The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge in
Wahkiakum County, in the
U.S. state of
Washington, connects
Cathlamet to
Puget Island. It spans the Cathlamet Channel of the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
. The
Wahkiakum County Ferry connects Puget Island to
Westport, Oregon. The bridge was named after former United States Congresswoman
Julia Butler Hansen, who represented
Washington from 1960 to 1974.
References
Wahkiakum County's Julia Butler Hansen Bridge is completed in August 1939. HistoryLink.org Essay 8025*Craig Holstine and Richard Hobbs, ''Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State'' (Pullman, Washington: WSU Press, 2005), 100–101.
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Transportation buildings and structures in Wahkiakum County, Washington
Bridges over the Columbia River
Road bridges in Washington (state)
Bridges completed in 1939
1939 establishments in Washington (state)
Concrete bridges in the United States
Cantilever bridges in the United States
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