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TECHNICAL REPORT No, 55-5

Oregon State Highway Department


R. H. BALDOCK, State Highway Engineer
W. C. WILLIAMS, Deputy State Highway Engineer

FREEWAY AND EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM


PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA
1955

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION


PLANNING SURVEY SECTION
Survey Conducted In Cooperation With The

U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
Published by

Oregon State Highway Commission


Salem, Oregon
BEN R. CHANDLER, Chairman
CHAS. H. REYNOLDS, Commissioner
JUNE, 1955

M. K. McIVER, Commissioner

TECHNICAL REPORT No. 55-5

Oregon State Highway Department


R. H. BALDOCK, State Highway Engineer
W. C. WILLIAMS, Deputy State Highway Engineer

FREEWAY AND EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM


PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA
1955

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION


PLANNING SURVEY SECTION
Survey Conducted In Cooperation With The

U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
Published by

Oregon State Highway Commission


Salem, Oregon
BEN R. CHANDLER, Chairman
CHAS. H. REYNOLDS, Commissioner
JUNE, 1955

M. K. McIVER, Commissioner

PORTLAND WESTSIDE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

T A B L E

0 F

C O N T E N T S

Page

Page
INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE

OF

ECONOMIC

STUDY

FACTORS

Economic

INFLUENCING

Base

Base

Traffic

Population
Vehicle

PATTERNS

Trends

Registrations

Trends

and F o r e c a s t s

- Study

Trends

and F o r e c a s t s

- Freeway-Expressway

OF

STREET

1955 T r a f f i c

System..

12

15
16

NET

18

Flow

19

Existing

Willamette

Existing

State

Major

AND HIGHWAY

Area

Traffic

USE

Generators

Traffic

PRESENT

* * *

Transportation
Selected

TRAFFIC

River

Bridges

and F e d e r a l

Directional

Desire

20

Highway

System

. . . .

21

Lines

F13 - S e l l w o o d F r e e w a y
F14 - G l e n c u l l e n F r e e w a y
EXPRESSWAYS
El

- McLoughlin
- M t . Hood

Expressway

E3

Eastside

Expressway

E4

Industrial

E5

- Oregon

Areas
The

E6

- Multnomah

E8

E9

- Barnes

Street

96
98

(US30)

Expressway

Expressway

(Oregon

City,

104
US99E)

106

Expressway

108
(US 3 0 - B y p a s s )

110

Road E x p r e s s w a y

E10

- Johnson

Ell

- Hillsboro

E12

- Cedar

E13

- Oatfield

102

(ORE43)

Expressway

Columbia

E14 - S t .

Bridge

(US99E)

100

Expressway

City

E7

Expressway
(US26)

Creek

Expressway

Expressway
Expressway

118

Expressway

Johns-Sunset

of
to

Design

25

Serve

25

Freeway-Expressway
Realized

RECOMMENDED

System

from

Freeway-Expressway

29

System

32

PROGRAM

Cost

of

Freeway

Cost

of

Expressway

120

Expressway

122

STREETS

125

of Major

Ml

- Barbur

M2

- Union-Grand

M3

- Be a v e r t o n - H i 1 1 s d a l e

Projects

Street

36

36

Projects

38

126

Avenue

M4

- Macadam

M5

- Morrison

M6

- Hawthorne

M7

- Division Street

35

Projects

Boulevard
One-Way

Couplet

Highway

(ORE10)

127

and B e r t h a

Boulevard

Street
and M o r r i s o n - B e l m o n t

Bridge

Couplet

FREEWAYS

45

- Banfield

Freeway

F2

- Harbor

F3

- Portland-Salem

Drive

(US3G)

Freeway

(US99)

Freeway

(US99)

F4

- M t . Hood

F5

Sunset

F6

Industrial

F7

- Delaware

F8

- Stadium

Freeway

(US99-US30

F9

Fremont

Freeway

(US30 A l t e r n a t e )

F10

Laurelhurst

Fll

East

F12

Cascade

Freeway

46

Freeway

(US26)

(US26)

Freeway

Freeway

Bank

(US30)

Approach

Street

One-Way

and H a w t h o r n e - M a d i s o n

Couplet

Street

Alternate)

(US99 A l t e r n a t e )

Freeway
(ORE213)

130

One-Way

131
132

M8

- 82nd Avenue

133

M9

- Tualatin Valley Highway

134
135

Mil - East Burnside Street

136

M12 - Halsey Street

137

M13 - McLoughlin Boulevard

138

50

M14 - Powell Boulevard - Foster Road

56

M15 - 15th-16th Avenue One-way Couplet

139

140

60

M16 - Oswego Highway

64

M17 - Powell Valley Road

142

66

M18 - Scholia

143

(ORE43)

141

Ferry Highway

70

M19 - Cornell Road

144

74

M20 - Lake Road

145

76

M21
M22
M23
M24

146
147
148
149

(US99)

Freeway

Freeway

128
129

Bridge

M10 - 122nd Avenue

Fl

114
116

Hi 1 1 s - T u a l a t i n
Road

112

24

Benefits

Cost

Water

Boulevard

22

PLAN

Levels

95

E2

MAJOR
BASIC

90
92

80
84

Clackamas Highway
Gresham Road
Sandy Boulevard
162nd Avenue

86

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

....

