Oregon Route 99W

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Oregon Route 99W

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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length124.15 mi (199.80 km)
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
South endOR 99.svgOR 99E.svg OR 99  / OR 99E in Junction City
Major intersections
North endI-5.svg I-5 in Portland
Location
Country United States
State Oregon
Highway system
OR 99E.svg OR 99E US 101.svg US 101

Oregon Route 99W is a state-numbered route in Oregon, United States, that runs from OR 99 and OR 99E in Junction City north to I-5 in southwestern Portland. Some signage continues it north to US 26 near downtown, but most signage agrees with the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT) description, ending it at I-5. [1] [2] OR 99W is known by ODOT as the Pacific Highway West No. 1W (see Oregon highways and routes); that highway continues north through downtown (along a former extension of OR 99W) to the Pacific Highway No. 1 (I-5) in northern Portland, as well as south on OR 99 to the Pacific Highway (I-5) in Eugene.

Contents

Until around 1972, OR 99W was U.S. Route 99W, rejoining OR 99E (formerly US 99E) in northern Portland. US 99 then continued north along present I-5 into Washington; the next segment still numbered 99 is WA 99 south of Seattle.[ citation needed ]

Route description

The Pacific Highway West begins at the interchange with I-5 (Pacific Highway) and OR 126 Business (McKenzie Highway No. 15) in eastern Eugene. It heads west through downtown Eugene along OR 99 and OR 126 Business, and then northwest and north to Junction City on OR 99.

At Junction City, OR 99 ends and OR 99W begins along the Pacific Highway West, while OR 99E heads northeast on the Albany-Junction City Highway No. 58. While OR 99E quickly crosses the Willamette River, OR 99W stays on its west side through the Willamette Valley, passing through towns such as Monroe, Corvallis, Monmouth, Rickreall, Amity, McMinnville and Lafayette. Oregon Route 18 provides a bypass for OR 99W around downtown McMinnville and Lafayette.

At McMinnville, OR 99W turns northeast. It passes through the winemaking towns of Dundee and Newberg before entering the Portland suburb of Sherwood. OR 18 provides a partial bypass for OR 99W around downtown Dundee and Newberg. The bypass currently ends at OR 219, but is proposed to extend northeast to OR 99W northeast of Newberg. OR 99W then skirts the city of Tualatin and passes through Tigard before entering Portland and immediately ending at I-5.

The Pacific Highway West, however, continues northeast and north, paralleling I-5 on Barbur Boulevard. OR 10 joins at Capitol Highway, which is not a state highway. South of the Ross Island Bridge approach, Oregon Highway 99W and OR 10 split from Barbur Boulevard onto Naito Parkway, an arterial that once connected directly to Harbor Drive. OR 10 ends at the west end of the Ross Island Bridge, which carries US 26, the Mt. Hood Highway No. 26. Until around 2005, US 26 came off the bridge onto the Pacific Highway West north into downtown Portland, but it now heads west on the locally maintained Arthur Street to reach I-405.

At the overpass over I-405 is the former split with Harbor Drive, which was replaced by Tom McCall Waterfront Park in 1974. The road now runs into Naito Parkway (formerly Front Avenue), and is state-maintained until Market Street, the eastbound half of the one-way pair of the Sunset Highway (US 26 left the Pacific Highway West here prior to ca. 2005).

Former Oregon Route 99W as North Interstate Avenue in Portland Portland July 2017 07 (N Interstate Avenue).jpg
Former Oregon Route 99W as North Interstate Avenue in Portland

The Pacific Highway West continues north through downtown, locally maintained along Naito Parkway, to the state-maintained Steel Bridge. There is a direct ramp for northbound traffic onto the bridge, but the former southbound ramp is now used by the MAX Light Rail system, and so southbound traffic must head west to 3rd Avenue, three blocks west of Naito Parkway.

At the northeast end of the Steel Bridge, the Pacific Highway West again becomes locally maintained, and heads north on Interstate Avenue all the way to I-5 (the Pacific Highway) near the Interstate Bridge. It is again state-maintained north of Argyle Street.

History

US 99W.svg

U.S. Highway 99W

Location PortlandJunction City
Existed1930–1971 [3]

The first highway in the corridor was the Capitol Highway (Highway 3), from Portland to Salem via Dayton (roughly present OR 99W and OR 221). In 1927 it was merged with the West Side Highway, which ran from Dayton to Junction City, to form the West Side Pacific Highway, still numbered 3, and a western loop of the Pacific Highway (Highway 1/U.S. Route 99). (The former Capitol Highway south of Dayton was removed from the system, but was later taken over as the Salem-Dayton Highway.) The section north of Portland was initially named Multnomah Boulevard until Interstate Avenue was adopted in 1916; the street was paved in the late 1920s amid several minor realignments to provide for a 100-foot (30 m) wide highway. [4]

In 1930, Highway 3 was assigned the U.S. Route 99W number and Highway 1 (old US 99) between the ends of Highway 3 became US 99E. [5] Highway 1 was similarly split in 1938, forming the Pacific Highway West - Highway 1W - and the Pacific Highway East, Highway 1E. Highway 1W was formed from Highway 3, and extended north on Interstate Avenue to just south of the Interstate Bridge.

