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The bridge requires about $40,000 worth of grease a year to keep it in shape.

Will Washington and Oregon be able to avoid the problems that plagued their last attempt to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge? Transportation officials are working diligently to ensure it happens.

WSDOT updates transportation in the state due to the pandemic and lockdown Each quarter, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) publishes a Gray Notebook to inform citizens and legislators about the state of transportation in Washington. The March 2021 snapshot revealed some important perspective on the choices of drivers as the state began recovering from the pandemic lockdown. People have resumed using their cars. WSDOT reports “8 percent fewer vehicles traveling on monit...

New timeline announced for replacement of I-5 bridge A new push to replace the Interstate 5 bridge is well underway, and far enough along for officials to release a timeline to complete design and start construction. Author: Tim Gordon Updated: 6:38 PM PDT July 20, 2021 VANCOUVER, Wash. — The push to replace the Interstate 5 bridge is far enough along that officials have released a timeline for the design and construction of the new bridge.  It is no small pro...

Billed as a "bridge replacement," the latest iteration of the Columbia River Crossing project is a costly expansion that will impose new tolls and cost upwards of $5 billion, according to an article by Joe Cortright.

Lawmakers in Washington had floated the idea of funding their share of the bridge project this year.

"Its big, its bold, its what America needs," Oregon congressman Earl Blumenauer said about the plan. "Its earth-shaking. It deals with broadband, it deals with bridges and sewers, whats going to happen in terms of the electrical grid." To pay for the plan, president Joe Biden would reverse the Trump Administrations lowered corporate tax rate of 21%, upping it to 28%. "Its a plan that puts millions of Americans to work to fix whats broken in this country," Biden said. The bill would create thous...

The program will replace the I-5 bridge across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington. Author: Chris McGinness Updated: 7:04 PM PST March 9, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — The words "equity" and "inclusion" have been on many peoples mind in the last year. The man heading the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program must make sure those words have meaning, and he’s got unique perspective to guide him. Greg Johnson has nearly 40 years of engineering experience wi...

Train and transit ridership decline especially in COVID-19 era A Portland-to-Seattle to Vancouver, BC high speed rail line took another small step forward last week.  Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia are studying how ultra-high-speed ground transportation might serve the Pacific Northwest. A 2018 study estimated capital costs for the project ranging from $24 billion to $42 billion in 2017 dollars. Ultra-high speed ground transportation refers to technology such as high speed electrifie...