Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway set the tone for Oregon roadbuilding for decades (Part 1 of 2)
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The episode discusses the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway and its impact on Oregon roadbuilding aesthetics and engineering.
Engineers make stuff that gets a job done. Paying extra money to make it prettier usually just doesn’t make sense. But every now and then you run into an engineer with a vision that marries great aesthetics with top-tier engineering and figures out how to make it all make better financial sense than a plain, cheap job. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2407c-1012b.sam-lancaster-columbia-river-highway-101.659.html)
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