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[edit] Lower Columbia River Highway

Although this page is a redirect from the Lower Columbia River Highway link, there seems to be almost nothing about Oregon Highway 2W, signed as US 30, the nearly 100-mile long stretch of road between Portland and Astoria. 192.235.1.34 19:18, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

I tried to set up an Infobox. It didn't work so well. Here's what I did, in case anybody wants to fix it …

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Columbia River Highway
Route 30 is partially aligned with this road
Major cities: Astoria, Portland, Hood River
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-Pete 02:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historic mileposts

These are noted in the ODOT log, and appear to be measured from near Burnside Street and Sandy Boulevard in Portland:

  • 17 2.80
  • 18 3.79
  • 19 4.78
  • 20 5.78
  • 21 6.77
  • 22 7.77
  • 23 8.81
  • 24 9.77
  • 25 10.78
  • 26 11.86
  • 27 12.73
  • 28 13.78
  • 29 14.78
  • 30 15.81
  • 31 16.89
  • 32 17.78
  • 33 18.81
  • 34 19.79
  • 35 20.78
  • 36 21.77
  • 67 51.32
  • 68 52.16
  • 73 57.08
  • 74 58.14
  • 75 59.13
  • 76 60.13
  • 77 61.13
  • 78 62.15
  • 79 63.12
  • 80 64.12
  • 81 65.11
  • 82 66.09
  • 83 67.11
  • 85 69.07
  • 86 70.06
  • 87 71.06
  • 88 72.05

--NE2 01:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Full list of contributing and other historic properties

Source: [1][2] (CS*) and the 1983 nomination (lettered)

CS1 Columbia River Highway (HAER OR-36 data)

Segment 1 - Sandy River (14.2) to Warrendale (38.5)
N/A
  • 38.62 1915 McCord Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 39.8 Y 1915 Moffett Creek Bridge (still exists) (HAER OR-49 data, HAER OR-56 data)
  • 41.1 Z 1915 Tanner Creek Bridge
Segment 2 - Tanner Creek (41.7) to Cascade Locks (45.8)
N/A
  • 47.68 1918 Herman Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 52.7 GG 1918 Gorton Creek Bridge
  • 55.75 1916 Lindsey Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 56.50 1916 Warren Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 58.77 1917-18 Viento Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 58.0 HH ca. 1918 Original Mile Post Marker 58
  • 60 1915 Mitchell Point Viaduct (destroyed), Mitchell Point Tunnel (destroyed) (HAER OR-36-R data)
  • 64.34 1919 Phelps Creek Bridge (destroyed)
  • 62.9 II 1918 Ruthton Point Viaduct (still exists)
Segment 3 - Hood River (65.8) to The Dalles (88.48)
  • 66.80 1918 Hood River Bridge (destroyed)
  • 67.07-67.6 CS31/JJ 1920 Hood River Loops
  • 69.9 CS32/KK 1920 Rock Slide Viaduct
  • 70 CS33 1920 County Line Overlook
  • 72.0 CS34/LL 1920-21 Mosier Twin Tunnels (HAER OR-36-T data)
  • 73.2 CS35/MM 1918 Rock Creek Bridge
  • 73.7 CS36/NN 1920 Mosier Creek Bridge (HAER OR-36-U data, HAER OR-56 data)
  • 76.3 CS37/OO 1920 Memaloose Overlook
  • 79.0 CS38/PP 1920 Hog Creek Canyon (Rowena Dell) Bridge
  • 79.7 CS39/QQ 1921 Dry Canyon Creek Bridge (HAER OR-30 data, HAER OR-56 data)
  • 79.8 CS40/RR 1921 Rowena Crest Overlook, Mayer State Park
  • 80.0 CS42 1921 Pedestrian Observatory east of Rowena Crest Overlook
  • 80-82 CS41/SS 1921 Rowena Loops
  • 82.5-88.0 TT Abandoned Railroad Grade, Columbia River Highway
  • 88.5 CS43/UU 1920 Chenoweth Creek Bridge (this is actually at 88.0 according to ODOT)
N/A

--NE2 05:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History notes

  • 1937: old alignment abandoned in Multnomah County (where?)
  • 1941: survey approved, Troutdale to The Dalles
  • Portland to Troutdale
    • 1943: survey approved, Portland to Bonneville
    • 1948: Sullivan Gulch Highway added, Burnside Bridge to Sundial
    • 1958: old alignment became Hwy 59 and Hwy 123, Portland to Fairview
    • 1965: old alignment abandoned, Sundial Road to Rooster Rock (A&R 435), Sundial Road (A&R 438): minor pieces
  • Troutdale to Cascade Locks
    • 1935: old alignment abandoned, Eagle Creek (A&R 20): Toothrock Tunnel?
    • 1937: new alignment, Bonneville Dam
    • 1937: new alignment, Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks
    • 1941: survey approved, Dodson to Bonneville
    • 1943: survey approved, Portland to Bonneville
    • 1944: old alignment abandoned, Bonneville to Cascade Locks (A&R 117)
    • 1945: Troutdale Bypass added
    • 1950: old alignment became Hwy 125, Troutdale to Dodson
    • 1951: old alignment abandoned, Dodson to Bonneville (A&R 231)
  • Cascade Locks to Hood River
    • 1942: survey approved, Cascade Locks to Hood River
    • 1943: survey approved, Cascade Locks to Viento
    • 1947: survey approved, Cascade Locks to Mosier
    • 1952: old alignment abandoned, Cascade Locks to Herman Creek (A&R 228): Forest Lane
    • 1964: old alignment became Hwy 283, Cascade Locks
  • Hood River to Mosier
    • 1947: survey approved, Cascade Locks to Mosier
    • 1953: old alignment abandoned, Hood River to Mosier (A&R 262)
    • 1956: old alignment abandoned, Hood River to Mosier (A&R 256)
    • 1957: old alignment became Hwy 26, Hood River
    • ca. 1960: spur at Hood River added
    • 1974: Button Bridge added as a spur at Hood River (A&R 546)
  • Mosier to The Dalles
    • 1918: "middle route" survey adopted, Mosier to The Dalles
    • 1936: short piece at west entrance to The Dalles abandoned (A&R 35)
    • 1942: survey approved, Mosier to Rowena, Rowena to The Dalles
    • 1951: survey adopted, Mosier to The Dalles
    • 1952: spur at Mosier added
    • 1955: old alignment became Hwy 292, Mosier to The Dalles
    • ca. 1962: spur at The Dalles added
    • 1963: old alignment became Hwy 292, The Dalles
    • 1964: old alignment abandoned, The Dalles to The Dalles Dam (A&R 368)

