History
The Cable Bridge, officially the Ed Hendler Bridge, was opened on September 16, 1978, and was built to replace the Pasco – Kennewick Bridge, also known as the Benton – Franklin Inter-County Bridge, that ran parallel to the bridge. The Pasco – Kennewick Bridge was dedicated and opened on October 21, 1922, and was demolished in 1995. The Pasco – Kennewick Bridge was constructed during World War I and carried a section of the Yellowstone Trail from 1912 until 1930, State Road 3 from 1923 until 1937, U.S. Route 410 (US 410) from 1926 until 1967, Primary State Highway 3 (PSH 3) from 1937 until 1970, and US 12 from 1967 until 1984, at the opening of the Interstate 182 Bridge.
SR 397 became a state highway in 1991, and the highway designation took effect on April 1, 1992. When SR 397 was originally created, it started about one mile (1.6 km) north of its current southern ending. It was later extended in 1993. The I-82 to SR 397 Intertie is a new 2-lane roadway being constructed from I-82/US 395 at exit 114 to SR 397 in Finley. The road, which is expected to be 11.03 miles (17.75 km) long and the highway from I-82/US 395 to Olympia Street, about 3.24 miles (5.21 km) long, was completed in November 2004. The second section of the road, from Olympia Street to Finley Road, about 5.39 miles (8.67 km) long, was completed in 2005. The third segment, from Finley Road to SR 397, about 2.40 miles (3.86 km) long, was expected to be completed in 2005, but is still under construction as of October 2008. In addition, the intertie is funded by multiple funding partners, which are listed on a sign at the current end of the intertie. WSDOT, a state fuel tax, Benton County, the Federal Reserve, and the Port of Kennewick funded this project and the project's engineer is JUB Engineers, Inc., and the contractor for the project is Steelman-Duff Inc. Also, the road is officially called County Route 397, but WSDOT considers it an extension or part of SR 397.
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