Day
Trips and Travelogues
of Oregon
Towns of the USA
New Jersey and Oregon are the only states that do not allow self-service gas stations.
Meteorite found along Ore. road estimated at 4.5 billion years old
Mon May 31, 11:05PM PT - KING5 Seattle
An
extremely rare and pristine meteorite was found on the side of the road
in Eastern Oregon and experts say it's 4.5 billion years old.Don Wesson
found the rock 11 years ago (See video)
Day Trips
Getaways
Scenic Drives
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, map
Historic Columbia River Highway, the 74-mile stretch of the Columbia River Highway from Troutdale to The Dalles
Interstate 205: The East Portland Freeway I205,
which runs in Oregon from a junction with Interstate 5 in Wilsonville
north to the Glenn Jackson Bridge over the Columbia River
Oregon 99: Originally known as the Pacific
Highway, Oregon 99 runs from the Oregon–California border north to
Junction City Oregon, where it splits into Oregon 99E and Oregon 99W.
The Pacific Highway, once designated US 99, US 99E, and US 99W, was the
main north-south highway in Oregon from the 1920s until Interstate 5
replaced it in1964.
US 97: The 2009 Legislature designated the Dalles–California Highway US
97 the “World War II Veterans Historic Highway.” US 97 runs north-south
in central Oregon past World War II training sites in Rufus, Madras,
Redmond, Prineville, Bend, Sunriver and Klamath Falls. Sunriver Resort
sits on the former site of Camp Abbot, a World War II combat engineers
training center.
US 101: Completed in the 1930s, the Oregon Coast Highway (US 101) runs
the entire length of Oregon’s Pacific Coast from Astoria on the
Columbia River to the Oregon/California border. The highway was
designated and Oregon Scenic Byway in 1991 and a National Scenic
Byway–All-American Road in 2002.
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