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As a result, US 26 is closed to hazardous material transport between I-405 and Oregon Route 217. An electronic sign giving motorists real-time information on travel times to Highway 217 under current conditions, and other messages as needed, was installed above the east portal of the westbound tunnel in June 2017 [ 9 ] and was activated in ...
The Oregon State Highway Commission renamed it the Sunset Highway at their January 17, 1946, meeting by a unanimous vote. The name is drawn from both the nickname and insignia of the 41st Infantry Division, which was largely drawn from Oregon, [5] and because the highway leads towards the setting sun. [6]
The Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel is a highway tunnel in northwestern Oregon that carries the Sunset Highway (U.S. Route 26) through the Northern Oregon Coast Range mountains near the unincorporated community of Manning, approximately 28 miles (45 km) west of Portland. The tunnel was completed in 1940 and is 772.0 feet (235.3 m) long.
Also in Tillamook, Oregon Highway 6 near the junction with Highway 101 remains closed due to high water. "A detour is available there as well," ODOT said. Landslide slows traffic north of Lincoln City
December 26 – Liberia – A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel in Totota, killing 40 people and injuring 83. [479] December 26 – United States – On U.S. Route 67 in Texas, a pickup truck tried to pass another vehicle in a no-passing lane and crashed head-on into a minivan, killing six and injuring ...
U.S. Highway 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon, to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. Numbered Highway System was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming ; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho and Oregon .
The highway begins in Portland at the west end of the Ross Island Bridge, with access to the Oswego Highway (Oregon Route 43), Pacific Highway (Interstate 5) and Pacific Highway West (Oregon Route 10). US 26 itself heads west on Arthur Street, which is not a state-maintained Highway, to reach the Stadium Freeway (Interstate 405).
John Day Highway No. 5 is a highway in eastern Oregon. It comprises Oregon Route 19 ( OR 19 ) and U.S. Route 26 (US 26), as well as short segments of OR 206 , OR 207 , and US 395 . Route description