150

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Frontispiece

- Portland

Fl - Banfield
F2 - Harbor

Construction

Model

of Harbor

Drive

Street

Traffic

Proposed
Hood

Drive

F4 - Mt. Hood

at Harbor

Tigard,

Por11 and-Sal em

Looking

Looking

North

Section

Freeway
Freeway

Freeway

Freeway,

with

at S.W.

Macadam

Typical

Elevated

and Twin

Section

Looking

East

Looking West

F8 - Stadium

Freeway

F9 - Fremont

Freeway

Fll - East Bank


F12 - Cascade

to Harbor

Drive

Front

Avenue

Changes

IV

Characteristics

Trans-Willamette

in Vancouver,

Washington,

Interchange

Connections

Bridges in Background
Street

to

Looking Northwesterly.

Looking North
Avenue North

Ell

26
28

Page

Relation

of Oregon

Transportation

Industrial

Traffic

Population

Trends

and P o r t l a n d

to E l e v e n

System

Western

States

. . . .

Generators

4
6

in P o r t l a n d

Study

Area

and F o r e c a s t ,

City

of Portland

and P o r t l a n d

Urban

Area,

1900-1975

Trends

10

Total

Vehicle

75

Index

of A v e r a g e

East

. .

. . . . .

77

. . . . .

79

T r e n d of A v e r a g e D a i l y T r a f f i c on R o s s I s l a n d B r i d g e and
S.W. H a r b o r D r i v e s o u t h o f S.W. M a r k e t S t r e e t

Index of Average

81
85

in the S t u d y

Registration

Area

11

1938-1975

13

Daily

Traffic

Traffic

at F i v e

Portland

on the P r o p o s e d

Locations

Portland

. . .

14

15
Freeway-

System

16

Flow Map

19

10 -

1955 Traffic

93

11 -

State

and F e d e r a l

Highway

97

12 -

Major

Directional

Desire

13 -

Proposed

103

14 -

Time

105

15 -

Traffic

16 -

Aerial

91

Expressway

. . . . .

. . . . .

Expressway

Expressway

Expressway
Expressway

Expressway

Expressway

Expressway

23

1975

Contours

31
.

33

Flow Map 1975


Photo

Looking

Ill

37

- Portland

Westside

Central

Business

District

17 -

Portland

18

East

Northwest

Westside

40

Central

Business

District

Looking

South

. . .

41

115
117

Expressway

Zone

Lines

21

109

113

Expressway

Plan

System

107
*

Expressway

E14 - St. Johns-Sunset

Expressway

Daily

87

Expressway

Road

Traffic

Population

Freeway

E12 - Cedar Hi 11s-Tualatin


E13 - Oatfield

12

City Bridge

- Hillsboro

1940-1950

Highways

73

Portals, Looking

Creek

River

Population

Arterial

101

E10 - Johnson

Area

Urban

Expressway

E8 - Columbia

Study

of

E3 - Eastside

E9 - Barnes Road

Portland

of

99

E7 - Multnomah

in

LIST OF FIGURES

71
72

Freeway

Street

Delaware

Expressway

E6 - Water

Portland

71

E2 - Mt. Hood

E5 - Oregon

and

69

to

Interj^Tate Bridges, Looking Southwesterly.

above N. Interstate

Boulevard

E4 - Industrial

Portland

62

69

Freeway

El - McLoughlin

of

Figure
.

Freeway

F14 - Glencullen

III

57

Freeway,

Freeway

F13 - Sellwood

City

Oregon

62

Street

F10 - Laurelhurst

and F o r e c a s t ,

of

Seattle

1920-1975

55

71
Connections

South of N. Lombard

Rocky Butte Tunnel

Area

and t h e S t a t e

and

and

. . . . .

Above N.W.

Interstate

Section

Russell

Connection

Bridge

and Denver Avenue

Typical

Urban

Trends

the Portland

67

Freeway

F7 - Delaware

of Union

Population

for

59

122nd Avenue,

to Steel

Model

Delaware

65

of Industrial

of US99

II

Areas

Data

58

Freeway

Elevated

Metropolitan

52

Barbur

Freeway

Looking South

Manufacturing

61

East cf

N.

Freeway,

Freeway

F6 - Industrial

Selected

54

West

East of Cascade

Freeway

. . . .

Drive

Section

Model

Freeway

Freeway

Section

F5 - Sunset

51

Typical

Typical

(US99 ) - Sunset

Freeway

Typical

Model

Freeway

Connections Por11 and-Sa1 em Freeway


Avenues,

Page
-

47

Interchange

near

Table
I

District

. .

