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Interstate Bridge looking north from Oregon, 1917 Postcard showing streetcar tracks, period autos. Before a permanent crossing existed between Portland and Vancouver, there was an overcrowded ferry system operated by Pacific Railway, Light & Power Co.
The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, or I-205 Bridge, is a segmental bridge that spans the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. It carries Interstate 205, a freeway bypass of Portland, Oregon. The structure is maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The 1908 opening of the Columbia River bridge completed the all-rail route ("Prairie Line") between Seattle and Portland, eliminating the need for the ferry crossing at Kalama. [10]: 12 [12] By August 1909, the NP ran four daily round trips between Portland and Seattle.
Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington 45°37′29″N 122°41′27″W / 45.624722°N 122.690833°W / 45.624722; -122.690833 ( Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge
The route of the Cascades generally runs parallel to I-5 within Washington state. I-5 enters Washington on the Interstate Bridge, a pair of vertical-lift bridges that span the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. The bridge is the only point on I-5 where vehicles have to stop for cross traffic, because of the ...
Champoeg Road bridge Pipeline (Prior to 1958, carried OR 219, between the north ends of Riverside Road and Champoeg Road in Marion County and the south end of Wynooski Street in Newberg. Replaced an earlier ferry between Champoeg Road and the south end of Dog Ridge Road, about 1,200 feet (370 meters) west of the current highway bridge.) Newberg ...
Construction is expected to begin in 2027. ... The Wright's Ferry Bridge, which carries Route 30 over the river, opened in 1972, McClure wrote in his newest edition of "Never to be Forgotten."
Scholl settled in the area in 1848, and began operating the ferry in 1850, along what was then the main route between Portland and the upper portions of the Willamette Valley. [12] In the late 1850s, Scholl built a covered toll bridge across the river, but it was washed away in a flood. [ 12 ]