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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CCHM Presents The Future of the I-5 Bridge: A Panel Discussion

What do you think should be done about the I-5 bridge?
Apr 06, 2011

What do you think should be done about the I-5 bridge?  Come to the Clark County Historical Museum on Saturday, April 16, from 10:00AM – 12:00 noon as CCHM’s Bridging the Gap programming continues with a panel discussion  moderated by the Hon. Barbara Johnson, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of Clark County.  Audience members will be invited to submit questions for this event.

 

C-Tran Executive Director/CEO Jeff Hamm, Columbia River Crossing Director Nancy Boyd, and University of Oregon Sustainable Cities Initiative Executive Director Robert Liberty will be joined on the panel by university faculty members for academic perspective: Portland State University’s Vivek Shandas (urban planner) and Washington State University – Vancouver’s Jorge Lizárraga (historical geographer) and Steve Fountain (historian).  Panelists will each offer a short presentation followed by panel discussion of audience submitted questions related to the challenges and debates surrounding the I-5 bridge.  You and your neighbors won’t want to miss this one!  Free with regular Museum admission.  Doors open at 9:30 AM.  Call the Museum at 360.993.5679 for more information.

 

While you’re at the Museum, be sure to see Bridging the Gap: The History of the Interstate Bridge.  This wonderful new exhibit on the Interstate Bridge between Vancouver and Portland discusses how the I-5 bridge spans were built, how they were paid for, and how they are maintained.  This exhibit, which runs through October 29, 2011, is supported in part by a grant from Humanities Washington and a partnership with the WSU Vancouver History Department.

 

 

CCHM is located in Vancouver’s 1909 Carnegie Library building. Regular museum hours are Tuesday – Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission fees apply. The museum also is open free from 5 to 9 p.m. the first Thursday of each month February – November for First Thursday Museum After Hours. A wheelchair accessible entrance to the museum is located on the east side of the museum building off 16th street.

 

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