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The Whilamut Passage Bridge is a pair of bridges across the
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, U.S. The west span was completed in 2011. The east span was completed and opened in August 2013. They carry
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traffic and replaced an earlier bridge completed in 1961. Construction on the bridges began in 2009 and cost $204 million.


See also

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List of crossings of the Willamette River This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River. This confluence, at , is co ...
* Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge—nearby bicycle bridge running parallel to the Whilamut Passage Bridge over the
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