Historic Hood River
“The Rates Have Been Approved by the Secretary of War”
11-15-2024
Notes
Here is the schedule of tolls in 1943. Car passage cost 60 cents including the driver, but passengers (8 years old or older) were 10 cents each. I wonder how many parents hid their teenage kids in the trunk? And I wonder why the Secretary of War had a say over the toll rates?
Category: Klickitat County
Tags: 1940s, bridge, Hood River White Salmon Interstate Bridge, sign, toll bridge
Tags: 1940s, bridge, Hood River White Salmon Interstate Bridge, sign, toll bridge
Will
“World War II created even greater reliance on our vital highway systems. The roads, bridges, and tunnels served as defense routes for the war effort.” “Beginning around the time of World War I, the Federal Government, for primarily military reasons, began to study the possibility of building high-quality roads across the Nation. One option for the financing of these roads was to collect tolls.” I wonder if the tolls needed approval to ensure that fees were sufficient to maintain infrastructure.
nels
So you could bike across the bridge for 20 cents or walk across for 10 cents. You’d get killed if you tried to walk across now. If the bridge ever gets built I hope there will be a bike or hike lane.
Kyle
Walking / biking is in the plans for the next bridge, but it’s never over til it’s over. Until it gets built, someone can always come along and “value engineer” it out if we don’t fight for it.
Caleb
When I was a kid in the 90s we had these green tickets that I’m pretty sure were $0.50/crossing. It was very important to shift over to the driver side so you could give the person in the booth the ticket! They might call you Tiger!