- Harbor

F3 - Portland-Salem

Boulevard

Business

Freeway

Stage

Proposed

Central

Freeway

Drive

Clay-Market

Westside

119
121
123

19 -

Side

Looking

Portland

Northwest

Looking
along

Northwest

the W i l l a m e t t e

42
River

. . . . . . . . . .

43

INTRODUCTION

THE
SULT

OF PORTLAND

OF INDUSTRIAL

WHICH

IT SERVES

GROWTH

DURING

VEHICULAR
ABLY

THE

RATE

THIS

DISPARITY

STREETS

TERN

WHICH

IMPOSED.

TWEEN

CERTAIN

ORDER

T O AVOID

DIRECT

LINES

HAS

HAS

UNDERGONE
MANY

LARGE

TERMINI

AND

BOTH

CONGESTION,

MOBILE
EVER

D E M A N D " THE

CONSIDER-

AND

CAP-

TERMIN-

INCREASING
MAJORITY OF

IN F U N C T I O N A L

PAT-

INADEQUATE

T O MEET

THE

OF VEHICLES

MOVING

BE-

RATHER

-1 -

RAPID

CONSEQUENCE

AT A

IT A D V A N T A G E O U S

OF TRAVEL .

THOROUGHFARE

OF THIS

OF THEM

FIND

AS A

AND

A CHANGE

GROUPS

ACTIVITIES F O R

INCREASED

STREET

SUPPLY

A S A RE-

H A SE X P E R I E N C E D

A S REGARDS

ff

LEFT

ENVIRONS.

DECADES,

AS A RESULT

HAVE
HAS

TWO

DEMAND

IS TRUE

BETWEEN

THE

BURDEN

PAST

THAN

FACILITIES.

AND

A N DA G R I C U L T U R A L

AS A FOCUS,

TRAFFIC

FASTER

ACITY.
AL

CITY

THAN

T O D E T O U R IN

T O FOLLOW

MORE

PURPOSE OF STUDY

THE
L I G E N T

D I S C H A R G E

T R A N S P O R T
AS

HIGHWAY

W E L L

S Y S T E M
A S

E N G I N E E R

O F H I S F U N C T I O N
W H I C H

W I L L

A N T I C I P A T E D

A S A

P R E R E Q U I S I T E

F O R M A T I O N

MUST

B E O B T A I N E D

WERE

A N DT R I P

O B T A I N E D

R E P O R T

SURVEY
THE

AND

1 9 4 6

TRAFFIC

THAT

THAT

CITY

OF PORTLAND.

FROM

THIS

A PLAN

THESOUTHWEST

PORTLAND

FREEWAY,

B A S I C

ONCE

I N

PLAN

ACCOMMODATE

REPORT.

I N -

DATA

T E C H N I C A L

NOT

PLANS

ONLY

THE

STREETS

LEADING

COAST,

T H E 1 4 T HA V E N U E

BRIDGE.

T H EN. W. FRONT

ON

AVENUE.

82ND

FREEWAY

TO CANYON
VIADUCT
AVENUE

AVENUE

THESE

FREEWAY,

OF T H E 1946 SURVEY

VIADUCT.

A N D OTHER

ROUTES

WERE

IS T H E

REPORT

RECOMMENDS

ADDITIONAL

ANTICIPATED

1975 TRAFFIC
REPORT.

REVIEW

SOME

STUDY

1 9 7 5A V E R A G E

AND

AS CAN BE EXPECTED

OF

DAILY

COMPASSES

A LARGER

AUGMENTED

WITH

ACCUMULATED

CLAY AND

PURPOSES

AND THE OREGON

HEREINBEFORE.
FEATURES

ROUTES

FACILITIES

MAJOR

1949

STREET)

HIGHWAYS

T O BE STILL

CATEGORY

ADEQUATE.

WERE

AS N O W EXIST

A MASTER

PLAN OF

FOR T H E CITY

PARTICULAR

STUDY EN-

WAS CONSIDERED
BUT THAT

TRAFFIC

IN

STUDY

VOLUMES

THE

C A NBE

COUPLED

SO AS TO BE ADEQUATE

REPORT

WILL

(THEFREEWAY,
ANDWILL

WHICH

TEND

OF LOCAL

TO A LESSER

-2-

THAN

DEVELOPED

RE-EVALUATE 1955

VOLUMES.

THIS

WILL

ORIGIN-DESTINA -

TO BE DEVELOPED

STUDY,

INFORMATION

AREA

WILL

TO EXIST

PRESENT-DAY

THIS
OF

TO CARE FOR

WITH

FOR THE

OF PLANNING.

STREET

AND BOULEVARDS

THEIR

THE NEEDS AND

FACILITIES

TRAFFIC

AREA

THE SOUTHEAST

FOUND

FORECASTS

TIME

AND VICINITY.

