The effort to replace the Hood River/White Salmon Interstate Bridge received a financial boost during legislative sessions in both Oregon and Washington.  Port of Hood River special projects director Kevin Greenwood says both states appropriated five million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funds to go along with a similar amount from a federal transportation build grant to help move past the current environmental impact statement process and into engineering work.  Greenwood says they have most of the environmental impact work done, with the last area to be worked through is the cultural, recreational, and historic structures impact.