The soaring price tag for a new Interstate 5 bridge connecting Washington and Oregon is only the latest stumble in a decades-long effort to replace the aging crossing. Why it matters: The total ...

In a Record of Decision signed Dec. 7 by The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration, the two agencies have approved a new river crossing over the Columbia River, and a ...

Here's another sign backers of the Columbia River Crossing are serious about reviving this once-dead idea: The Vancouver City Council is taking up the charge of paying for light rail. The council is ...

Gov. John Kitzhaber put the full weight of his clout behind the proposed $2.8 billion Columbia River Crossing, and has now declared it dead—twice. In 2013 he got Oregon lawmakers to commit to spending ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Washington and Oregon will not have to build a bridge with a movable span to accommodate tall marine vessels when they replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River ...