1946PORTLAND

IN

AND TO EVALUATE

AS MENTIONED

ANDEXPRESSWAYS

PORTLAND

OF HIGHWAYS. TO

DEMANDS.

A N D AT T H E SAME

AND

IN T R A F F I C A N D

SYSTEM

OF T H E SALIENT

ORIGINAL

COMPARABLE

ALSO

OF PRESENT

OF T H E FREEWAY

GROWTH

PLANS

LINEAL

BANFIELD

RE-EXAMINED

A N D WERE

THIS

FREEWAYS

WITH THE

AND THE FREMONT

RAPID

PRIOR

ADEQUACY.

TION

DE-

AND HIGHWAYS.

BETWEEN

ROAD

AND THE EVOLUTION

OF THE INTERSTATE

EXAMINE

IN V I E W

IN T H E 1 9 4 6 P O R T L A N D - M E T R O P O L I T A N

IN 1 9 4 4 T H E S T A T E

FOR THE T. H.

PORTLAND

FORMATION
AGAIN

ADVISABLE.

AN AMAZINGLY

THIS

FREEWAYS

IN 1 9 7 5 .

STREETS

WITH

BRIEFLY
OF

STANDARDS

A R E A

IN C O O P E R A T I O N

OF MAJOR

A DEPRESSED

MARKET

ESSENTIALLY

THE

M E T R O P O L I T A N

MASTER

PREPARED,

FREEWAY,

IN L I G H T

V E H I C U L A R

T H O S E

S T U D Y /

DESIGN

COUPLED

E X I S T I N G

T O T H E V O L U M E ,

O F T R A F F I C .

CAN BE EXPECTED

1 9 4 4STUDY,

DEVELOPED.

OF

DAY

1955 TRAFFIC. BUT ALSO THE DEMANDS OF

DEPARTMENT

39TH

R E S P E C T

P O R T L A N D

WILL

OF T H E PRESENT

HIGHWAY

WERE

DEVELOPMENT

SIRES OF EXISTING

PURPOSE

W I T H

O F

P L A N N I N G ,

OR IGIN- D E S T INAT ION

EXPRESSWAYS

FUTURE

T O SUCH

T E R M I N I

SERVE

D E M A N D S

IT N O W A P P E A R S

A N D I N T E L -

P R O M U L G A T E

I N 1 9 4 6A N DA R E D O C U M E N T E D

N O . 4 9 - 2 .

T R A F F I C

M U S T

A D E Q U A T E L Y

F U T U R E

T R A F F I C .

C O M P O S I T I O N .

I N T H EPROPER

DEVELOP

THREE

THE EXPRESSWAY,

N O TTREAT

WITH

TO RELEGATE

U S E OR THAT WOULD

STANDARD.

ONLY

THOSE

THE DEFINITIONS

AND THE

STREETS AND

THEMSELVES
REQUIRE

LEVELS

INTO T H E
DEVELOPMENT

AS NOW APPROVED

FOR

FREEWAY,

AMERICAN
LATER

EXPRESSWAY

ASSOCIATION
IN

BANFIELD

THIS

ACTUALLY

AND

WILL

BE
DOES

NOT,

NOR

RESPONSIBILITIES
MENTAL

AGENCIES

PROGRAM.
FACILITIES
DEMAND

OR

ITIES

THAT

FOR

THAT

WOULD

RECOMMENDATIONS

ACCORD

DOES

WOULD

WOULD

THIS
BE

BE

BY

SAY

THIS

THIS

THE

REPORT

RESULT

FROM

DEFINITION
THIS

WITH

THE

SEVERAL

GOVERN-

IN T H E

OVER-ALL

WITH

CARE

IN M A S S

THE

EXPRESSWAY

REPORT.

TREAT
TO

THE

APPEAR

THAT

TREAT

INVOLVED

ADJUSTMENTS

THIS

TO

REPORT,

NECESSARY

LOGICALLY
OF

THIS

BY

OFFICIALS

WITH

THROUGHOUT

DOES

DESIRABLE

IT

STREET

PORTLAND-SALEM

FINANCING

THAT

NEITHER

HIGHWAY

THE
IN

CALLED

MAJOR

SUFFICE

AND

FREEWAYS
SO

STATE

REPORT.

EXPRESSWAY

ARE

PROGRAM

OF

AND

FOR

TRANSIT
ADOPTION

TERMINAL
PARKING
FACILOF

THE

REPORT.

-3-

ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING TRAFFIC PATTERN

A PREREQUISITE
EXECUTION

OF A N Y STUDY

A REVIEW
MENT

OF THOSE

OF TRAVEL

ITEMS

ATED

ENCING

POPULATION,

OF THESE

FEATURES

WITH

URBAN

ACCORDINGLY,

FACTORS

ECONOMIC

FIGURE

AND TOPOGRAPHY.

