th, and the creek crossing and road cut between SW45th and SW42nd. Since Hamilton is the only route to bike or drive through these points (without having to go up to Patton or Tunnelwood, or down to BvHwy), Hamilton is key to bike and auto travel.

Similarly when driving or biking across Bridlemile heading west from Bridlemile, Raleighwood Ln is the route to the back streets of Beaverton. Heading east on Sunset (off Dosch) is the bike route to Hillsdale. Without going up to Patton (a very bike unfriendly street) or down to BvHwy (a heavy fast traffic highway, with bike lanes) Hamilton is the only choice for crossing Bridlemile by bike.

The creek crossing and road cut at SW 58th forces SW Trail 1(dark orange shadowed line that runs east-west) to go along SW Hamilton from Scholls Ferry on the west to SW 53rd. Because of two creek crossings that are for pedestrians only (one near Shattuck and SW 53rd and the other between SW 45th and Glencullen), SW Trail 1 can stay on pedestrian friendly side streets. Similarly north-south running SW Trail 7 (light orange shadowed trail) takes advantage of those two pedestrian crossings to avoid busy streets.

Students north of Hamilton trying to walk to Bridlemile Elementary School can use a pedestrian bridge across Ivey Creek between SW Lowell and SW 48th; students south of Hamilton can use SW Trail 1 to avoid the choke point. Because there are two long sets of stairs leading down to and up from the Ivey Creek bridge, that route is not ADA compliant nor stroller friendly. Also people heading east from homes west of SW 58th again have to use SW Hamilton. And for many who live east of SW 45th, SW Hamilton is again the only reasonable walking route heading west to Hamilton Park and Bridlemile Elementary School.

These are some of the main reasons why improvements on SW Hamilton are needed to make pedestrian and bicycle travel safer and more attractive as options to driving for many trips inside or across Bridlemile.