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Julia Butler Hansen Bridge

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Carries
  
2 lanes of SR 409

Locale
  
Cathlamet, Washington

Total length
  
742 m

Location
  
Cathlamet

Crosses
  
Columbia River

Opened
  
August 1939

Longest span
  
122 m

Body of water
  
Columbia River

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Maintained by
  
Washington State Department of Transportation

Design
  
cantilever through-truss , concrete segmental bridge

Clearance below
  
60 feet (18 m) at high tide

Bridge type
  
Segmental bridge, Cantilever bridge

Similar
  
Lewis and Clark Bridge, Astoria–Megler Bridge, Senator George Sellar Bri, Cable Bridge, Interstate Bridge

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 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.

Map of Julia Butler Hansen Bridge, Cathlamet, WA 98612, USA

References

Julia Butler Hansen Bridge Wikipedia