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The bridge is considered responsible for traffic congestion of both road and river vehicles. Plans for a replacement bridge, known as the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project, estimated to cost at least $3.4 billion, had come together by 2012 after many delays, but were very controversial, with both strong support and strong opposition. [8]
The Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee was formed by the Washington legislature in 2017 to study a bridge replacement, but initially had no Oregon representation for a year. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The new committee was formed to prevent $140 million in federal funding allocated for the CRC from being recalled after a deadline, which ...
In 2020, the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project deemed that the current short-span bridge would not survive a major earthquake, and recommended a replacement long-span bridge. [18] Early concepts for the new bridge included designs that resembled nearby Willamette River bridges; [ 19 ] the six finalists, organized into cable-stayed and ...
The bridge was opened on November 15, 1973, [1] [2] at a final cost of $82 million (equivalent to $617 million in 2023), [2] most of which was financed by the Federal Highway Administration. In 1976, an American flag and an Oregon flag were added atop the structure as part of the bicentennial celebration for the United States. [ 5 ]
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The deck was replaced in 2003–04 at a cost of $29.2 million. The bridge is 2,722 ft (830 m) [1] long with 210 ft (64 m) of vertical clearance. The main span is 1,200 ft (366 m) long and the top of the bridge is 340 ft (104 m) above the river. It was designed by Joseph Strauss, the engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge.
(The Center Square) – Crime costs the Oregon economy a substantial amount of money. The economic impact of crime in Oregon was an estimated $14.9 billion in 2023, according to a report released ...
The No. 15 Oregon men, who missed the 2023 meet, will run their 10,000-meter race at 8:10 a.m. "I'm very excited about where our men's and women's teams are sitting right now," Oregon men's coach ...