Whilamut Passage Bridge

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| image = Whilamut Passage Bridge northbound span at Eugene, Oregon.JPG

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| caption = Both spans in 2013 after completion, with east span in foreground

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| carries = Motor vehicles (I-5)

| crosses = Willamette River

| locale = Eugene, Oregon

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| owner = Oregon Department of Transportation

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| preceded = Springfield Bridge

| followed = Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge

| design = Arch

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| begin = 2009

| complete = 2011 (west span)
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| cost = $204 million

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The Whilamut Passage Bridge{{cite web

|title=Emerging Theme: Willamette Passage

|url=http://www.lcog.org/documents/meetings/tcac/0910/CACItem7-Attachment2-Emerging-Theme-Whilamut-Passage.pdf

|publisher=www.lcog.org

|accessdate=October 30, 2012}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/localnews/28825420-41/bridge-kalapuya-river-native-whilamut.html.csp

|title=Interstate 5 span's Native American name, Whilamut Passage Bridge, praised

|publisher=The Register-Guard

|date=September 30, 2012}}

is a pair of bridges across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. The west span was completed in 2011.{{cite web

|title=I-5 southbound Willamette River Bridge opens two months ahead of schedule

|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/GOVREL/news/082411b.shtml

|publisher=Oregon.gov

|date=August 24, 2011}} The east span was completed and opened in August 2013.{{cite web

|title=Willamette Passage Bridge Opens

|url=http://www.kezi.com/whilamut-passage-bridge-opens-2/

|publisher=KEZI.com

|date=August 8, 2013}} They carry Interstate 5 traffic and replaced an earlier bridge completed in 1961.{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Mark |date=May 20, 2010 |title=A name to span a river's past and future |page=A1 |url=http://projects.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24688452-46/bridge-whilamut-passage-kalapuya-area.csp |work=The Register-Guard |accessdate=July 9, 2018}} Construction on the bridges began in 2009 and cost $204 million.{{cite news |date=July 26, 2013 |title=4 years in the making: 'Whilamut Bridge' over Willamette completed |url=http://kval.com/news/local/4-years-in-the-making-whilamut-bridge-over-willamette-completed |publisher=KVAL |accessdate=July 9, 2018}}

See also

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