Requesting Congress to determine that the closure of the Fairfax bridge and its immediate replacement be considered an emergency.

Washington State's legislature has introduced a memorial (SJM 8016) requesting Congress treat the permanent closure of the Fairfax Bridge (on State Route 165) as an emergency. The memorial asks Congress to: (1) allow environmental and historic review processes to occur during or after replacement construction (instead of before), and (2) remove the bridge from the National Historic Register to expedite rebuilding. This directly affects residents south of the bridge who rely on it for access to Mount Rainier National Park and essential services, currently forced to use dangerous logging roads for basic needs after recent storm closures cut off all access. The bill seeks federal action to accelerate replacement due to the bridge's structural failure and critical community impact.