Tag Archives: Columbia River Bridge/Columbia River Crossing (CRC)

Federal government commits $600M to I-5 bridge replacement – OPB’s Think Out Loud

Last week delegates from Washington state announced that the effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge spanning the Columbia River will get $600 million from a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. Replacing the century-old bridge is expected to cost around $6 billion. Planners overseeing the project hope $2.5 billion of that will come from federal […]
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Feds pledge $600M for new I-5 bridge linking Washington and Oregon

The current spans are at risk of failure in an earthquake. The grant is the first significant commitment of federal dollars for the replacement project, which has been under discussion for over two decades. The federal government will plunk down more than a half-billion dollars to help cover the cost of replacing the Interstate 5 […]
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Effort to replace Interstate 5 Bridge gets $600 million from feds

Replacing the century-old bridge is expected to cost around $6 billion. Planners overseeing the project have banked on $2.5 billion of that to come from federal grants. The federal government is preparing to give a massive amount of money to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge between Washington and Oregon. On Friday, delegates from Washington state […]
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Taxes, tolls, tugboats: Interstate 5 Bridge faced growing pains

Historical tidbits show opening second span didn’t ease all bumps in road. The Columbian has explored the history of the Interstate 5 Bridge — from the first ferry service in 1846 to the opening of the second span — in a series of stories over the past year. Our research turned up interesting historical tidbits […]
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Oregon, Washington lawmakers upbeat about Interstate 5 bridge replacement

Construction could start as early as 2025, but Oregon lawmakers remain conflicted about tolling and design issues. Oregon and Washington lawmakers got a clearer idea Friday of what a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River might look like, how much drivers may pay to use it and how residents of both states can […]
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Washington, Oregon legislators meet on Interstate 5 Bridge replacement

Group gathers for first time since December, but ‘we are still on schedule’. A group of legislators from Washington and Oregon convened virtually Friday morning for the first bistate legislative committee meeting on the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement since December. The group’s last meeting occurred following the replacement program’s updated cost estimate of $5.5 billion […]
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Oregon and Washington commit $1 billion each to bridge over Interstate 5 at Columbia River – Axios Seattle

Last year, Washington state lawmakers committed $1 billion toward constructing a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River. Now, Oregon’s Legislature has made a matching contribution, our colleagues at Axios Portland report. Why it matters: If Oregon hadn’t stepped up, the project would have stalled yet again. And officials from both states say the […]
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Another funding piece found for infrastructure puzzle

The Oregon Legislature last week approved legislation committing the $1 billion needed for Oregon’s share of the Interstate Bridge replacement project. House Bill 5005 is now awaiting Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature. The bill authorizes sales of general obligation bonds for the project, beginning with $252 million initially and then $750 million over the next three […]
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‘OPB Politics Now’: The I-5 bridge project on the brink again

More than 100 years ago, Multnomah and Clark Counties paid $1.7 million to build the northbound span of the Interstate-5 Bridge connecting Vancouver to Portland. That bridge still stands today. On this week’s “OPB Politics Now” we’ll talk about the latest push underway to replace the bridge and whether the politics will get in the […]
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Here’s what a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia could look like

The leaders behind building a replacement for the Interstate Bridge have released possibilities of what that bridge could look like. They call them “visualizations.” Building a multi-billion dollar bridge to replace the Interstate Bridge is an enormous project that starts with a great deal of planning and efforts to get people on board. We’ve already […]
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