Considering I use this bridge everyday I thought I needed to point out an EXTREMELY necessary factoid: The speed limit is 70 mph. You don’t choose between 60 or 70 mph. You only need to go 60 if you are a large semi truck(your Dodge pick up does not count)
Patrick M.
Place rating: 5 Pasco, WA
One of the best drives to and from work, when the sun rises or sets! I’ve been super impressed with the view of Badger Mountain and the view west of Pasco, while the sun is setting. Its calming and invigorating at the same time. Makes me want to open the sun roof, put the cruise control on, stand in my seat with one foot on the wheel to drive, and take a couple pictures of the awesomeness!!!
Shane D.
Place rating: 3 Spokane, WA
Even though there is no sign that I have ever seen, this is officially the Sam Volpentest Bridge. He was a guy who made lots of great things, like the HAMMER training facility, happen for the TC. He also made this bridge happen, and can be thanked(or maybe scorned) for all of the development near roads 100 and 68. It’s almost like a magic bridge. You can’t really tell you just crossed one of the more powerful rivers on the country. But it is also such a BORING bridge. No cool cable web thingy like the Ed Hendler(Or more famously the Cable) Bridge. Also none of the rugged trussed sturdiness of the Blue Bridge. But it makes it a lot easier to go back and forth between Pasco and Richland, and makes a quicker journey to Pendleton, Yakima, or Spokane possible than would be otherwise. Sam Volpentest was a quiet sort of fellow who made things happen for the good of the Tri Cities. Maybe it is fitting that a bridge named for him is also quietly making things move here too.
Corey G.
Place rating: 3 West Richland, WA
Functional, Not Glamorous. Grunt, Not A Captain. Workhorse, Not A Wheeler & Dealer. That’s how I’d describe the I-82 Bridge. It constantly has two look downriver at its sexier counterparts: Blue Bridge & the famed Cable Bridge( …). It’s a hard life. But of our three big bridges here, I’d say this one is the biggest and gets the most traffic. I think the problem with this bridge is the size. It crosses the mighty Columbia and you almost wouldn’t know it when crossing this bridge. I guess that’s it’s downfall. Oh well, it just get’s the job done, and for that it can be a Captain in it’s own book.
