Cornelius Pass Road

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North end: US 30 near Portland
Major
junctions:		 US 26 in Hillsboro
South end: OR 8 in Hillsboro
Oregon highways (lists: Routes - Highways)

Cornelius Pass Road is an arterial road over Cornelius Pass in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland, Oregon, USA. Running north-south, the road stretches between U.S. Route 30 on the north and Oregon Route 8 on the south. The road passes through Washington and Multnomah counties, crossing the Tualatin Mountains at Cornelius Pass at the 577 foot elevation.[1]

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[edit] History

The road was built by Thomas R. Cornelius in the 1800s.[2] The interchange with the Sunset Highway was rebuilt and widened in 1989, and the road widened to five lanes from the freeway to Cornell Road the following year.[3][4] In 1996, the road was extended southward when 216th and 219th avenues were renamed and became the southern section of the road.[5] At that time the intersection with Baseline Road was re-aligned.[5] The intersection with U.S. 26 was revised in 2005 with new on and off ramps extending from Cornelius Pass to the east where a railroad overpass had previously been located.[6][7] In 2008, the entire Multnomah County section was changed to a no passing zone on the winding road over the Tualatin Mountains.[8]

[edit] Details

Cornelius Pass is one of only two main north-south connecting roads in Hillsboro.[9] The former country road handles 11,000 drivers each day and is an arterial route from the Tualatin Valley between Hillsboro to the Columbia River north of Portland.[8] A mountainous road at points, 1,500 of the 11,000 vehicles each day are tractor-trailers on the road designed to handle up to 10,000 vehicles per day.[10] A portion of the road, from US 26 to Cornell, is part of the National Highway System.[11]

[edit] Cities and towns along the route

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Destinations Notes
Multnomah US 30 – Portland, St. Helens
Washington Hillsboro US 26 – North Plains, Beaverton Interchange
Hillsboro Cornell Road
Hillsboro Baseline Road
Reedville OR 8 – Hillsboro, Aloha

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ USGS Map Name: Linnton, OR. TopoQuest. Retrieved on June 3, 2008.
  2. ^ Baron, Connie and Michelle Trappen. Paths linking past and present. The Oregonian, March 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Sunset lanes to close. The Oregonian, July 11, 1989.
  4. ^ Road projects prompt county to ask state aid. The Oregonian, April 2, 1989.
  5. ^ a b Hamilton, Don. Road work ahead. The Oregonian, June 6, 1996.
  6. ^ U.S. 26 Work Continues. The Oregonian, January 10, 2005.
  7. ^ Anderson, David R. Help in sight for Sunset interchange. The Oregonian, February 20, 2003.
  8. ^ a b Malkin, Whitney. Family hopes to keep road from claiming another life. The Oregonian, April 12, 2008.
  9. ^ Bermudez, Esmeralda. Hillsboro seeks money for new north-south road. The Oregonian, February 23, 2006.
  10. ^ Starke, Amy Martinez. Family wants more than roadside marker. The Oregonian, January 26, 2008.
  11. ^ Oregon Transportation Map: Washington County. Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved on June 3, 2008.