East Wenatchee: SR 28 Spur at MP 0.2 looking South
East Wenatchee is best known within Washington for its position on the east bank of the Columbia River, directly opposite Wenatchee. The city spreads across a broad, dry valley where irrigated orchards and farmland meet residential districts, commercial strips and basalt hills above the river. State Route 28 is a principal transport corridor here, connecting East Wenatchee with the Columbia Basin and central Washington. The community belongs to the Wenatchee Valley, an area long associated with apple growing and packing. Pangborn Memorial Airport, named for aviator Clyde Pangborn, recalls his 1931 nonstop flight across the Pacific with Hugh Herndon.
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Few cities in Washington have a history as closely tied to the Columbia River and its crossings as East Wenatchee. Set on the river’s east bank opposite Wenatchee, it lies close to the confluence where the Wenatchee River joins the Columbia. The Senator George Sellar Bridge, opened in 1950, links the two cities and is a defining element of the area’s everyday connections. Orchards have long shaped the wider Columbia Basin, and East Wenatchee remains part of the region’s important apple-growing country. Browse nearby webcams to place East Wenatchee within the broader Columbia River area.
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