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US 20 and US 30 break the general U.S. Route numbering rules in Oregon, since US 30 actually starts north of US 20 in Astoria, and runs parallel to the north throughout the state (the Columbia River and Interstate 84). The two run concurrently and continue in the correct positioning near Caldwell, Idaho. This is because US 20 was not a planned ...
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the United States Numbered Highway System, with the highway traveling across the Northern U.S. With a length of 3,112 miles (5,008 km), it is the third-longest U.S. Highway, after US 20 and US 6 .
The Oregon Highway Commission requested that US 30 be assigned to the Columbia River Highway instead and have US 20 truncated at Pocatello, Idaho. The American Association of State Highway Officials ultimately agreed to truncate US 20 further to Yellowstone National Park, but later extended it via central Oregon in 1940. [2]
Because US 20 seemed indirect, passing through Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Oregon requested that US 30 be swapped with US 20 to the Pacific coast. [ 1 ] Many local disputes arose related to the committee's choices between designation of two roughly equal parallel routes, which were often competing auto trails.
US 30: 3,073: 4,946 US 101 in Astoria, OR: Absecon Boulevard and Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City, NJ: 1926: current A majority of the historic Lincoln Highway, one of the first roads across the country, became US 30, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Granger, Wyoming. US 31: 1,280 [g] 2,060 US 90, US 98, SR 16 in Spanish Fort, AL
At the next exit, US 20 leaves the freeway alone. The three remaining routes go on to serve several more roads (such as I-84 Bus. and SH-78). Then, in Bliss, US 30 leaves the freeway and enters the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway. As US 30 approaches I-84, the route turns south and east, serving Hagerman, Buhl, Filer, and Twin Falls.
U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is the portion of an east–west United States Numbered Highway in the state of Idaho. It begins northwest of Parma at the Oregon state line and enters Montana 9.6 miles (15.4 km) away from the Yellowstone National Park west entrance. Since 2019, US 20 has been designated as the Idaho Medal of Honor Highway. [3]
U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Astoria, Oregon, to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Within the U.S. state of Wyoming, it runs from Kemmerer to Pine Bluffs by way of Rock Springs, Laramie, and Cheyenne. The route runs mostly along the historic Lincoln Highway. [2]