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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 ...
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:
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 ...
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 ...
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
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]
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 ...
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 ...