The Snake River Bridge (also known as the Lyons Ferry Bridge), is located on State Route 261 at the confluence of the Snake and Palouse Rivers, near Starbuck, Washington, USA.

The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982[1] and is located next to Lyons Ferry Park.

By 1923, the ferry was transporting 50,000 people across the river annually,[2] and it was clear that a bridge was needed to replace it.

Not only that, but the state also stood to lose $900,000 in federal funds for the North Central Highway if a toll bridge were to be built.

[3] Meanwhile, at Lyons Ferry, crossings of the Snake River were done by ferry, but the construction of the Lower Monumental Dam caused the river to slow, thus increasing crossing time.