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Today's featured article 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.) Recently featured: The Spy Who Loved Me (novel) Pierre Boulez Flotilla (video game) On this day... March 28 HMS Campbeltown during the St Nazaire Raid 1802 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet. 1935 – The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin. 1942 – Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured). 1946 – The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons. 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. 1999 – Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica. Ernst Lindemann (b. 1894) Nasser Hussain (b. 1968) Lady Gaga (b. 1986) Charles Schepens (d. 2006) More anniversaries: March 27 March 28 March 29

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