Richard Odabashian Bridge

Richard Odabashian Bridge
Richard Odabashian Bridge
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

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.

History

A bridge crossing the Columbia River in the area 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 on the Olds Station Bridge 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.

The bridge was renamed in May 1991 for Richard Odabashian, a state transportation commissioner from Cashmere.[3] The original pedestrian trail was widened to 10 feet (3.0 m) in 2001, to eliminate a major bottleneck on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail.[5]

References

Bridge and Structures Office (November 2017). "Bridge List, M23-09.08" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 83. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
Federal Highway Administration. "Bridge Reports: US 2 over Columbia River". National Bridge Inventory. Bridge Reports. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
Barta, Linda (May 13, 2016). "Old news: 25 years ago, 1991". The Wenatchee World.
Kraft, Dave (September 7, 1975). "New bridge hailed as tribute to cooperation". The Wenatchee World. p. 1.
Smith, Laurie (November 5, 2001). "More room to run, ride or roll: Pedestrian crossing widened across Odabashian Bridge". The Wenatchee World. p. A1.

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[WSDOT-Bridge-1] Bridge and Structures Office (November 2017). "Bridge List, M23-09.08" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 83. Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[2] Federal Highway Administration. "Bridge Reports: US 2 over Columbia River". National Bridge Inventory. Bridge Reports. Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[World-2016-3] Barta, Linda (May 13, 2016). "Old news: 25 years ago, 1991". The Wenatchee World.

[4] Kraft, Dave (September 7, 1975). "New bridge hailed as tribute to cooperation". The Wenatchee World. p. 1.

[5] Smith, Laurie (November 5, 2001). "More room to run, ride or roll: Pedestrian crossing widened across Odabashian Bridge". The Wenatchee World. p. A1.