| Summary: | Portland Dedicates Willamette Bridge Costing $2,000,000.: Governor Pierce Accepts The Span For State; Program Of Addresses. PORTLAND DEDICATES WILLAMETTE BRIDGE COSTING $2,000,000 Governor Pierce Accepts the Span for State; Program of Addresses CEREMONY ENDS WORK STARTED 4 YEARS AGO PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21.— (AP)—Portland's newest span across the Willamette river, known as the Ross Island bridge, costing $2,000,000, was dedicated today, with ceremonies including a parade and a program of addresses. Seven-year-old Rosina Corbett christened the bridge and Bishop W. T. Sumner of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, delivered the invocation. Governor Walter M. Pierce accepted the structure for the state and H. B. Vanduser for the highway commission. The bridge was decorated with flags and greens. Completion of the Ross Island bridge closes a bridge program started four years ago. The Burnside bridge, costing $2,900,000, was completed last May and the Wellwood bridge, finished last December, cost $450,000. These bridges make a total of seven spanning the river.
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