It was constructed by Peter Kiewit & Sons,[1] who won the contract with a bid of $4,356,070 (equivalent to about $38,167,000 in 2025).

[2][3] The bridge was part of a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) long, $1.7 million (equivalent to $14 million in 2025)[2] segment of the Interstate 82 freeway construction through the area.

[4] At the time it was built, it was the longest concrete arch bridge in the United States,[5][6] surpassed only by the 866-foot (264 m) Sandö Bridge in Sweden.

[1] Fred Redmon was a county commissioner[7] and the first chair of the Washington Highway Commission, formed in 1951 to oversee the state's department of highways.

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