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The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, or I-205 Bridge, is a segmental bridge that spans the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. It carries Interstate 205, a freeway bypass of Portland, Oregon. The structure is maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation . Planning for the structure began in earnest in ...
Interstate 205 Map of the Portland area with I-205 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of I-5 Maintained by ODOT and WSDOT Length 37.13 mi (59.75 km) Existed 1958 –present History Completed in 1983 NHS Entire route Major junctions South end I-5 in Tualatin, OR Major intersections OR 213 / OR 224 in Clackamas, OR US 26 in Portland, OR I-84 / US 30 in Portland, OR SR 14 in ...
The bridge opened to traffic on July 29, 1966, marking the completion of U.S. Route 101 and becoming the seventh major bridge built by Oregon in the 1950s–1960s; ferry service ended the night before. On August 27, 1966, Governors Mark Hatfield of Oregon and Dan Evans of Washington dedicated the bridge by cutting a ceremonial ribbon.
READ MORE: Memorial Day Weekend 2024: Best and worst times to drive in DC region. The bridge is the traditional link to Maryland’s Eastern Shore for many in the Washington, D.C. region ...
The George Abernethy Bridge, [4] or simply Abernethy Bridge, [1] is a steel plate and box girder bridge that spans the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, United States, and which carries Interstate 205. It is also known as the Oregon City Freeway Bridge and the I-205 Bridge . The bridge was dedicated and opened on May ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The cargo ship Dali lost electrical power several times before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people and paralyzing a major transportation ...
Government Island (Oregon) / 45.575°N 122.508°W / 45.575; -122.508. Government Island is a 1,760-acre (710 ha) island in the Columbia River north of Portland, in Multnomah County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though Interstate 205 passes over it on the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, access to the island is only by boat.
The Interstate Bridge (also Columbia River Interstate Bridge, I-5 Bridge, Portland-Vancouver Interstate Bridge, Vancouver-Portland Bridge) is a pair of nearly identical steel vertical-lift, Parker through- truss bridges that carry Interstate 5 traffic over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon in the United States .