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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.
It is also known as the Oregon City Freeway Bridge and the I-205 Bridge. The bridge was dedicated and opened on May 28, 1970, and cost $17.1 million to construct. [ 2 ] It is named for George Abernethy , who was the governor of the Provisional Government of the Oregon Country from 1845 to 1849 and later an Oregon City businessman. [ 1 ]
The Clackamas Highway was realigned onto a section of I-205 in 1971. [1] The easternmost 19 miles (31 km) of OR 224 in Mount Hood National Forest was closed to traffic during the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, which damaged pavement, guardrails, and nearby trees. [2] [3] It is reopened to traffic on May 1, 2022, 19 months after its closure. [4]
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 ...
Oregon Route 213 (OR 213) is an Oregon state highway that serves the eastern Willamette Valley between Portland and Salem. It is a north–south route. It is a north–south route. The route (except for its southernmost segment) is known as the Cascade Highway , though specific segments are generally better known by more localized names.
Siskiyou Summit, on the border of Oregon and California, is forecast to see higher amounts of sticking snow. 6-12 inches of snow above 1,500 feet in Cascades and Coast Range
In the western Portland area, US 26 is a freeway known as the Sunset Highway. After passing through the Vista Ridge Tunnels , heading into Downtown Portland , it intersects with I-405 and runs along the Interstate southbound for about a half-mile (0.80 km) before exiting onto surface streets at the waterfront, meeting Oregon Route 43 (OR 43) at ...