- Interstate 182 Bridge
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bridge_name = Interstate 182 Bridge
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official_name = Lee-Volpentest Bridges
carries = Automobiles
crosses =Columbia River
locale = Pasco–Richland, Washington
maint = Washington State Dept. of Transportation
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traffic = 32,000 (2002) [cite web | url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-182_wa.html | title=Interstate 182 Washington | publisher=AA Roads | accessdate=2008-05-28]
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complete = 1984 [cite web | url=http://www.tricitywashington.com/About-Tri-Cities.html | title=About Tri Cities | first=Mandi | last=Ozuna | accessdate=2008-05-28]
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long = The Interstate 182 (I-182) Bridge, formally known as the Lee-Volpentest Bridges is the collective name for a pair of bridges carryingInterstate 182 over theColumbia River between Pasco and Richland in theU.S. state ofWashington . They are named after Glen C. Lee, publisher of the "Tri-City Herald ",cite web | url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7818 | title=Officials dedicate the Pioneer Memorial Bridge (Blue Bridge) spanning the Columbia between Pasco and Kennewick on July 30, 1954 | publisher=HistoryLink | first=Elizabeth | last=Gibson | date=September 7 ,2006 | accessdate=2008-05-27] and Sam Volpentest, a prominent local businessman. [cite web | url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20050929-21 | title=IN REMEMBRANCE OF SAM VOLPENTEST | first=Maria | last=Cantwell | authorlink=Maria Cantwell | date=September 29 2005 | accessdate=2008-05-28] It is one of three bridges connecting Pasco to the other members of the Tri-Cities of Washington (Kennewick and Richland), along with theCable Bridge and the Blue Bridge.References
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