As summer winds down and fall approaches, now is the time to start planning — and booking — your concrete projects.Â
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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 from our Home and Garden publication: If you have a concrete project on your list, now is the time to start planning — not when the weather turns cool and everyone else is trying to get on the schedule.
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:Â The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority will be conducting geotechnical work near the Washington shore starting in mid-August.
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.
Summer has officially arrived, and with longer days, warmer temperatures, and more predictable weather, it’s the prime season for homeowners to tackle concrete projects.
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.
