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A new bridge opened 56 years ago tomorrow (August 27, 1966). The Astoria-Megler Bridge was a joint project of the Oregon State Highway Department (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) and the Washington State Highway Department (now the Washington State Department of...
In the north-central region of the State of Washington, the first road bridge to cross the Columbia River in the United States was officially opened 114 years ago, on January 20, 1908. Another bridge that crossed the Columbia River in Canada was built earlier.
The Columbia River Bridge (also known now as the Old Wenatchee Bridge) at Wenatchee was built by the Washington Bridge Company over a two-year period. Its primary use was to carry irrigation pipelines across the river to aid apple...
Background
The Bonneville Landslide was a massive ground movement that occurred around 1200 AD. It was so big that it briefly blocked the Columbia River. The river’s water volume pushed through the blockage, but the uneroded portions of the landslide created a four-mile stretch of rapids in the river that are known as the Cascades of the Columbia.
The Oregon Territory was established in 1848. It encompassed all of the current states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as parts of Wyoming...
Overview
Washington state’s two largest ports – Seattle and Tacoma – formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a “marine cargo operating partnership” in 2014. The Alliance is the first of its kind in North America.
As a combined entity, the NWSA is North America’s fourth-largest container gateway. Under a port development authority, the NWSA manages most marine cargo facilities in both ports, including all containerized cargo operations, breakbulk, automobiles, project/heavy-lift cargoes, and...
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