Glowing lights are all you can see of a barge passing under the Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River at Cascade Locks, OR moving upriver. The Bridge of the Gods, a steel truss cantilever bridge, was built by the Wauna Toll Bridge Company of Walla Walla, WA and opened in 1926 at a length of 1,127 feet. It is still a toll bridge and spans the Columbia River about 65 miles east of Portland, OR between Cascade Locks, OR and near Stevenson, WA.
The bridge was extended to 1,856 feet to raise the structure higher to compensate for the higher river levels after the Bonneville Dam (4 miles upriver) was completed. The Cascade Crest Trail crosses the Columbia River over this bridge and is at its lowest elevation along the entire trail here. This photo was shot using the Tungsten setting in the white balance. On the far side of the bridge you can see red and blue lights streaming along Washington Highway 14, it was a sheriff’s cruiser whizzing by through my time lapse shot.
