The $134.6 million, wonderfully named bridge isn't scheduled to open officially until September 12, 2015 (though there will be a soft opening of sorts on August 9 that coincides with Providence Bridge Pedal's 20th anniversary). Planners hope the bridge will connect OHSU students to cheaper rent on the east side, scads of westside food tourists to restaurant-dense Division Street, and would-be toe-dippers to riverfront property along now-desolate Zidell Yards. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry hopes the bridge will bring a real-estate boom to the Central Eastside. The bridge will certainly carry the new Orange Line MAX, connecting downtown Portland to... downtown Milwaukie.