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U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in the U.S. state of Washington is a 322-mile (518 km) route which traverses from the Oregon state line at the northern end of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge in Maryhill, north to the Canada–US border in Okanogan County near Oroville. The highway serves major cities such as Goldendale, Yakima, Ellensburg and Wenatchee ...
The Wahkiakum County ferry crosses the lower Columbia River between the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, and is the last regularly scheduled car ferry to cross the Columbia River between the two states. The ferry is located at the terminus of State Route 409, it departs from Puget Island, Washington, which the Julia Butler Hansen Bridge ...
Portland, Oregon 151 46.0 431 401 1906 RB [N 3] Alberta [N 4] C103296 stern psgr 1893 Bonners Ferry, Idaho: 140 42.7 508 320 1905 D Albina: 105962 side ferry 1881 Portland, Oregon 85 25.9 85 85 1898 Albina No. 2: 104244 side ferry 1883 Portland, Oregon 107 32.6 205 151 1893 O Albina Ferry No. 1: 106446 side ferry 1886 Portland, Oregon 48 14.6 ...
Inland steamboats on Oregon coastal waterways [5] sold in the late 1880s to Alaska whaling interests, later a cannery tender in Alaskan waters, reengined several times, and in service as late as 1939. Currently lying on shore at Gold Beach. Transferred to San Francisco in 1919, foundered Sept. 26, 1919, near Rio Vista.
Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is located just east of the Cascade Range near the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 82. The population was 18,666 at the 2020 census. [4] and was estimated to be 18,703 in 2022. [5]
Ferry service across the Columbia River from Astoria, Oregon, to Megler, Washington, began in the summer of 1920 when Capt. Fritz S. Elfving set up a scow as an improvised ferry and transported over 700 vehicles during that summer. In April 1921, Elfving incorporated as the Astoria-McGowan Ferry Company. With the company capitalized at $30,000 ...
The first recorded ferry in Oregon was on the Willamette River near present-day Wheatland. [1] This ferry was built during 1843–1844 and operated by Jesse Applegate when he occupied the former Methodist Mission at Mission Bottom. Daniel Matheny later started the Wheatland Ferry in the 1850s around the same location.
U.S. Route 97 (US 97) is a major north–south route of the United States Numbered Highway System in the Pacific Northwest region. It runs for approximately 670 miles (1,078 km) through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, primarily serving interior areas on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. The highway terminates to the ...