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By the 1850s, Emigrant Pass, slightly south of OR 58's crossing at Willamette Pass, was being used by emigrants to the Oregon Territory as a way over the Cascades.In October 1853, a party of 1,500 was almost stranded at the pass, but was saved from a Donner Party-style tragedy by nearby settlers who had begun to improve the route up the Middle Fork Willamette River earlier that year as a ...
Oregon Route 22 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the Oregon Coast community of Hebo, to a junction with U.S. Route 20 near Santiam Pass in the Cascade Mountains.OR 22 traverses several highways of the Oregon state highway system, including the Three Rivers Highway No. 32, part of the Salmon River Highway No. 39, the Willamina–Salem Highway No. 30, part of the Salem Highway No. 72 ...
Historical marker (Santiam Wagon Road) 16 63.64: Tombstone Pass summit, elevation 4,236 feet (1,291 m) 16 71.52: OR 126 west (McKenzie Highway) – Springfield, Eugene: Western end of Route 126 concurrency 16 74.90: OR 22 west – Detroit, Salem: Linn–Jefferson county line 16 80.77: Santiam Pass summit, elevation 4,817 feet (1,468 m ...
Santiam Pass is a 4,817-foot (1,468 m) mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. It is located on the border between Linn and Jefferson counties, about 18 mi (29 km) northwest of Sisters , between the prominent volcanic horns of Three Fingered Jack to the north and Mount Washington to the south.
There are at least 319 mountain passes in the U. S. state of Oregon. Lolo Pass seen from west of the pass. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses left and right across the pass; Mount Hood's northwest face is visible in the background.
A winter weather advisory was issued for Thursday, with between 4 and 7 inches of snow forecast above 4,000 feet, which could impact travel over Santiam Pass (Highway 22/20), Tombstone Pass ...
Officially known as the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road, the Santiam Wagon Road was built between 1861 and 1868 and operated as a toll road until 1915. In 1925, the road was turned over to the State of Oregon for use as a highway. U.S. Route 20 closely follows the original route of the wagon road. [2]
Interstate 5 is the second-longest freeway in Oregon, at 308 miles (496 km), and is the only Interstate to traverse the state from north to south. [4] The highway connects several of the state's largest metropolitan areas, which lie in the Rogue and Willamette valleys, [5] and passes through counties with approximately 81 percent of Oregon's population. [6]