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The bridge carries a section of Interstate 5 (I-5) over the Skagit River between Mount Vernon and Burlington, in Washington state, about 60 miles (97 km) north of Seattle. I-5 is the primary highway between the metropolitan areas of Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. Before the collapse, approximately 71,000 vehicles crossed the bridge ...
Designated. November 10, 1978. The Skagit River (/ ˈskædʒɪt / SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 hectares) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of ...
1512052 [4] Website. burlingtonwa.gov. Burlington is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. Its population was recorded as 9,152 in the 2020 census. [5] Burlington is located approximately halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, Canada. The city is included in the Mount Vernon – Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington, United States. Its defining feature is the Skagit River, which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County, Mount Vernon, as well as Sedro-Woolley, Concrete, Lyman - Hamilton, and Burlington. The local newspaper is Skagit Valley Herald ...
State Route 20. State Route 20 (SR 20), also known as the North Cascades Highway, is a state highway that traverses the U.S. state of Washington. It is the state's longest highway, traveling 436 miles (702 km) across the northern areas of Washington, from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula to US 2 near the Idaho ...
[128] [129] The northern section was declared complete after a bypass of Mount Vernon and Burlington, including a new bridge over the Skagit River, was opened to traffic in June 1957. [ 130 ] The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 , signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1956, formally authorized the creation and majority ...
Mount Vernon is the county seat of and the most populous city in Skagit County, Washington, United States.A central location in the Skagit River Valley, the city is located 51 miles (82 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border and in between Vancouver, British Columbia (located 80 miles [130 km] to the north) and Seattle (60 miles [97 km] to the south).
skagitcounty.net. Skagit County / ˈskædʒɪt / is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,523. [1] The county seat and largest city is Mount Vernon. [2] The county was formed in 1883 from Whatcom County [3] and is named for the Skagit Indian tribe, which has been indigenous to the area prior to ...