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Newly discovered documents show the cost of replacing the century-old, seismically unstable Interstate 5 Bridge could be more than double the $6 billion estimate quoted by Interstate Bridge ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Coast Guard approval of a fixed-span design for a new Interstate Bridge between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon, marked a key regulatory step forward last week, but ...

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The new estimate — and the existence of the documents — was first reported Wednesday by Willamette Week and the Oregon Journalism Project, and it comes just weeks after IBR project leaders told Oregon ...