 Oregon Route 99E | ||||
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 Route 99E; mainline in red, business route in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 109.78 mi (176.67 km) | |||
| Existed | 1972–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   OR 99 /OR 99W inJunction City | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |   I-5 /OR 120 in Portland | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oregon | |||
| Counties | Clackamas,Lane,Linn,Marion,Multnomah | |||
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Oregon Route 99E is anOregonstate highway that runs betweenJunction City, Oregon and an interchange withI-5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, inPortland. It, along withOR 99W, makes up a split ofOR 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route wasU.S. Route 99, when the two branches wereU.S. 99W andU.S. 99E. (Another such split occurred inCalifornia, but with the decommissioning of U.S. 99, that state elected to rename its U.S. 99W asInterstate 5, rather than preserve the directional suffix.)
Currently, OR 99E and OR 99W do not reconvene at a northern junction in Oregon;OR 99W has been truncated from its original route, and ends in North Portland at an interchange with OR 99E and Interstate 5; nor is OR 99 (without a suffix) signed anywhere in Portland.
OR 99E has its southern terminus in Junction City. Almost immediately after leaving the city limits the route crosses theWillamette River, and servesWillamette Valley towns such asHarrisburg and Tangent. North of Tangent, the route enters the city ofAlbany and serves as a main thoroughfare through town (for about a mile, OR 99E shares an alignment withUS 20). At the northern end of Albany, OR 99E joinsI-5.
OR 99E remains co-signed with I-5 untilSalem where it again splits off from the interstate, serving many towns in northernMarion County. (A business route through Salem,OR 99E Business, consists of a section ofOR 22 and theSalem Parkway; a previous alignment of OR 99E along Commercial Street, Fairgrounds Road, and Portland Road is often erroneously referred to as "99E" even though it is no longer part of theOregon Route system). North of Salem, OR 99E serves the northern Willamette Valley, passing through cities such asWoodburn,Hubbard, andCanby, before entering the Portland metro area inOregon 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 ofGladstone,Oak Grove andMilwaukie, OR 99E is known as McLoughlin Boulevard (after fur traderJohn McLoughlin). The road crosses theJohn McLoughlin Bridge just south of Gladstone. North of Milwaukie (and an interchange withOR 224), OR 99E is a high-capacity urbanexpressway.
In Portland, OR 99E continues as the McLoughlin Boulevard expressway until passing beneath the Ross Island Bridge (US 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, OR 99E continues as MLK Jr. Boulevard and passes through several Northeast Portland Neighborhoods until its terminus at an interchange with I-5 andOR 120 in Delta Park, just south of the Columbia River crossing. (The interchange also involves Interstate Avenue, which was the prior route of OR 99W before the latter route was truncated).
OR 99E was originally part ofU.S. Route 99E (US 99E), which was created alongsideUS 99W in 1930 as part of a split ofUS 99 between Junction City and Portland.[1] The parallel highways ran through the Willamette Valley and the suffixed designations were proposed by cities on the west side.[2] In the 1950s and 1960s,[citation needed] I-5 (also signed as US 99 Bypass) was built parallel to US 99E and absorbed the Albany–Salem section of the highway to form a concurrency.[3] US 99, US 99E, and US 99W were decommissioned in December 1971 and replaced by their state counterparts the following year.[4][5]
