OT: Cars Sliding Down Icy Hill Near OHSU-South Waterfront

This occurred on SW Gaines St. between SW Moody (bottom of hill) and Macadam (top of hill) Avenues in Portland, about two blocks south of the OHSU building.

There were quite a few near-misses but no crashes.  Luckily, no pedestrians, streetcars, or vehicles were hit.

Click on this link to see a video that made national TV news: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-164378#

 That is too funny-I followed a car that slid down that hill on the 15th.  My subaru powered right up and out onto the highway thank goodness!  I don't know any other way out so I would have been in a pickle.

Tina

Glad to read that your Subaru was able to go up that hill.  Apparently you were one of the lucky ones!  I used to have to drive down a very steep incline to get to my parents' house.  When snow or ice was on the street, access was very limited.  So I had to park on the top of the hill and walk down to my parents' house, altho my vehicles had traction tires.  Fortunately, they don't live there anymore, as my mom died and my dad moved elsewhere about a year later.

If you're in a pickle leaving OHSU, one way to get out is to go south on Moody all the way to the end (Bancroft) and then turn right and again at the light on Macadam.  The incline there is not as deep as the one on Gaines.

Another way is to turn right on Moody.  Go under the Ross Island bridge to the traffic light and turn left.  The second light will take you to either I-5 south (turn left) or Clay Street (turn right).