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Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States. The north–south freeway serves as a bypass route of I-5 along the east side of Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. It intersects several major highways and serves Portland International Airport.
The structure is maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Under construction, looking east from the Columbia River c. 1980–81. Planning for the structure began in earnest in 1964 when it was designated as part of the East Portland Freeway (later renamed Veteran's Memorial Freeway), Interstate 205. Construction began in August 1977.
The Oregon state government initially proposed numbering the auxiliary Interstates using lettered suffixes, but were denied in 1958 by the American Association of State Highway Officials (forerunner to the AASHTO). [7] The last section of the Interstate Highway system to be built in Oregon, on I-82 near Hermiston, opened on September 20, 1988. [8]
Dangerous freezing rain event triggered Ice Storm Warnings for more than 1 million people across much of Oregon's Willamette Valley. A 20- to 30-car pileup shut down a stretch of Interstate 84 in ...
A highway pileup involving 100 vehicles, including big rigs, grinded an Oregon highway to a destructive halt during a nasty whiteout snowstorm Thursday, according to authorities.
Many streets in Portland are one-way; streets in downtown Portland (Southwest Portland bounded by I-405 and the Willamette River) are virtually all one-way, forming a grid of alternating street traffic: for north-south streets, odd-numbered avenues (1st, 3rd, etc.) are southbound, while even-numbered avenues (2nd, 4th, etc.) are northbound, and ...
I-205 at Oregon state line near Vancouver: I-5 in Salmon Creek: 1958 [29] current I-205 is a loop that bypasses Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington; its Washington section was completed in 1982 and the entire highway opened in 1983. [44] I-405: 30.30: 48.76 I-5 / SR 518 in Tukwila: I-5 / SR 525 in Lynnwood: 1958 [29] current
Oregon Route 212 is an ... Milepoints are as reported by ODOT and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. ... I-205 / OR 213 – Oregon City, Portland: I-205 exit ...