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lane | Junction City | 32.37 | 52.09 |   OR 99 south /OR 99W north –Junction City,Eugene,Monroe,Corvallis | |
| Linn | Halsey | 19.36 | 31.16 |   OR 228 toI-5 –Brownsville,Sweet Home | |
| Tangent | 7.81 | 12.57 |  OR 34 toI-5 –Corvallis,Lebanon | Interchange | |
| Albany | 2.42 | 3.89 |   US 20 west –Albany City Center,Corvallis | Southern end of US 20 overlap; interchange | |
| 2.17 | 3.49 | Jackson Street – Sunrise District | Interchange | ||
| 1.40 | 2.25 |   US 20 east toI-5 south –Lebanon,Eugene | Northern end of US 20 overlap | ||
| 0.00 234.69 | 0.00 377.70 | I-5 south –Eugene | Southern end of I-5 overlap | ||
| 238.24 | 383.41 |  OR 164 north –Scio,Millersburg | |||
| Marion | | 244.68 | 393.77 | OR 164 south –North Jefferson | |
| Salem | 249.35 | 401.29 | Commercial Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 253.87 | 408.56 |    OR 22 /OR 99E Bus. north –Detroit Lake,Stayton | |||
| 256.28 | 412.44 |  OR 213 (Market Street) –Silverton,Lancaster Mall | |||
| 258.68 46.08 | 416.31 74.16 |  I-5 north –Portland,Oregon State Fair,L. B. Day Amphitheatre,Salem City Center | Northern end of I-5 overlap | ||
| 44.46 | 71.55 | ToI-5 / Chemawa Road (OR 99E Bus. south) –Chemawa,Keizer,Silverton | |||
| Woodburn | 32.87 | 52.90 |  OR 214 south –Woodburn City Center,Mt. Angel,Silverton | Southern end of OR 214 overlap | |
| 31.70 | 51.02 |  OR 214 north /OR 211 toI-5 –Newberg,Molalla | Northern end of OR 214 overlap | ||
| | 27.26 | 43.87 |  OR 551 toI-5 –Wilsonville | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| Clackamas | Oregon City | 12.56 | 20.21 |  OR 43 (Main Street) –Oregon City,West Linn,Lake Oswego,Portland | |
| 11.73 | 18.88 |  I-205 –West Linn,Salem,Seattle,The Dalles | Interchange | ||
| Milwaukie | 5.46 | 8.79 |  OR 224 –Clackamas,Damascus,Estacada | Interchange | |
| Multnomah | Portland | 4.39 | 7.07 | Tacoma Street to Johnson Creek Boulevard –Sellwood Bridge | Interchange |
| 3.70 | 5.95 | Bybee Boulevard –Westmoreland,Sellwood,Eastmoreland,Reed College | Interchange; southbound exit and entrance | ||
| 2.61 | 4.20 | Milwaukie Avenue –Westmoreland | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 2.33 | 3.75 | Holgate Boulevard –Reed College | |||
| 1.49 | 2.40 |  US 26 (Powell Boulevard) –Ross Island Bridge,Gresham,Mount Hood | Interchange | ||
| 0.69 | 1.11 | Hawthorne Bridge | Southbound interchange and northbound at-grade intersection | ||
| 0.39 | 0.63 |  Morrison Bridge toI-5 –Salem,Seattle | Southbound interchange and northbound at-grade intersection | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | Burnside Bridge toI-5 | Access via Couch Street | ||
| −0.18 | −0.29 |     I-84 east /US 30 east –Portland Airport,The Dalles | Southbound access is via Everett Street | ||
| −0.59 | −0.95 | Multnomah Street –Steel Bridge,Lloyd Center | |||
| −0.84 | −1.35 | ToI-5 / Broadway –Memorial Coliseum,Broadway Bridge | |||
| −3.75 | −6.04 |  US 30 Byp. (Lombard Street) –St. Johns Bridge,Astoria,Portland Airport,Hood River | |||
| −4.01 | −6.45 | Columbia Boulevard –Portland Meadows,Portland Airport | |||
| −4.46 | −7.18 | To Vancouver Way / Schmeer Road / Gertz Road | Interchange; southbound exit and entrance | ||
| −4.68 | −7.53 | Vancouver Avenue –Portland Meadows | Southbound exit and entrance | ||
| −4.87 | −7.84 | To Gertz Road / Northeast 6th Drive | Interchange; southbound exit and entrance | ||
| −4.88 | −7.85 | To Vancouver Way –Portland Airport | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| −5.75 | −9.25 | Marine Drive east –Delta Park | Interchange | ||
| −5.97 | −9.61 | I-5 –Seattle | Exit 307 on I-5 | ||
| −6.09 | −9.80 | OR 120 west (Marine Drive) –Expo Center | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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