Coast Guard will allow for less expensive Interstate 5 Bridge design

The savings from the design will be welcome news for Washington and Oregon, which are confronting rising cost estimates for ...

Coast Guard issues Interstate Bridge clearance ruling, allowing fixed span with 116-foot height

The decision settles a big lingering question: whether the new bridge will need to match the current bridge's 178-foot ...
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Coast Guard issues major decision impacting cost of Interstate 5 bridge replacement

Sen. Cantwell said the decision allows U.S. transportation leaders to complete their environmental review of the program.

Coast Guard approves plan for fixed-span Interstate Bridge replacement

The project to replace the Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington cleared a major hurdle Friday, as the U.S. Coast ...
The Columbian

‘Major step forward’: Coast Guard OKs fixed-span, 116-foot-high I-5 Bridge replacement

The U.S. Coast Guard has approved a major piece of the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement plan, agreeing to a fixed-span bridge ...
Willamette Week

Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project

The estimated price tag more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t ...

Costs to replace Columbia River I-5 bridge double, documents show

Lawmakers from Washington and Oregon were told by staffers on the Interstate Bridge Project that they did not have new cost ...
Finance & Commerce

$1.9B in projects added to Interstate Bridge replacement plan

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Metro Council last week added three Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) projects to the 2024-2027 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) to meet federal project ...