THE

WITH

LIMITED

ACCENTU-

RURAL

TRIP

MOVE-

LENGTHS

OF THESE

INFLU-

DESIRABLE.

LIMITS

TO REACH

AREAS

WESTERN

TOTALED

OF T H E AREA

DIVISION

IN L A R G E

RESULTS

IS L I M I T E D

IS G E N E R A L L Y

RIVER,

AND PORTPOPULATION

IN 1 9 5 0 A N D I S

INTO T W O G E O G R A P H T H E EAST

SIDE H A V -

AND THE POPULATION.

PART

FROM

BY BORDERING

A LEVEL

STATES.

PLAIN.

RIVER

1955.

IS D I V I D E D

BY T H E WILLAMETTE

OF OREGON

373,628

400,000 DURING
PROPER

INDUSTRIAL, AND

AND THE COLUMBIA

THE LOCATION

ING S E V E N - E I G H T H S

SIDE

SUCH

A RESTATEMENT

TO THE ELEVEN

PORTLAND

WEST SIDE

INCLUDE

IS P A R T I C U L A R L Y

OF OREGON

1 SHOWS

THE CITY

EXPECTED

FACTORS

IS T H E C O M M E R C I A L ,

CENTER

RELATIVE

WITHIN

IS

BASE

FINANCIAL
BASIN.

BEHAVIOR

ON T H E ESTABLISH-

AS COMPARED

IS C O N S I D E R E D

PORTLAND

ICAL

THESE

AND SUCCESSFUL

TRAVEL

BEAR

DUE TO THE COMPARATIVELY

INVOLVED.

LAND

WITH

WHICH

PATTERNS.

IN D E A L I N G

MENT,

DEALING

FACTORS

AS CULTURE,

IMPORTANCE

TO THE PLANNING

THIS

T H E FACT

THAT THE

HILLS, WHILE

THE EAST

BORDERING

Figure IRelation of Oregon and Portland to Eleven Western States

T H E CITY OF

-4-

PORTLAND
WEST

ARE MANY

AND SOUTHWEST

AGRICULTURAL
AREA.

LEVEL

NEARLY

GROWTH

MUCH

OF

SHIPPING

VALLEY--A

RICH
INTO

OF PORTLAND

EXPERIENCING

CAN BE TRACED

FOR FOREIGN

EXEMPLIFIES

TO

DIVERS-

ITS LOCATION

AND WILLAMETTE
TO

DEVELOP

COMMERCE

TRAFFIC

IS W E L L

BOTH

AND AS AN

ON THE INLAND

THE PRINCIPLE

SEATTLE METROPOLITAN
BY T H E P R O C E S S

HIGHER

AREA.

OREGON

IN T H E O R E G O N

WORKED

AT PLANTS

METROPOLITAN

AREA

IN

OVER

AREA

4 0 PER

E M P L O Y E E S IN

PORTION

OF T H E

1947.

TABLE I
SELECTED MANUFACTURING DATA FOR THE PORTLAND AND
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREAS. AND THE STATE OF OREGON

WATERWAYS.

THERE

METROPOLITAN

METROPOLITAN

OF M A N U F A C T U R I N G

IMPOR-

THAT POPULATION AND WEALTH COLLECT WHEREVER

IN W A S H I N G T O N

C E N T OF T H E T O T A L N U M B E R

LOCA-

AREA

OF M A N U F A C T U R I N G . W A S

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

IN T H E S E A T T L E

PORTLAND

RIVERS,
AS

3.

18 P E R C E N T

RAPID

THAN

OF THE CITY

2.

P O R T L A N D M E T R O P O L I T A N A R E A , W H I C H INCLUDES C L A R K C O U N T Y IN W A S H I N G T O N
OREGON

THE VALUE CREATED

LIES

OF URBAN

IS A B R E A K

1.

TO THE

AREA.

THE CITY

FOR BARGE

FORTLAND

IS A L S O

OF THE COLUMBIA

CAUSED

POINT

TERMINUS

TION

WHICH

ITS GROWTH

LOCATION

AREAS.

DEVELOPING

AND SOUTH

THE ECONOMY

THE CONFLUENCE

THUS,

IS R A P I D L Y

AS A RESIDENTIAL

IFIED,

TANT

WHICH

AREA

SUBURBAN

THE TUALATIN

TO THE EAST

WHILE

THIS

LIES

AREA

SUBURBAN

AT

IMPORTANT

1947
TYPE OF
ESTABLISHMENT

NUMBER
OF ESTAB.

AVERAGE NO.
OF EMPLOYEES

VALUE ADDED
BY MFR. 1/

1 ,297
3,075
1 ,221

51.643
105.591
54.770

$314,273,000
675,017,000
265,422.000

9.101
8.658
4,93'6
4.037
3.691
3,387
3,367
2,905
2,853
2.641
6.067

58.611.000
52.790,000
41 ,273.000
30.396,000
19.783.000
18.593.000
17,053,000
12,456,000
14,093,000
12,901,000
36,324,000

IN T R A N S P O R T A T I O N .
ALL ESTABLISHMENTS

RAW
THROUGHOUT
PORTLAND

AREA

AND PROCESSING.

IMPORTANT.
1,400
THE

TEXTILES.

MANUFACTURING

WASHINGTON

PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA


STATE OF OREGON
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA

TO THE

BUT PAPER,

APPAREL

PLANTS

METROPOLITAN
COUNTIES

A N D FOOD

ESTABLISHMENTS BY TYPE
PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA

PROCESSING

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS


FOOD AND KINDRED
PAPER & PAPER PRODUCTS
PRIMARY METAL
FABRICATED METAL
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
MACHINERY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
ALL OTHERS

PRIMARY PRO-

OF M E T A L S . AND T H E MANUFACTURE

IT IS C U R R E N T L Y

PORTLAND

PRODUCED

ARE TRANSPORTED

LUMBER

INDUSTRIES.

AND FABRICATION

OF M A C H I N E R Y .

PRODUCTS

BY HIGHWAYS, RAILROADS. A N D WATERWAYS FOR

THE T W O MAJOR

DUCTION

AND FARM

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

MANUFACTURE
ARE

MATERIALS

AND FURNITURE

ESTIMATED

EMPLOYING
AREA

THAT

THERE ARE

6 0 , 0 0 0 W O R K E R S IN

(MULTNOMAH,

IN O R E G O N ,

ARE ALSO

AND CLARK

CLACKAMAS,
COUNTY

IN
1/

WASH INGTON) .
TABLE
INDUSTRY

1 POINTS O U T THE RELATIVE

IN T H E F O L L O W I N G

THREE

255
229
26
43
103
178
98
14
52
32
267

IMPORTANCE OF

VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE IS CALCULATED BY SUBTRACT ING COST


OF MATERIAL. SUPPLIES AND CONTAINERS, FUEL. PURCHASED ELECTRIC
ENERGY AND CONTRACT WORK FROM TOTAL VALUE OF SHIPMENTS. IT
APPROXIMATES THE VALUE CREATED IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING.

SOURCE:

AREAS:

-5-

CENSUS OF MANUFACTURERS. 1947. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.

AS A RESULT
SENCE

OF A DEEP

CENTER

PORT.

A N D ITS POSITION

OF AN EXTENSIVE

LOCAL

MARKETING

BECOME

THE

1,376

AN IMPORTANT
WHOLESALE

HAD SALES

RETAIL
GOODS

VALUED

MOST

EXCEEDING

AS THE MAJOR

OF OREGON

PROCESSING.
INTO

MOVE

ASTHE

CIFIC

RAILWAY.

NORTHERN

RAILWAY

AND THE NORTHERN PA-

IN 1 9 4 8 .

T H E 7.400
AREA

IN 1 9 4 8 .

RIVER

SOLD

PORTLAND

AND TRADING

THE RAW MATERIALS

FINISHED

GOODS

HAS DEVELOPED.

ILLUSTRATED

THE GREAT

CENTER FOR

BASIN.

BASE

TO THEIR

A N D O U T OF T H E AREA.

SYSTEM

WAY.

IN T H E M E T R O P O L I T A N

$772,000,000

WHOLESALING

THE PRE-

PORTLAND

CENTER.

$1,400,000,000.

AND THE COLUMBIA

TRANSPORTATION

AREA,

IN T H E M E T R O P O L I T A N

AT OVER

TO

WHOLESALING

ESTABLISHMENTS

ESTABLISHMENTS

SERVES

PRODUCTION.

WATER

HAS

AREA

OF T H E LOCAL

PORTLAND FOR

MARKETS.

AN EXTENSIVE

THIS

PICTORIALLY

INTO

AND PEOPLE

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM

AIJ>

IS

IN F I G U R E 2 .
RAILROAD

THE
FIFTY

STEAMSHIP

APPROACHED
AND

WOOD

OF PORTLAND

LINES.

12 MILLION
PRODUCTS.

UCTS.

THIRTY

UPPER

COLUMBIA

WHEAT

PORT

DOWN

IS S E R V E D

CURRENT

TONS

PAPER.

COMPANIES

WATER-BORNE

CONSISTING
WHEAT.
OPERATE

AND PETROLEUM

LARGELY

FLOUR.

THAN

COMMERCE*
OF LUMBER

A N D FOOD

RIVER

A N D ITS TRIBUTARIES,

STREAM

BY MORE

BOATS

PRODON THE

MAINLY

TRANSPORTING

PRODUCTS

T O T H E IN-

TERIOR .
PORTLAND
AND

SEVERAL

"SHORT"

NUS

O F T H E SOUTHERN

IS S E R V E D
LINES.
PACIFIC

BY FIVE

RAIL

IT IS T H E N O R T H E R N
COMPANY,

WEST COAST TERMINALS OF T H EUNION


A TERMINAL FOR T H ESPOKANE.

MAJOR

LINES
TERMI-

O N E O F T H E MAJOR

WATER

PACIFIC RAILROAD, AND

PORTLAND. ANDSEATTLE

RAIL-

-6-

HiigbcAjaiy

EIGHT
VICE

TO MANY
HAWAII

SYSTEM

SERVING

GROWTH

PORTLAND

OF THE AREA
CENTER.

AND

MOTOR

DEVELOPED,
WATER

PORTLAND.
ROUTES,

THE MOST

15 H O U R S

THERE
BY

SIX STATE

TWO

THE

HEAVY

FREIGHT
AND
OF

LINES

HAUL

HEAVY
THE

HAVE

MOTOR

AREA

IMPORTANT MOTOR

RIVER

HEAVY

FARTS

HIGHWAY,

THE MOST

LOCATION

ABOUT

IN

THE

US99E

WOULD

THESE

TRAFFIC
ON

TRAFFIC

STUDY

OF POPULATION AND
PLANS

BOTH

T O T H E T. H.B A N SECTION

AREA.

HAS BEEN

HAVE

DEVELOPMENTS

GENERATORS.

TAP A LARGE

RESIDENTIAL

INDICATION

GENERATORS

FIGURE

3.

MANUFACTURING

WATER

INDUSTRIAL

BARRIER.

AREAS

IMPORTANT

THE PRESENT AND

RETAIL

B E IN P R O X I M I T Y

GENERATORS

TRAFFIC

THROUGHOUT THE

FACILITIES.
SIDE

OF

YEARS,

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

ON THE DISTRIBUTION

SIDE

TRAFFIC

AN

IS ALSO AN

ARE THE GENERATORS

CENTERS

WILL

THE POSITION

OF THE

THE EFFECT

EVALUATED

OF

IN THIS

REPORT.

OF THE CASCADES.

IT IS THE ONLY

OF SUCH

WHICH

DESTINATION

ATTRACT

ARE LOCATED

FOR TWO EAST

1 0 0 TRIPS

IN F U T U R E

WHICH

IN G E N E R A L .

WOULD

EAST

TO SERVE THE

US30.

AREAS

MADE

AS A GENERATOR

APPRECIABLY

BE IMPORTANT

FREEWAY

POPULUS

PORTLAND

OF THE NATION.

ANNOUNCED

FIELD

100 MOTOR

THAT

OF TRANSPORTATION

DEVELOPMENTS

MADE

IT IS E X P E C T E D
DISTRICT

IST H E

AREA

16 OF EVERY

AREA.

IS D E P E N D E N T

WHICH

PARTS

WEST

AREA

STUDY

ABOUT

DEVELOPMENTS

LIMITED

BY

ALL

USES

AND INDUSTRY

AREAS.

MORE

OF THE PORTLAND

OR A

N O T CHANGE

AREA

ON THE BASIS OF

HAD AN ORIGIN

BUSINESS

COMMERCIAL

FUTURE

SELECTED TRAFFIC GENERATORS

IN U R B A N

WILL

BEEN

U S E H A S BEEN

GRADE ROUTE THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN

TRAFFIC

THE CENTRAL

TO ,

SYSTEM

THE AREA

THIS DISTRICT.

IN A D D I T I O N

TO AND FROM

FREIGHT ROUTE AS

COMMERCE

WITHIN

AVAILABILITY

AND FACILITIES

MOVEMENT

1946, IT W A S FOUND

THAT

STUDY

DISTRICT.

IN

FROM

AREA.

BUSINESS

O R I GI N - D E S T I N A T I O N S T U D Y

OTHER

AUGMENTED

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

AN

AND US3O. ARE

ROAD

LINES.

CONCENTRATION

COLUMBIA

US99

AND LOCAL

AND MANY

SIDE

TRAFFIC

BY

ARE WITHIN

ROUTES

SYSTEM.

FREIGHT

CENTRAL

OF

HIGHWAY

THE PORTLAND

ROUTES,

OF FREIGHT

FREIGHT

POPULATION

UPPER

UPON

HIGHWAY

WEST

PORTLAND

US NUMBERED

TERMINALS

A VARIETY

OF

OF TRAFFIC

WITHIN

IMPROVED

SERVED

GENERATOR

MADE

AND

PORTLAND.

CONVERGING

BY MOTOR

NETWORK

OF THE STATE

AN INCREASINGLY

THE TRADING

HEAVIEST

CORNERS

IN

COMPETITIVE

IN T H E A R E A

THE EXPANDED

FACTOR

WERE

BECAME

TO

AND ROAD

WHOLESALING,

AS THE HIGHWAYS

U S E OF THE STATE

THE SYSTEM

A DECIDING

AS A TRADING,

US NUMBERED

CARS,

SERVICE

THE HIGHWAY

H A S BEEN

ARE SEVEN

OF THE INTERSTATE

PASSENGER
OF

FROM

ROUTES

OF THESE

PART

REMOTE

BY TRUCK

AREAS.

