Va n co uVe r L a n d B r i d g e.. JR travels..

Va n co uVe r   L a n d   B r i d g e
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The   Confluence   Project National Park Service. City of Vancouver and Washington State department of transportation.

The Vancouver Land Bridge reconnects historic Fort Vancouver to 

the city’s Columbia River waterfront and helps restore the natural 

landscape continuum from upland prairie to river edge.

this pedestrian bridge, which sweeps 

across state route 14 in a simple, 

elegant arch, also commemorates the 

confluence of rivers and indigenous 

people encountered by the lewis and 

Clark expedition.  

Jones & Jones’s design draws on the 

cultural significance of the circle, a 

native american symbol often used 

to represent the life cycle.  a walking 

path meanders across the bridge 

through an interpretive landscape of 

prairie, grassland and forest native 

plants, a rain water collection system 

and artworks created by the design 

team and native artists.

“The land bridge is a link back to the Klickitat Trail, Lewis and Clark and the 
development of the Northwest. It completes a circle that's been broken.”
—Johnpaul Jones