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$195 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT REQUEST FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT RECEIVES CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION SUPPORT

HOOD RIVER, ORE. – On Monday, June 13, the Gorge region’s entire federal congressional delegation sent a letter to United State Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg expressing unanimous support for the Port of Hood River and Klickitat County’s joint grant application to help fund replacement of the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge. Submitted in May, the grant application seeks $195 million from the FY2022 INFRA/MEGA/Rural Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program. In the Notice of Funding Opportunity issued March 22, USDOT combined three major discretionary grant programs into one Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant opportunity to distribute $2.9 billion now available for major infrastructure projects as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The letter, signed by Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Cliff Bentz and Earl Blumenauer and Washington Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler note that a successful award “will build on the nearly $100 million that has already been raised for this project, leveraging additional construction funding from a variety of sources.” Kevin Greenwood, the Port’s bridge replacement project director, thanked Dan Mahr, field representative for Senator Merkley for his work to coordinate the effort to gather signatures from the seven congressional offices. The letter to Secretary Buttigieg highlights the work of the Bi-State Bridge Replacement Working Group, noting that both state legislatures have authorized the creation of a new Bi-State Bridge Authority that would own and maintain the new bridge.

Greenwood stressed the importance of the bi-state, bi-cameral, bi-partisan support for the project saying, “The practice of entities from both sides of the river working together and submitting joint applications with support from the congressional delegation is proving to be a successful strategy. The project had another joint application from the Port and Klickitat County awarded last year as well that provided $5 million in funding from the BUILD program – the only successful application in both states.”

For more information, contact Greenwood via email to kgreenwood@portofhoodriver.com.

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HOOD RIVER-WHITE SALMON BRIDGE LIFT AND CLOSURE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 20-26

*****UPATED JUNE 22, 2022****

June 21

There will be a full height lift of the span in the early morning of Tuesday, June 21 starting at 4:30 a.m. for repairs to the span lock and subsequent lift and placement of the engineering crew and their gear required to perform the inspection of the wire ropes and counterweights. This lift will be 30-60 minutes in duration. Motorists should seek alternate routes between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Following this work there will be up to four shorter duration lifts occurring throughout the day on Tuesday, June 21 as the work requires. Bridge users should expect delays of up to 30 minutes during the lifts, depending on traffic volume.

June 22

On Wednesday, June 22 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. survey and work crews will be on the bridge making preparations for the 72 hour closure coming later in the week. There will be single lane closures with flaggers directing traffic around the moving work zone.

June 23

There will be single lane closures on the Hood River-White Salmon bridge starting at 9:00 a.m. as Port crews work to repair new potholes in preparation for the approach ramp work. Flaggers will direct traffic around the moving work zone until the work is complete.

June 24-26

Later in the week, the bridge will be closed to all traffic for a 72-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. the morning of Friday, June 24 through 11:59 p.m. the night of Sunday, June 26. During this total closure, crews from Granite Construction will repave the Oregon and Washington approach ramps. The work will include roughening the surfaces, applying an emulsion and a rubber membrane, and finally a 1.5” asphalt surface. The closure was originally scheduled to take place June 10-12 but was rescheduled due to rain. 

For more information, contact the Port of Hood River via email to porthr@gorge.net.

HORARIO DE ELEVACIÓN Y CIERRE DEL PUENTE INTERESTATAL DE HOOD RIVER-WHITE SALMON PARA ESTA SEMANA

En la mañana del lunes 20 de junio, durante la preparación para las inspecciones de ingeniería de los cables de acero y los contrapesos, las cuadrillas descubrieron un problema mecánico con el bloqueo del tramo de elevación que afecta la capacidad de levantar y bajar el tramo móvil de manera eficiente. Todas las elevaciones previstas para el lunes 20 de junio han sido canceladas.

Habrá un levantamiento de altura completa del tramo en la madrugada del martes 21 de junio a partir de las 4:30 a. m. para reparar la esclusa del tramo y el posterior levantamiento y colocación del equipo de ingeniería y su equipo necesario para realizar la inspección del tramo cables de acero y contrapesos. Este levantamiento tendrá una duración de 30-60 minutos. Los automovilistas deben buscar rutas alternativas entre las 4:30 a. m. y las 5:30 a. m. del martes por la mañana.

Después de este trabajo, habrá hasta cuatro levantamientos de menor duración a lo largo del día el martes 21 de junio, según lo requiera el trabajo. Los usuarios del puente deben esperar retrasos de hasta 30 minutos durante las elevaciones, según el volumen de tráfico.

Más adelante en la semana, el puente estará cerrado a todo el tráfico por un período de 72 horas a partir de las 12:01 a. m. de la mañana del viernes 24 de junio hasta las 11:59 p. m. la noche del domingo 26 de junio. Durante este cierre total, las cuadrillas de Granite Construction repavimentarán las rampas de acceso de Oregón y Washington. El trabajo incluirá el desbaste de las superficies, la aplicación de una emulsión y una membrana de goma, y ??finalmente una superficie asfáltica de 1,5”. El cierre estaba originalmente programado para el 10 al 12 de junio, pero fue reprogramado debido a la lluvia.

Para obtener más información, comuníquese con el puerto de Hood River por correo electrónico a porthr@gorge.net.

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