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*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.

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