Big bucks for Blatnik Bridge?
This month marks 62 years since the Blatnik Bridge opened for traffic, replacing the Interstate Bridge to link Duluth and Superior.
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This month marks 62 years since the Blatnik Bridge opened for traffic, replacing the Interstate Bridge to link Duluth and Superior.
The replacement I-5 crossing over the Columbia River is expected to cost about $6 billion, and the project is entering a critical phase for securing federal funding.
Advocates of the tunnel say the model 'exposes false assumptions' by IBRP staff.
Presented by local transportation authorities as a simple bridge replacement, an expensive, oversized highway expansion threatens to worsen congestion.
Since its inception two years ago, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has funded nearly $7.9 billion for Washington projects — millions of which have supported upgrades in Whitman County.