Last week delegates from Washington state announced that the effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge spanning the Columbia River will get $600 million from a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. Replacing the century-old bridge is expected to cost around $6 billion. Planners overseeing the project hope $2.5 billion of that will come from federal grants. Oregon and Washington state have each committed $1 billion to the project. Troy Brynelson, OPB’s Southwest Washington bureau chief, joins us to discuss where the project stands.
