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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022
Bridges: The Old Wenatchee Bridge was the fi rst
automobile bridge to cross the Columbia River
Continued from Page B1
Passing the popular Gorge
Ampitheatre , the bridge
continues on to Spokane,
Washington. The Apple City
of Wenatchee, Washing-
ton, is home to two cross-
ings, the George Sellar
B ridge, which carries State
Route 285, and the Rich-
ard Odabashian Bridge,
which carries U.S. High-
way 2. The Old Wenatchee
Bridge has the distinction of
being the fi rst automobile
bridge to cross the Colum-
bia. Today, it shares the span
with a gigantic pipe supply-
ing water to apple orchards
on the east side, but no lon-
ger carries traffi c.
Just
upstream
from
Chelan Falls, U.S. High-
way 97 crosses the river at
Beebe, Washington. This
bridge and the next one at
Brewster, Washington, were
built privately by apple com-
panies and later sold to the
state . Along this stretch,
apple orchards cover the hills
around the river. Both the
Grand Coulee Bridge at Cou-
lee City, Washington, and the
Bridgeport Bridge, just north,
were created to facilitate the
construction of dams. Both
off er some spectacular views.
Just two more bridges
remain before the Columbia
crosses into Canada. These
are the Kettle Falls Bridges,
once built to raise State
Route 2, U.S. Highway 395
and the Kettle Falls Interna-
tional Railway from rising
waters after the opening of
Grand Coulee Dam.
As I roll into Northport,
Washington, on the third
night of my jaunt across the
Northwest, the last bridge
of my journey looms over
State Route 25. Northport
shares one trait with Astoria:
both were once boat building
towns in their early days.
After my three day jour-
ney has come to an end,
I am tired and ready for a
stop. I am thirsty, hungry
and sleep deprived when I
arrive at Kuk’s Tavern in
town. At 121 years old, the
tavern is Northport’s oldest
building and retains a great
deal of history. Here, I feel
right at home as I attack a
giant burger. An hour passes
before the bartender taps me
on the shoulder. “Hey p al,
wake up, I gotta close this
place,” he said.
RIGHT: The Old Wenatchee
Bridge.
BELOW: The Hood River-
White Salmon Interstate
Bridge carries traffi c near the
Hood River marina.
Photos by Ron Baldwin
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