In 1957, with the assignment of I-5, the Pacific Highway (Highway 1) was moved to its planned alignment, resulting in an extension of Highway 1W south to Eugene. US 99W however continued to terminate at Junction City; the new I-5 was designated US 99 when it opened in 1961. (US 99W from south of downtown Portland north to its end was temporarily part of US 99 from 1961 to 1963, when I-5 opened north of downtown.)

US 99 became OR 99 in December 1971, resulting in the renumbering of US 99W to OR 99W. It was truncated in 1979 to I-5 just north of the Tigard/Portland line. It was again re-extended to south of downtown in 1996, with various signs identifying it as 99W placed sporadically between downtown and Tigard.

Old alignments

The original alignment in southern Portland, bypassed in the 1930s by Barbur Boulevard, is still called Capitol Highway. It begins at the present north end of OR 99W and runs first east, then west, of Highway 1W, eventually merging with OR 10 (formerly the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway) before ending at Highway 1W south of downtown.

Through downtown Portland, the original alignment took US 99W across the Broadway Bridge, reaching it via 4th Avenue, Burnside Street, and Broadway northbound, and Broadway, Pine Street, and 6th Avenue southbound. [6] In 1950 it was realigned along Harbor Drive, the Steel Bridge and a realigned Interstate Avenue. Harbor Drive was removed in 1974, resulting in OR 99W moving west one block to Front Street (now Naito Parkway) downtown.

Major intersections

Note: mileposts do not reflect actual mileage due to realignments.
CountyLocationmi [7] kmDestinationsNotes
Lane Junction City 108.76175.03North plate.svg
OR 99E.svg
South plate.svg
OR 99.svg
OR 99E north / OR 99 south Harrisburg, Albany, Junction City, Eugene
Benton Monroe 101.15162.79Territorial Highway (OR 200) Cheshire, Florence
Corvallis 84.15135.43East plate.svg
OR 34.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-5.svg
OR 34 east to I-5  Albany, Lebanon
Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
84.15135.43West plate.svg
US 20.svg
West plate.svg
OR 34.svg
US 20 west / OR 34 west Philomath, Oregon Coast
Interchange; southern end of US 20 overlap
83.42134.25East plate.svg
US 20.svg
East plate.svg
OR 34.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-5.svg
US 20 east / OR 34 east to I-5  Albany, Lebanon
Northern end of US 20 overlap
Polk Monmouth 63.42102.06OR 51.svg OR 51 (OR 194) Kings Valley, Monmouth City Center, Independence
Rickreall 57.8193.04Rickreall Road (OR 223) Dallas, Derry
57.4392.42OR 22.svg OR 22  Oregon Coast, Salem Interchange
Yamhill Amity 44.7572.02Nursery Street (OR 153) Hopewell, Salem
44.6871.915th Street (OR 153) Bellevue, Sheridan, Willamina Northern end of OR 153 overlap
43.5070.01OR 233.svg OR 233  Dayton
39.2463.15East plate.svg
OR 18.svg
OR 18 east Dayton, Portland
Interchange
McMinnville 38.9962.75West plate.svg
OR 18.svg
OR 18 west Sheridan, Oregon Coast
37.7060.673rd Street
34.8556.09North plate.svg
OR 47.svg
OR 47 north Carlton, Forest Grove
Lafayette 32.2951.97Madison Street to Lafayette Highway  Hopewell
Dayton Junction 29.7347.85OR 18.svgOR 233.svg OR 18  / OR 233  Dayton, Salem, Oregon Coast
Newberg 23.7138.16West plate.svg
OR 240.svg
OR 240 west Chehalem Valley, Yamhill
23.4137.67North plate.svg
OR 219.svg
OR 219 north Scholls, Hillsboro
Southern end of OR 219 overlap
22.8936.84South plate.svg
OR 219.svg
OR 219 south Champoeg State Park, St. Paul, Salem, Woodburn
Northern end of OR 219 overlap
Washington Tigard 8.8214.19Hall Boulevard (OR 141) Metzger, Durham
8.6613.94OR 217.svg OR 217  / Sunset Highway (US 26) Beaverton, Salem Interchange
Multnomah Portland 7.4411.97I-5.svg I-5  Portland, Salem Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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