Interstate 182 (I-182) is an east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It serves as a connector from I-82 to the Tri-Cities region that crosses the Columbia River on the Interstate 182 Bridge between Richland and Pasco. I-182 is 15 miles (24 km) long and entirely concurrent with U.S. Route 12; it intersects State Route 240 and US 395. Business leaders in the Tri-Cities began lobbying for a freeway in 1958 after early alignments for I-82 were routed away from the area. I-182 was a compromise to the routing dispute, which allowed for direct access to the Tri-Cities and a bypass for other traffic. The new freeway would also include construction of a bridge between Richland and Pasco. Construction on I-182 was scheduled to begin in 1971, but was delayed and began in late 1980; it opened to traffic three years later. The final sections of the freeway, between I-82 and Richland, opened to traffic in March 1986. (This article is part of a featured topic: Interstate 82.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1935:
The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl
1942:
Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid
1946:
The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheson%E2%80%93Lilienthal_Report
1979:
British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_ministry
1999:
Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izbica_massacre
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
calamitous: 1. Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. 2. (obsolete) Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calamitous
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