Final Evening in the Gorge
Driving from White Salmon, Washington, over to Hood River, Oregon. I’m on the interstate bridge between the two as the sun sets down the Gorge. One image by Richard Koenig; taken March 21st 2023.
Modes of Travel
Here’s an image with two modes of travel evident, along with the river for a barge, though one did not happen by for my photograph.
The westbound train, along the Columbia River, is Amtrak’s Portland section of the Empire Builder. It’s on the former SP&S, now BNSF. In the distance is the Hood River Bridge, between its namesake town in Oregon and Bingen on the Washington side.
The span is quite old: it opened in 1924 but was substantially rebuilt in 1938 to accommodate higher water levels due to the building of the Bonneville Dam downriver (source). Having driven across it, I can say that it’s a narrow two lanes, with the speed limit being 15 MPH.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken March 18th 2023.