It does not appear it will take significant structural work to bring the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge’s weight limit back up to 80,000 pounds.  The Oregon Department of Transportation dropped the limit to 64,000 pounds in March of 2021 after an ODOT structural evaluation identified deficiencies in some bridge components.  Port of Hood River Executive Director Michael McElwee says its engineering firm’s preliminary conclusion has found major structural work will not be needed to get the weight limit back up.  There is some lateral bracing in the south approach ramp that needs to be done, but McElwee says Port crews can do that and it should be done by the end of July.  McElwee says once the work is done, then the Oregon Department of Transportation will have to do an analysis, so a change in the weight limit would not happen until after that.