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  2. Oregon Route 58 - Wikipedia

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    By the 1850s, Emigrant Pass, slightly south of OR 58's crossing at Willamette Pass, was being used by emigrants to the Oregon Territory as a way over the Cascades.In October 1853, a party of 1,500 was almost stranded at the pass, but was saved from a Donner Party-style tragedy by nearby settlers who had begun to improve the route up the Middle Fork Willamette River earlier that year as a ...

  3. List of mountain passes in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Crest Trail traverses left and right across the pass; Mount Hood's northwest face is visible in the background. Cyclists cross and descend the McKenzie Pass on Oregon Route 242 There are several words in use for a mountain pass in Oregon; the usage for each is:

  4. Willamette Pass - Wikipedia

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    Willamette Pass Tunnel in 1940. Willamette Pass (5,128 ft or 1,563 m) is a mountain pass crossing the crest of the Cascade Range in Oregon, United States. It is less commonly known as Willamette Summit. [1] [2] The pass is traversed by Oregon Route 58 and by Union Pacific's (ex-Southern Pacific) Cascade Subdivision, which provides rail access ...

  5. Oregon winter storm live updates: Warning of major ice storm ...

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    The National Weather Service has issued an ice storm warning from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. Wednesday for the Willamette Valley. ... ODOT continued to advise drivers to stay home and reschedule ...

  6. Oregon winter storm live updates: Salem-Keizer cancels ... - AOL

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    Multiple crashes and disabled vehicles are along a stretch of the freeway from mileposts 167 to 172, ODOT said. Salem gripped by ice as winter storm moves away from city

  7. Interstate 5 in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 5 is the second-longest freeway in Oregon, at 308 miles (496 km), and is the only Interstate to traverse the state from north to south. [4] The highway connects several of the state's largest metropolitan areas, which lie in the Rogue and Willamette valleys, [5] and passes through counties with approximately 81 percent of Oregon's population. [6]

  8. Expensive mistake: ODOT cameras capture man stranded in ... - AOL

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    ODOT cameras captured the man around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, sitting on top of his vehicle, surrounded by rising waters. The man was rescued without harm, ODOT said. The man was rescued without harm ...

  9. Oregon Department of Transportation - Wikipedia

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    The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969. [ 1 ] It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway Commission, was created by an act of the ...