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Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad: 1935 161 233.99 Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge: Coos Bay: 1936 5308 Designed by Conde McCullough as the North Bend Bridge; [6] on the NRHP. [5] 233.09 Haynes Inlet Bridge: Haynes Inlet: 2004 770 223.21 Tenmile Creek: 1954, 1989 on frontage road 420 213.23 Ranch Road 1966 133 212.27 Scholfield Creek: 1952 ...
Construction of the highway began in 1921 and was later designated as part of US 101 in 1926 and renamed the Oregon Coast Highway in 1931. [3] [4] The highway originally had six ferry crossings at major rivers and bays that were operated by private companies until their acquisition by the state government in 1927. The state ran these ferries on ...
Pershing and his staff compiled 78,000 mi (126,000 km) of public roads that were both useful for interconnected interstate travel, and, as the Army felt, for national defense. [1] The map provided an early model for coast-to-coast, connected interstate highways, with additional access between and through major urban areas.
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
The Oregon Department of Transportation reports high water on U.S. Highway 101 in Coos Bay, on Sunday, Dec, 3, 2023.
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a major north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway System and runs for over 1,500 miles (2,400 km) along the Pacific Ocean .
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an arch bridge that spans Yaquina Bay south of Newport, Oregon. It is one of the most recognizable of the U.S. Route 101 bridges designed by Conde McCullough and one of eleven major bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway designed by him. [3] It superseded the last ferry crossing on the highway.
For many decades the State highway officials in Oregon had seen the route that Highway 101 took through Wheeler and Nehalem as temporary for the highway. During that time, the long-term plan for the highway was to move it along the Nehalem Spit, offering a longer view of Nehalem Bay and the Pacific Ocean. When the plans for this change began to ...