--NE2 03:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History sources

  • [3]
    • 2006 Master Plan has a brief history
    • 1996 Master Plan appendix has some bridge years and status of old road, and related legislation
    • NHL Nomination has detailed history (this looks like the best for general history of the road)
  • HAER data linked above has a brief history plus details on the specific feature

--NE2 03:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Keystone signs

--NE2 01:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

1939 Bonneville Dam area aerials --NE2 07:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

journal articles --NE2 10:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Various designations

--NE2 22:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Details of segments between Dodson and Hood River

Dodson to Warrendale
  • Three stone culverts on (south?) frontage road
  • I'm confused about the exact path here.
McCord Creek/Warrendale to Moffett Creek
  • Covered by I-84 [6]
  • Stone culvert found in between [7]
Moffett Creek to Tanner Creek
  • Mostly covered by I-84; trail used all available portions
Tanner Creek to Eagle Creek
  • New construction required in areas, including over east portal of Toothrock Tunnel
Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks to Herman Creek
  • Old pavement exists south of south frontage road
Herman Creek to Wyeth
  • Mostly covered by I-84; small piece of old pavement south of the old weigh station (where?)
Wyeth to Starvation Creek
  • Mostly covered by I-84
Starvation Creek to Viento
  • ?
Viento to Mitchell Point
  • Portions of old pavement on the Wygant Trail
Mitchell Point to Hood River
  • Portions of old road remain, partly as Westcliff Drive

--NE2 21:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable bridges and tunnels

--NE2 21:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NE2 mentioned this in WT:MOS

Looks nice, lots of information, let me know if you ever put it up for WP:Good Article and I'll pitch in. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 02:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It still needs a bunch of work on the later history and current status. --NE2 05:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I-84 bridge dates

  • 1992 over 181st
  • 1992 over RR
  • 1996 over 201st
  • 1996 under Fairview
Fairview to Bonneville, two-lane; four-lane freeway [10] [11]

[12] [13] [14]

  • 1996 over 223rd
  • 1998 under 238th
  • 1999 under RR
  • 1958 over Marine
  • 1948 EB, 1958 WB over Graham
    • 1992 Graham over RR
  • 1949 EB, 1959 WB over Sandy River
  • 1946 over Crown Point
  • 1960 under Corbett Hill
  • 1939 over Latourell Creek (Rooster Rock Culvert)
  • 1957 under Rooster Rock
  • 1945, 1960 under Bridal Veil
  • ? over Wahkeena Creek
  • 1946 over Oneonta Creek
  • 1949 WB, 1960 EB over RR, Frontage
  • 1961 WB over Warrendale
  • 1962 EB, 1998 WB over McCord Creek
  • 1950 WB, 1962 EB over Moffett Creek
  • 1950 WB, 1962 EB over Tanner Creek
  • 1951 WB over Tanner Creek Road
Bonneville to Cascade Locks, 1937 two-lane; 1969 four-lane freeway [15]
  • 1936 EB Toothrock Tunnel
  • 1969 over RR, Eagle Creek
  • 1969 over RR, Ruckel Creek
Around Cascade Locks, four-lane freeway [16] [17]
  • 1962 over US 30
  • 1962 over Moody
  • 1962 over Ruckel
  • 1962 EB over US 30
Cascade Locks to Hood River, 1953 two-lane; 1966-68 four-lane freeway [18] [19]
  • 1952 over Herman Creek
  • 1965 under Forest
  • 1965 WB over Herman Creek Road
  • 1965 WB over Wyeth
  • 1965 WB over Viento
  • ? over Service
  • 1963 under US 30
Hood River to Mosier, 1953 two-lane; four-lane freeway
  • 1952 WB, 1964 EB over Jaymar
  • 1953 WB, 1964 EB over RR
  • 1953 under 2nd
  • 1953 EB, 1962 WB over Hood River
  • 1953 WB over US 30
  • 1953 over Rock Creek
  • 1953 under US 30
Mosier to Chenoweth, two-lane; four-lane freeway
  • 1953 over Mosier Creek
  • 2001 over RR
  • 1954 WB over Rowena River Road
  • 1954 WB over Taylor-Frantz
  • 1954 over Chenoweth Creek
  • 1997 under River
Chenoweth to The Dalles, four-lane freeway
  • 1957 WB over Hostetler
Through The Dalles, four-lane freeway June 29, 1964 [20] [21] [22]
  • 2005 over US 30
  • 1964 over US 30
  • 1964 over RR
  • 2003 over Union
  • 1964 under Riverfront Park
  • 1964 under US 30/197
  • 1964 over RR
  • 1961 over Fifteenmile Creek
  • 1954 over Dalles Dam access

--NE2 11:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)