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All four companies were replaced in 1970 by TriMet, [71] which expanded bus service to cover more areas of Beaverton. The city is the location of a major freeway interchange for U.S. Route 26 (US 26; Sunset Highway) and Oregon Route 217 (OR 217). The Sunset Highway connects Beaverton to Hillsboro and the Oregon Coast to
Beaverton's historic commercial core remains largely intact as a pedestrian-oriented business district constructed along the street pattern from the city's earliest plats. Significant buildings include a handful from the city's first decades (1868–1920) and a larger number from the period of profound transformation between the world wars ...
The development of a large electronics industry during the 1980s and 1990s is the dominating factor of the county economy, and contributing to the creation of Oregon's Silicon Forest. California-based Intel, Oregon's largest private-sector employer, [25] has its largest concentration of employees in the county, mainly in Hillsboro. [26]
It is located at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College (PCC), north of Beaverton, Oregon. From 2012 to 2017, its public exhibit space was located in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, before it was moved back to PCC, its pre-2012 location and where the museum's research facility had already been located.
Oregon Route 217 (OR 217), also known as the Beaverton-Tigard Highway No. 144, is a north-south controlled-access state highway in Washington County, Oregon. The route travels along the west suburbs of Portland , starting at US Route 26 (US 26) in Beaverton and ending at Interstate 5 (I-5) in Tigard .
The Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate, located near Beaverton, Oregon, United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built starting in 1912, [clarification needed] the main house on the property was intended as a summer home. The entire 68-acre (28 ha) estate is owned by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD ...
Location within Oregon Bernard's Airport , also known as Bernard Airport, was a non-commercial airfield in Beaverton, Oregon , United States, from 1928 to 1969. [ 1 ] In its early years, it was one of two private airports located in Beaverton, [ 1 ] the other being Watts Field, about one-half mile to the south of Bernard's Airport. [ 2 ]
Location: 8405 Southwest Creekside Place, Beaverton, Oregon Nearest city: Portland: Coordinates: 2]: Area: 0.87 acres (3,500 m 2) [3]: Built: 1859; 166 years ago (): Architect: Augustus Fanno [4]: Architectural style: Mid-19th century revival: NRHP reference No.: 84003103 [1]: Added to NRHP: April 5, 1984; 40 years ago () [4]: The Augustus Fanno Farmhouse was the home of Augustus Fanno, one of ...