The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Replacement Project will receive an additional $8 million in federal funding after Congress approved two separate requests late last week.  This latest round of funding comes after the project was awarded a $200-million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The project now has $327 million in committed funds, about 63% of the estimated total project cost of $520 million.  The $8 million approved by Congress last week came from two $4 million appropriation requests submitted last spring—one from Washington and one from Oregon.  Klickitat County sponsored the Washington request, and that $4 million will support preliminary engineering and design of the new bridge, including seismic resiliency and accommodations for cyclists and pedestrians.  The Oregon request was sponsored by the Port of Hood River.  That funding will be set aside to acquire any land required to complete the project, and to fulfill commitments to local tribes as identified in the federal approval process.