The Whilamut Passage Bridge
is a pair of bridges across the
Willamette River
The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward b ...
in
Eugene,
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
, U.S. The west span was completed in 2011.
The east span was completed and opened in August 2013.
They carry
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californi ...
traffic and replaced an earlier bridge completed in 1961. Construction on the bridges began in 2009 and cost $204 million.
See also
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List of crossings of the Willamette River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River. This confluence, at , is c ...
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Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge—nearby bicycle bridge running parallel to the Whilamut Passage Bridge over the Millrace
References
Interstate 5
Buildings and structures in Eugene, Oregon
Bridges in Lane County, Oregon
Bridges over the Willamette River
Road bridges in Oregon
Bridges on the Interstate Highway System
2011 establishments in Oregon
Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
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