Southway Bridge

The Southway Bridge near the center of the photograph, with the blue Interstate Highway Bridge at the bottom of the photo

The Southway Bridge is a highway bridge spanning the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho. It connects Fleshman Way in Clarkston with Bryden Canyon Road in Lewiston, and provides residents of the Lewiston Orchards with access to State Route 129, as well as providing Clarkston residents with access to the Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport. The bridge was opened to traffic on August 3, 1982, at a cost of $21 million, after several delays due to repairs.[1][2] The Bryden County Road project linking the bridge to the Lewiston Orchards was completed in 1999.[3][4]

The bridge was built to supplement the Interstate Highway Bridge (nicknamed the "Blue Bridge") to the north, which was sometimes closed to traffic while the bridge was raised to allow large boats to cross underneath.

  1. ^ Tate, Chris (August 3, 1982). "Southway Bridge to open today after many delays". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1B. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ Harrell, Sylvia (October 23, 1982). "Bridge hailed as shining example of community cooperation". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1A. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Preston, Seth (January 6, 1990). "Lewiston Manager Backs Bryden Canyon Road". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  4. ^ Alford, Nathan (August 1, 1999). "Bryden a boon or a bust?". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-13.