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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think the link was missing. Here it
is:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/localnews/28825420-41/bridge-kalapuya-river-native-whilamut.html.csp">http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/localnews/28825420-41/bridge-kalapuya-river-native-whilamut.html.csp</a><br>
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-Lindsay (proud Eugene resident)<br>
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On 9/30/12 11:49 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CACL86RybVGXQMSLGjY4NuPPx9B92o8i+wyJtFKFw9A3igyat2Q@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><b>Interstate 5 span’s Native American name, Whilamut
Passage Bridge, praised</b><br>
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BY RANDI BJORNSTAD<br>
The Register-Guard<br>
Published: September 30, 2012 12:00AM,<br>
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It’s official: The new Interstate 5 freeway bridges that span the
Willamette River, one finished and the other under construction,
now have a name.<br>
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Within days, the Oregon Department of Transportation will erect
the official white-on-brown signs at each end of the western span,
which will carry vehicles in both directions until completion of
its eastern twin late next year, proclaiming the pair the Whilamut
Passage Bridge.<br>
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It’s a moniker to please everyone who has spent the past four
years navigating the bureaucratic and political labyrinth
necessary in Oregon to name a bridge. But at the formal dedication
Saturday morning, no one was happier than the dozen members
representing the 6,000-member Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon. <br>
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