Oregon Route 141

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Oregon Route 141

Length:

10.46 mi (16.83 km)

Formed:

2003

South end:

I-5 in Wilsonville

Major
junctions:

OR 99W in Tigard

OR 217 in Tigard

North end:

OR 217 in Beaverton

Oregon Routes
< OR 141		OR 153 >

Oregon Route 141, known as the Beaverton-Tualatin Highway, which is Highway 141, is an Oregon state highway which serves runs (contrary to its name) from the city of Wilsonville, Oregon to the southern edge of Beaverton. The highway is 10.46 miles long.

Oregon Route 141 is a post-2002 number which was created by an Act of the 2002 Oregon Legislature. Though the route exists in law, it may not yet have posted route markers.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Cities and towns along the route
- 1.2 Intersections with other highways
2 History
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Route description

The southern terminus of Oregon Route 141 is at Exit 286 on Interstate 5 in northern Wilsonville. From there, the highway runs north along Boones Ferry Road, through the city of Tualatin and past the community of Durham. In Durham, it then turns west on Durham Road for approximately one mile, then turns north again Hall Boulevard in Tigard. It then heads north on Hall for several miles, crossing OR 99W in Tigard, and eventually ending at an intersection with OR 210 (Scholls Ferry Road) in the community of Progress (though the intersection is technically within the city of Beaverton). An interchange with OR 217 lies nearby.

Just north of the intersection with OR 99W, the highway crosses over, but does not intersect with, OR 217; however access to OR 217 at this point is provided via OR 99W.

This route, along with a further extension north into Beaverton on Hall Boulevard, and a further extension south into Woodburn via Boones Ferry Road, was the original route of OR 217, before the current freeway alignment was constructed in the 1972.

As of 2006, route markers are not posted for this highway anywhere along its length. Complicating the definition of the highway is two separate sections of the above route are maintained by cities (Tualatin and Tigard), and are technically not part of the official definition of OR 141.

[edit] Cities and towns along the route

[edit] Intersections with other highways

I-5 in Wilsonville
OR 99W in Tigard
OR 210 in Beaverton
OR 217 in Beaverton

[edit] History

Prior to the opening of the current OR 217 freeway in the 1970s, the entire route of OR 141 was part of the original OR 217 that connected OR 8 in Beaverton to OR 99E in Aurora.