Interstate 5 span=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Native America n name, Whilamut Passage Bridge, praised (fwd link)

[Lindsay Marean]

I think the link was missing.  Here it is: 
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/localnews/28825420-41/bridge-kalapuya-river-native-whilamut.html.csp

-Lindsay (proud Eugene resident)

On 9/30/12 11:49 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:
> *Interstate 5 span’s Native American name, Whilamut Passage Bridge, 
> praised*
>
> BY RANDI BJORNSTAD
> The Register-Guard
> Published: September 30, 2012 12:00AM,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Access full article below:

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