This might sound like a dumb question, but I always thought that the streets south of Burnside were aligned with the Willamette River? I love learning about any

This might sound like a dumb question, but I always thought that the streets south of Burnside were aligned with the Willamette River? I love learning about any history/geography stuff, so your comment is super interesting. I grew up outside of Portland, but have only been back a handful of times in the last decade and a half.