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Highway bridge in Wenatchee, Washington, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Richard Odabashian Bridge, formerly the Olds Station Bridge, is a box girder bridge crossing the Columbia River in Wenatchee, Washington, United States. It carries four lanes of U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and US 97, as well as a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that is part of the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail. The 1,400-foot (430 m) bridge opened in 1975 and is located north of downtown Wenatchee at Olds Station.
Richard Odabashian Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 47°28′16″N 120°19′01″W |
Carries | US 2 / US 97 |
Crosses | Columbia River |
Locale | Wenatchee, Washington, US |
Other name(s) | Olds Station Bridge |
Owner | Washington State Department of Transportation |
Maintained by | Washington State Department of Transportation |
National Bridge Inventory | 0009102A0000000 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Box girder bridge |
Material | Concrete |
Total length | 1,400 feet (430 m)[1] |
Width | 80 feet (24 m)[2] |
No. of spans | 3 |
History | |
Construction start | 1971 |
Opened | September 5, 1975 |
Location | |
A bridge crossing the Columbia River in Sunnyslope north of Wenatchee had been proposed since the 1960s to bypass a section of US 2 through downtown Wenatchee that crossed the Columbia River on the Senator George Sellar Bridge.[3] Early proposals favored a bridge at either Walla Walla Point in northern Wenatchee or Olds Station on the north side of the Wenatchee River; the latter option won out. Construction began in 1971 and was completed in 1975, including a narrow bicycle/pedestrian trail and two highway lanes, which were later expanded to four. The bridge was dedicated by 300 people, including local mayors and state highway officials, on September 5, 1975.[4] US 2 was re-routed onto the bridge and the old alignment later became State Route 285.[citation needed]
The bridge was renamed in May 1991 for Richard Odabashian, a state transportation commissioner from Cashmere.[3] The pedestrian trail on the bridge was originally 5 feet (1.5 m) wide until it was expanded to 10 feet (3.0 m) in 2001, to eliminate a major bottleneck on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail and allow bicycles to pass.[5]
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