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Pasco–Kennewick Bridge (1922)
The Pasco–Kennewick Bridge or Benton–Franklin Inter-County Bridge, known locally as the Green Bridge, was a steel cantilever bridge, cantilever truss bridge in the Northwestern United States, northwest United States. It crossed the Columbia River in central Washington (U.S. state), Washington, connecting Pasco, Washington, Pasco and Kennewick, Washington, Kennewick, two of the Tri-Cities, Washington, Tri-Cities. Succeeded by the Cable Bridge in 1978, it was demolished in 1990. Construction The bridge was completed in 1922 after only a year of construction, replacing an outmoded ferry system in which a single trip transported a maximum of six cars across the Columbia River. It was in fact the first bridge for vehicular traffic across the middle part of the Columbia River (only ferries and rail bridges were previously available). Originally planned in 1913 by B. B. Horrigan, funding was not secured until 1919, when Charles G. Huber of the Union Bridge Company sold $49,000 worth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable Bridge
The Cable Bridge, officially called the Ed Hendler Bridge and sometimes called the Intercity Bridge, spans the Columbia River between Pasco, Washington, Pasco and Kennewick, Washington, Kennewick in southeastern Washington (state), Washington as Washington State Route 397, State Route 397. It was constructed in 1978 and replaced the Pasco–Kennewick Bridge (1922), Pasco–Kennewick Bridge, an earlier span built in 1922 and demolished in 1990. The bridge is one of seven major bridge structures in the Tri-Cities, Washington, Tri-Cities area. The Blue Bridge (Washington), Blue Bridge (another Pasco/Kennewick bridge), the Interstate 182 Bridge that connects Pasco with Richland, Washington, Richland, the U.S. Highway 12 bridge over the Snake River (Pasco/Burbank), and three railroad bridges are the others. However, the Cable Bridge is the only bridge that carries traffic that is not a freeway. It was dedicated on September 8, 1978, and was the first major cable-stayed bridge to be b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toll Bridge
A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or '' toll'') is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road. History The practice of collecting tolls on bridges harks back to the days of ferry crossings where people paid a fee to be ferried across stretches of water. As boats became impractical to carry large loads, ferry operators looked for new sources of revenue. Having built a bridge, they hoped to recoup their investment by charging tolls for people, animals, vehicles, and goods to cross it. The original London Bridge across the river Thames opened as a toll bridge, but an accumulation of funds by the charitable trust that operated the bridge ( Bridge House Estates) saw that the charges were dropped. Using interest on its capital assets, the trust now owns and runs all seven central London bridges at no cost to taxpayers or users. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tri-City Herald
The ''Tri-City Herald'' is a twice-weekly newspaper based in Kennewick, Washington, United States. Owned by The McClatchy Company, the newspaper serves southeastern Washington state, including the three cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland (which are collectively known as the Tri-Cities). The ''Herald'' also serves the smaller cities of Benton City, Connell, Prosser and West Richland. It is the only major English-language newspaper in Washington east of Yakima and south of Spokane, and includes local and national news, opinion columns, sports information, movie listings and comic strips among other features. The ''Pasco Herald'' was founded in 1918 and renamed to the ''Tri-City Herald'' in 1947 after it moved to Kennewick and became a daily newspaper. The print edition was published daily until 2023, when it was reduced to a twice-weekly schedule. History The paper was founded in 1918 as the weekly ''Pasco Herald.'' In 1947, Glenn C. Lee and Robert Philip bought t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads. History Background With the coming of the bicycle in the 1890s, interest grew regarding the improvement of streets and roads in America. The traditional method of putting the burden on maintaining roads on local landowners was increasingly inadequate. In 1893, the federal Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) was founded; in 1905, it was renamed the Office of Public Roads (OPR) and made a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Demands grew for local and state government to take charge. With the coming of the automobile, urgent efforts were made to upgrade and moderniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), an independent United States federal agency, is charged with the mission to promote the Historic preservation, preservation of the nation's diverse historic resources. The ACHP advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and also provides a public forum for stakeholders and the public to influence federal agency decisions regarding federal projects and programs that affect historic properties. The ACHP promotes the importance of historic preservation to foster an understanding of the nation's heritage and the contribution that historic preservation can make to contemporary communities, along with their economic and social well-being. In 2025, Trump issued an Executive Order that implemented leadership changes at the ACHP to expedite energy projects under the auspices of a "National Energy Emergency", which permitted fossil development on federal lands while preventing new clean energy projects. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen, Washington
