Southway Bridge

It connects Fleshman Way in Clarkston with Bryden Canyon Road in Lewiston, and provides residents of the Lewiston Orchards with access to State Route 129, as well as providing Clarkston residents with access to the Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport.

The bridge was opened to traffic on August 3, 1982, at a cost of $21 million, after several delays due to repairs.

[1][2] The Bryden County Road project linking the bridge to the Lewiston Orchards was completed in 1999.

A bill to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington and Lewiston, Idaho") was introduced in June 1974 by Senators Warren Magnuson, Henry M. Jackson, Frank Church.

The Lower Granite Dam was completed in 1975, creating a reservoir (Lower Granite Lake) that extended through the Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area, raising the surfaces of the Snake River and Clearwater River to 741 feet (226 meters) above sea level.

The Southway Bridge near the center of the photograph, with the blue Interstate Highway Bridge at the bottom of the photo