The John McLoughlin Bridge is a tied-arch bridge that spans the Clackamas River between Oregon City and Gladstone, Oregon , in the northwest United States . It was designed by Conde McCullough , and named for Dr. John McLoughlin .
15-552: It is 720 ft (220 m) long, with a main span of 240 ft (73 m). The deck carries four lanes (two in each direction) of Oregon Route 99E , also known locally as McLoughlin Boulevard. The bridge won the American Institute of Steel Construction's title of "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" constructed in 1933. Originally painted black, it was painted "ODOT Green" soon after, the first time that specific color
30-545: A T-intersection with North Marine Drive. The road continues southeast as North Marine Drive, following the Columbia River shoreline. After the highway turns southeast, the road goes under the Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge . The highway ends at an intersection with OR 99E and the ramps for exit 307 on I-5 . The Portland Expo Center is located near this interchange. The highway
45-711: A section of OR 22 and the Salem 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 the Oregon Route system ). North of Salem, OR 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
60-610: A section of the Swift Highway between North Columbia Boulevard and an Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company railroad crossing was truncated. During the Oregon Transportation Commission meeting on July 24, 2002, the commission approved the OR ;120 designation to be placed on the Swift Highway. On July 22, 2008, maintenance for portions of the highway were transferred from ODOT to
75-480: Is a 2.71-mile-long (4.36 km) unsigned state highway in the U.S. state of Oregon . The highway is internally known by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as Swift Highway No. 120 . OR 120 runs from a Union Pacific railroad crossing near North Columbia Boulevard to an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) and OR 99E . The Swift Highway No. 120 was created in 1931, while
90-636: Is entirely within the city limits of Portland . OR 120 is unsigned for its entire length. OR 120 is internally known by ODOT as Swift Highway No. 120. The entire length of OR 120 is part of the National Highway System , a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. The Swift Highway No. 120 was established as a secondary highway by the Oregon State Highway Commission on December 3, 1931. On November 22, 1966,
105-588: Is notorious for frequent and serious accidents. Starting in Oregon City, and continuing through the suburban communities of Gladstone , Oak Grove and Milwaukie , OR 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 OR 224 ), OR 99E is a high-capacity urban expressway . In Portland, OR 99E continues as
120-587: 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, OR 99E shares an alignment with US 20 ). At the northern end of Albany, OR 99E joins I-5 . OR 99E remains co-signed with I-5 until Salem where it again splits off from the interstate, serving many towns in northern Marion County . (A business route through Salem, OR 99E Business , consists of
135-543: 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 of U.S. Route 99E (US 99E), which was created alongside US 99W in 1930 as part of a split of US 99 between Junction City and Portland. The parallel highways ran through the Willamette Valley and
150-757: 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 and OR 120 in Delta Park, just south of
165-537: The OR 120 designation was created in 2002. OR 120 begins at a Union Pacific railroad crossing north of an interchange with North Columbia Boulevard. The road continues northeast as North Portland Road and follows BNSF Railway tracks. About half of a mile (0.8 km) from where the highway begins, OR 120 crosses the Columbia Slough Bridge. OR 120 continues to follow BNSF Railway tracks and passes through wetlands before having
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#1732787341017180-599: The Oregon/ Washington border, in Portland . It, along with OR 99W , makes up a split of OR 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route was U.S. Route 99 , when the two branches were U.S. 99W and U.S. 99E . (Another such split occurred in California , but with the decommissioning of U.S. 99, that state elected to rename its U.S. 99W as Interstate 5 , rather than preserve
195-596: 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
210-561: The suffixed designations were proposed by cities on the west side. In the 1950s and 1960s, 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. US 99, US 99E, and US 99W were decommissioned in December 1971 and replaced by their state counterparts the following year. Oregon Route 120 Oregon Route 120 ( OR 120 )
225-508: Was used on a bridge. This article about a bridge in Oregon is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to the United States Numbered Highway System is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oregon Route 99E Oregon Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of
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