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The Interstate Bridge's name is a simple descriptive one based on its location, as a bridge connecting two states. [2] In 1917, the new bridge gave its name to a Portland arterial street. Shortly before the bridge opened, a pair of streets through North Portland that were planned to be treated as the main route to and from the bridge, Maryland ...
Interstate Bridge (Portland–Vancouver Highway Bridge) 1917* (and second, parallel bridge in 1958) Truss with lift span: 3,538 feet (1,078 m) Columbia River: Interstate 5: Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge: 1982: Segmental: 11,750 feet (3,580 m) Columbia River: Interstate 205
The Oregon state government initially proposed numbering the auxiliary Interstates using lettered suffixes, but were denied in 1958 by the American Association of State Highway Officials (forerunner to the AASHTO). [7] The last section of the Interstate Highway system to be built in Oregon, on I-82 near Hermiston, opened on September 20, 1988. [8]
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad: 1935 161 233.99 Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge: Coos Bay: 1936 5308 Designed by Conde McCullough as the North Bend Bridge; [6] on the NRHP. [5] 233.09 Haynes Inlet Bridge: Haynes Inlet: 2004 770 223.21 Tenmile Creek: 1954, 1989 on frontage road 420 213.23 Ranch Road 1966 133 212.27 Scholfield Creek: 1952 ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday toured the century-old Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland, Oregon, with southwest Washington state, a vital but earthquake ...
The main span, near the Washington side, is 600 ft (183 m) long with 144 ft (44 m) of vertical clearance at low river levels. The bridge was named for Glenn Jackson, the chairman of the Oregon State Highway Commission and later the Oregon Economic Development Commission. [8] The average weekday traffic during 2019 was 166,152 vehicles. [2]
The project to replace the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River on Interstate 5 connecting Washington and Oregon is estimated to cost $6 billion.
U.S. Route 97 (US 97) is a major north–south route of the United States Numbered Highway System in the Pacific Northwest region. It runs for approximately 670 miles (1,078 km) through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, primarily serving interior areas on the east side of the Cascade Mountains.