Bridge of the Gods (modern structure)
45.662424 - 121.901276Koordinaten: 45 ° 39 ' 44.7 "N, 121 ° 54' 4.6 " W
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The Bridge of the Gods ( " Bridge of the Gods ") is a built with steel cantilever beams toll bridge for vehicles that crosses the Columbia River. It was the construction of the Bonneville Dam ( 1933-36 ) necessary and opened in 1926.
The bridge has a length of 566.32 meters and rises up to 41.15 meters above the river. It is located 64 km east of Portland and 6.4 kilometers upstream from Bonneville Dam and connects Cascade Locks in Oregon with the neighboring U.S. state of Washington. The long hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the Mexican to the Canadian border, goes across the bridge.
The name of the bridge comes from the mythological Bridge of the Gods. According to the ideas of the Indian peoples of the region, this was a rock bridge over the Columbia River, which was destroyed in a dispute between the sons of the Great Spirit to a beautiful woman. The Great Spirit was able to finish the fight until he turned the two men Wyeast and Klickitat as well as the young woman Loowit in the mountains Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens.