I-5 bridge replacement estimated to cost $7.8B, official estimate states, but full project could run over $14B

The latest full cost estimate was released online Tuesday by the IBR Executive Steering Group. The core cost of the ...

New Interstate Bridge project between Oregon & Washington expected to cost $7.65B

There's a new price tag on the fixed-span Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, which will replace the existing ...

I-5 bridge replacement cost climbs to $7.65 billion, construction pushed to 2028

More than 140,000 vehicles cross the 105-year-old bridge every day.
KLCC

Interstate Bridge cost soars 140%, adding billions to project estimate

The cost of the project to replace the Interstate Bridge between Washington and Oregon is going up again. According to new ...
KCBY

Sticker Shock: I-5 bridge replacement, corridor project cost soars by billions of dollars

There's a new price tag on the fixed-span Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, which will replace the existing ...
KGW8

The Interstate Bridge Replacement cost has more than doubled. Here's what's driving the increase

A deeper dive into the document sheds more light on how the price tag rose so much in just three years, and it also offers some hints about how far the project's existing $5.5 billion pot of funding ...

WATCH: Gov announces start of I-5 bridge project that GOP lawmaker slams as 'Outrageous Boondoggle'

Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday that construction on the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington will begin in 2028.
The Columbian

I-5 Bridge replacement slogs through permitting as costs rise

The torturously slow pace and increasingly expensive price to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge across the Columbia River have some Oregon and Washington lawmakers growing uneasy and frustrated. After ...
Engineering News-Record

I-5 Bridge Project Under Fire from Oregon Officials as Costs Soar

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, ...
OPB

I-5 bridge replacement slogs through permitting as costs rise

The tab for building a new span over the Columbia River could roughly double to around $10 billion as the construction timeline slips. Washington State Standard is part of States Newsroom, a network ...