Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago — 2016 Ships passing through or anchoring off Astoria have become a part of the landscape […] ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging government agencies to study 68 U.S. bridges frequented by ocean-going vessels and constructed before current risk standards were established. The ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that nearly 70 bridges across the U.S. should conduct a vulnerability assessment as part of an ongoing investigation into ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (KATU) — Drivers could face some overnight delays in the coming days as crews work on Astoria’s New Youngs Bay Bridge. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews will close the ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — A 76-year-old man who had been reported missing from Northern Virginia was rescued last week, after jumping from the New Youngs Bay Bridge that spans the Young Bay near the mouth of ...

The Astoria-Megler and St. Johns bridges were among the dozens of spans across the country recommended to undergo “vulnerability assessments” by the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB ...

White streaks of bird waste paint the steel trusses beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests.

Crews will be working causing single lane closures during the day Monday through Thursday and until noon on Friday. Flaggers will help direct traffic. While most of the work will be concentrated below ...

Federal officials are warning that two important bridges connecting Washington state to Oregon could be at risk of collapsing in a ship strike like the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in ...

Get ready to hang out with sea lions, grab a locally brewed ale, and do your best Truffle Shuffle in Astoria, Oregon.

More than one in five bridges in Oregon was in “distressed” condition in 2024. That’s according to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s annual bridge condition report. Oregon also has the fewest ...