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Hales Ferry, near Jefferson, operated as early as 1846, and another Jefferson ferry was run by Jacob S. Conser in 1848. [1] Doaks Ferry operated six miles (10 km) north of Salem. It was established in the 1840s by Andrew Jackson Doak, and sold in 1860 to Jesse Walling, who platted Lincoln, Oregon. [1] Doaks Ferry Road is named for it.
Aerial view of crossings in downtown Portland. This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River.
The ferry on land. The Wheatland Ferry is a cable ferry that connects Marion County and Yamhill County across the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.The ferry travels approximately 580 feet (180 meters) across the river, depending on the height of the river, and is powered by two electric motors connected to an on-board diesel generator.
Boones Ferry (also Boone's Ferry) was a cable ferry which crossed the Willamette River at present-day Wilsonville, Oregon, United States, from 1847 to 1954.It was part of a major land-based thoroughfare in pioneer times linking fledgling Portland with the pre-territorial government at Champoeg, and later Salem.
The Buena Vista Ferry connects Marion County and Polk County across the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located a few miles south of Independence, near the community of Buena Vista. The river is approximately 720 feet (220 m) wide at the crossing. The cable ferry has a capacity of six vehicles. [1]
Methodist Mission in Oregon, former settlement now part of the state park Wheatland Ferry , a historic river crossing and currently the only one between Salem and Newberg Maud Williamson State Recreation Site , a few miles to the west, donated and named after a teacher who taught at the former Wheatland school
The Willamette's flow varies considerably season to season, averaging about 8,200 cubic feet per second (230 m 3 /s) in August to more than 79,000 cubic feet per second (2,200 m 3 /s) in December. [11] The Oregon Route 34 bridge across the Willamette River at Corvallis is a mid-valley highway crossing.
The Canby Ferry, which also crosses the Willamette, is a few miles to the east. There is a Portland & Western Railroad rail bridge just upriver, to the west of Boone Bridge. The bridge is considered a choke point in the regional transportation system with Oregon Route 217 and Interstate 205 funneling traffic onto Interstate 5 to cross the river ...