CASCADE LOCKS — The Gorge’s most iconic bridge — a steel truss cantilever named after a divine Native American legend and home to the Pacific Crest Trail — turns 100 this year.
An unplanned closure came, ironically, during the Sept. 15 port commission meeting, when a truck hit the bridge guardrail. Bridge traffic closed in both lanes until the truck could be towed away that evening.
CASCADE LOCKS — James Ross Bright, Secretary of the Main Street Cascade Locks group, approached city council during the Sept. 14 meeting to ask for a proclamation of October 2026 as Bridge of the Gods month.
Free news:Â Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) had great news for motorists when it announced Sept. 11 that all travel lanes in both directions of travel had opened on the McCord Creek Bridge, just west of Bonneville Dam.
Free news:Â The Cascade Locks Historical Museum will bring "Riveting History: 100 Years of the Bridge of the Gods" to the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. It will be on display Sept. 3 through Oct. 1 as part of the Capitol History Gateway exhibit program.
Free news: The Hood River–White Salmon Bridge Authority has requested overnight closures of the Hood River–White Salmon Bridge to support geotechnical exploration near the Washington shoreline for the Bridge Replacement Project.
You might have to take the long way around more often in Klickitat County this summer. The public works department says that six county bridges are going to be closed on a staggered schedule.