Part of Mount Rainier National Park became inaccessible on Monday after Washington officials shut down a bridge leading to the northwest area of the park. Washington State Department of ...

The average age of state-owned vehicle bridges is 51 years, half that of the Carbon River Fairfax Bridge. FILE: A detail shot of the Carbon River Fairfax Bridge, near Mount Rainier National Park ...

WILKESON, Wash. — There will be no public access to a portion of the Mount Rainier National Park for the foreseeable future due to the permanent closure of the 103-year-old Fairfax Bridge.