The “Independent Utility” requirement: Federal rules prohibit “half-built” projects. A bridge that ends in a bottleneck or a ...

New estimates for the cost of the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (IBR) project over the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon have increased and the timeline has again been pushed out.

Vancouver City Council members feel the city is being treated as secondary to Portland in the latest plans for light rail on ...

Councilor Sarah Fox expressed concerns the city was not "getting treated equally" in the replacement program.

A new report revealed that a 2025 document estimated the cost of the Interstate Bridge Project between Oregon and Washington could cost $13.6 billion, which is more than double the cost estimate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The price tag to replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington has climbed to $14.4 billion — more than four times its 2013 estimate — but Vancouver Mayor Anne ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal officials have released a decision expected to significantly impact the cost of replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge. On Friday, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) confirmed ...

The focus of the I-5 bridge replacement program will be on core projects, like bridge replacement, access points and connecting to the Vancouver light-rail. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Oregon Gov ...

The existing Interstate Bridge carries I-5 across the Columbia River between Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash. The aging lift span is central to the planned Interstate Bridge Replacement program, ...

A MAX Green Line train pulls into the Southeast Main Street stop near Mall 205 in Portland in 2022. Proposals call for the Yellow Line to extend to Clark County. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files) ...