The Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge will be closed to all traffic for four consecutive days in May, beginning at 12:01 a.m. the morning of May 19 through 11:59 p.m. the night of May 22.  During that time, crews from Hamilton Construction will remove and replace and adjust the tension in the wire ropes of the bridge that support the counterweights.  The work will include complete replacement and adjustment of the counterweight ropes.  The work is not weather dependent and will be underway continuously round the clock during the entire closure.  This work requires access to the roadway surface as well as other areas on the bridge and therefore the bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic.  The bridge will not be operational for marine traffic when the ropes are being replaced.  The new ropes have a service life of at least 30 years.  During the months of March and April, there will be intermittent, single-lane closures of the bridge primarily during nighttime hours as Hamilton Construction crews work to prepare for the closure.  The Port accepted a bid from Hamilton Construction in the amount of $1,119,250 for the project in October of 2022.