Oregon State Route 99E
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Oregon State Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between city of Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with Interstate 5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, in Portland. It, along with Oregon State Route 99W, make up a split of Oregon State Route 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route was U.S. Highway 99, the two branches were then U.S. Route 99W and U.S. Route 99E. (Other such splits occurred in California and Washington, but with the decommissioning of US 99, these two states elected to rename one of the branches as something else, rather than preserve the directional suffix).
Currently, OR 99E and OR 99W do not have a northern junction in Oregon--Oregon State Route 99W has been truncated from its original route, and ends in downtown Portland, several miles south of its original northern terminus; nor is OR 99 (without a suffix) signed anywhere in Portland. Immediately across the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington is an exit for a road called Hwy. 99, a former section of US 99, however.
Description
OR 99E has its southern terminus in Junction City. Almost immediately after leaving the city limits the route crosses the Willamette River, and serves Willamette Valley towns such as Harrisburg and Tangent. North of Tangent, the route enters the city of Albany and serves as a main thoroughfare through town (for about a mile, 99E shares an alignment with U.S. Highway 20. At the northern end of Albany, 99E joins Interstate 5.99E remains co-signed with I-5 until Salem where is again splits off from the interstate, serving many towns in northern Marion County. (A business route through Salem, Route 99E Business, consists of a section of Oregon Highway 22 and the Salem Parkway; a previous alignment of 99E along Commercial Street, Fairgrounds Road, and Portland Road is often erroneously referred to as "99E" even though it is no longer part of the Oregon State Highway System). North of Salem, 99E serves the northern Willamette Valley, passing through cities such as Woodburn, Hubbard, and Canby, before entering the Portland metro area in Oregon City. (The stretch between Canby and Oregon City is notorious for frequent and serious accidents).
Starting in Oregon City, and continuing through the suburban communities of Gladstone, Oak Grove and Milwaukie, 99E is known as McLoughlin Boulevard (after fur trader John McLoughlin). The road crosses the John McLoughlin Bridge just south of Gladstone. North of Milwaukie (and an interchange with Oregon Highway 224, OR 99E is a high-capacity urban expressway.
In Portland, 99E continues as the McLoughlin Boulevard expressway until passing beneath the Ross Island Bridge (U.S. Highway 26), where it runs on the couplet of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (formerly Union Avenue) and Grand Avenue. It is the main north-south arterial through the central east side of the city. North of NE Broadway, 99E continues as MLK Jr. Boulevard and passes through several Northeast Portland Neighborhoods until its terminus at an interchange with I-5 in Delta Park, just south of the Columbia River crossing. (The interchange also involves Interstate Avenue, which was the prior route of 99W before the latter route was truncated).
Cities and towns along the route
Intersections with other highways
- Oregon State Route 120 in Portland.
- U.S. Highway 30 Bypass in Portland
- U.S. Highway 30/Interstate 84,
- U.S. Highway 26 in Portland
- Oregon State Route 224 in Milwaukie
- Interstate 205 in Oregon City
- Oregon State Route 43 Oregon City
- Oregon State Route 551 (a new number for the "Wilsonville/Hubbard Highway") north of Hubbard
- Oregon State Route 211 and Oregon State Route 214 in Woodburn (a segment is shared with Oregon 214)
- Oregon State Route 213 in Salem
- Oregon State Route 22 in Salem
- Interstate 5 between Salem and Albany
- U.S. Highway 20 in Albany
- Oregon State Route 34 in Tangent
- Oregon State Route 228 near Halsey
- 99W and 99 in Junction City
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