The Portland-Vancouver Bottleneck

This ANCIENT ELEVATOR makes you STOP on the FREEWAY
Road Guy Rob

Interstate 5 between Washington and Interstate 84 slows to a crawl during morning and evening rush hour. There are periods outside of those times when it can be clear sailing. 

Part of the problem is that Oregon has income tax and Washington doesn't, so a fair number of people live in Washington and commute to Oregon over this bridge. Blame the Oregon reactionaries who are adamantly opposed to sales tax. The commies in Washington run on their 6.5% sales tax.

Another part of the problem is that a replacement bridge would need to be something similar to the Fremont Bridge, which is a massive structure.

The argument about building a new bridge has been going on for a long while.