Aberdeen ( ) is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,013 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the most populous in Grays Harbor County and the region's economic center, bordering the cities of Hoquiam, Washington, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis, Washington, Cosmopolis. Aberdeen is occasionally referred to as the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula". History Samuel Benn, a New York City native, established a homestead on the Chehalis River (Washington), Chehalis River in 1859 and later platted a town at the site named Aberdeen. According to accounts collected by historian Edmond S. Meany, the name has two possible origins: from the Ilwaco, Washington, Ilwaco-based Aberdeen Packing Company, which opened a cannery on the homestead in 1873; or from the Scottish city of Aberdeen, named by an early settler who had lived in Scotland. Like the Scottish city, Aberdeen is a port settlement situated at the mouth of two rivers—the Cheh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston is a city and the county seat of Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States, in the state's North Central Idaho, north central region. It is the third-largest city in the Idaho Panhandle, northern Idaho region, behind Post Falls, Idaho, Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, and the twelfth-largest in the state. Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston-Clarkston metropolitan area, Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Nez Perce County and Asotin County, Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Lewiston was 34,203, up from 31,894 in 2010. Lewiston is located at the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River (Idaho), Clearwater River, upstream and southeast of the Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Lower Granite Dam. Dams and locks on the Snake and Columbia Rivers make Lewiston reachable by some ocean-going vessels. of Lewiston is Idaho's only seaport, and is the farthest inland port li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Washington
Franklin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 96,749. The county seat and most populous city is Pasco, Washington, Pasco. The county was formed out of Whitman County, Washington, Whitman County on November 28, 1883, and is named for Benjamin Franklin. Franklin County is included in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area. Together, Kennewick, Richland and Pasco comprise Washington's Tri-Cities, Washington, Tri-Cities. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.8%) is water. Geographic features *Columbia River *Hanford Site, Hanford Nuclear Reservation *Juniper Dunes Wilderness *Snake River Major highways * Washington State Route 260, SR 260 * Interstate 182 * U.S. Route 12 in Washington, U.S. 12 * U.S. Route 395 in Washington, U.S. 395 Adjacent counties *Adams County, Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton County, Washington
Benton County is a County (United States), county in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 206,873. The county seat is Prosser, Washington, Prosser, and its most populous city is Kennewick, Washington, Kennewick. The Columbia River demarcates the county's north, south, and east boundaries. Benton County was created from what were then larger versions of Klickitat County, Washington, Klickitat County and Yakima County, Washington, Yakima County on March 8, 1905, and was named after Missouri statesman Thomas Hart Benton (senator), Thomas Hart Benton. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.4%) is water. The highest point of land elevation within the county is the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain at 3,527 feet; and the lowest point of land elevation is along the southwestern shore of Crow Butte at 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Washington
Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as the area of Washington State west of the Cascade Mountains. This region is home to the state's largest city, Seattle, the state capital, Olympia, and most of the state's residents. The climate is generally far more damp and temperate than that of Eastern Washington. Climate Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of of precipitation per year,http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/Climsmwa.html Western Regional Climate Data Center Website whereas the average place in Western Washington receives . The average location in Western Washington gets 168 days of measurable precipitation per year.http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/wa/wa.01.html Western Regional Climate Data Center, Days of Precipitation The place that receives the most recorded pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the fertile farmlands of the Yakima Valley and the Palouse. Unlike in Western Washington, the climate is dry, including some desert environments. Geography Nomenclature Other terms used for Eastern Washington or large parts of it include: * Columbia Basin *Eastside or east side of the state * Inland Empire/Inland Northwest (also includes the Idaho Panhandle) Cities The following cities and towns in Eastern Washington have over 10,000 inhabitants. * Spokane (pop. 217,300) * Spokane Valley (pop. 94,919) * Yakima (pop. 93,701) *Kennewick (pop. 80,280) * Pasco (pop. 71,680) * Richland (pop. 54,150) * Wenatchee (pop. 34,070) * Walla Walla (pop. 33,840) * Pullman (pop. 33,280) * Moses Lake (pop. 22,720) * Ell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