FACILITIES

WITH

PROVIDING SER-

AND DIRECT

TRANSPORTATION

AND RAIL
TODAY,

PORTLAND

POINTS

AND PACIFIC

MANUFACTURING

WITH

SERVE

CONTINENTAL

ALASKA,

THE

AIRLINES

-7-

MAP SHOWS

STUDY

MOST

AREA

THE MAIN

IS S H O W N

OF

OF T H E P R E S E N T

OF P O S S I B L E

13.

INDUSTRIAL

EXISTING

OF P R O B A B L E . F U T U R E

DEVELOPMENT

BY T H E F R E E W A Y - E X P R E S S W A Y

ON F I G U R E

OF

THE LOCATION

AND THE AREAS

EXPANSION.

SERVED

INDICATED

COMMERCIAL

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

CONCERNS

AND THE AREAS

QUATELY

OF

THIS

OF THE LOCATION

EFFECT

INDUSTRIAL
AREADE-

SYSTEM
OF

A S IS

INDUSTRIAL

FIGURE
INDUSTRIAL

TRAFFIC

GENERATORS

3
IN

PORTLAND

LEGEND

VANCOUVER

MANUFACTURING CONCERN
OR MORE PERSONS.

N
EMPLOYING 5 0

AREAS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL


DEVELOPMENT (COMPLETE INFORMATION
NOT AVAILABLE)

-8-

STUDY

AREA

SOURCE
MANUFACTURING CONCERNS^ FROM "PORTLAND
DIRECTORY"- PORTLAND

AREAS OF POSSIBLE

MANUFACTURING

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

FUTURE

EXPANSION: BASED MAINLY

ON INFORMATION FROM MULTNOMAH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION,


CITY OF PORTLAND PLANNING COMMISSION, AND "COLUMBIA
RIVER
INDUSTRIAL SITE SURVEY 11 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION,
AND PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

LOCATIONS

ON URBAN

PEAK

VOLUMES

HOUR

IN S O M E

CASES.

PORTION

OF HEAVY

TO T H E AREA.
POPULATION

TRAFFIC

AS A RESULT

IT C O N T R I B U T E S
VEHICLES

THUS

AFFECTING

IS T H A T

OF HOME-TO-WORK
SIGNIFICANTLY

ON T H EMAIN
HIGHWAY

IN T H E W E S T

IT A D D S T O

ULATION

MOVEMENTS.

LITTLE

TO THE PRO-

ROADS

LYING

CAPACITY.

PORTLAND

SIDE

DENSITY
ROOM

INCREASES

OF ACCESS

STUDY

POPULATION

AREA

DURING

INCREASE

T H E 1940*S

AS A

OF DOWNTOWN

PORTLAND.

OF T H EEAST

FOR POPULATION

EXPANSION.

OCCURRED

DISTRICTS.

NORTH

W A S M A D E IN

AREA

IN C E R T A I N

IN T H E S P A R S E L Y

TRENDS
A SIGNIFICANT

THE

PATTERNS

WITHIN

THE.CITY

THE LARGEST
POPULATED

OF N.W. THURMAN

AREA

STREET

SIDE

AREAS

MINOR

LIMITS

OF WHICH

HIGH POPLEFT

PER CENT

IN T H E O U T -

W A ST H E INCREASE

IN W E S T

SIDE

ANDCORNELL

PORTLAND

ROAD.

RESULT
TABLE I I

OF

THELARGE

WARTIME

WAS

ABLE

AND

A D D TO IT, MAINLY

BASIC
NEW

TO RETAIN

EMPLOYMENT.

THIS

BUILDING

INCREASE
BECAUSE

BOTH

PROGRAM.

T H E AREA
POPULATION TRENDS AND FORECAST
CITY OF PORTLAND AND PORTLAND URBAN AREA
1920 - 1975

AT T H E ENDOF THE WAR

OF THE EXPANSION

IN E S T A B L I S H E D

OFITS

INDUSTRIES AND

II A N D F I G U R E

TREND

IN P O R T L A N D

YEARS

1900 TO 1975.

PARED

BY THEPORTLAND

AND THE PORTLAND

IN G E N E R A L .
YEARS

PLANNING

THELARGEST

PORTLAND

ANALYSIS

STUDY

CHANGES
DATA

AREA

WERE

IS S H O W N

POPULATION

WAS PRE-

GAINS FOR

IN T H E S U B U R B A N

DERIVED

PUBLISHED

FROM

LIMITS.
RIVER.

PERIOD.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

CENSUS

BY THEBUREAU

THE CITY

BOTH

CHANGES

ON FIGURE

ON THEMAP, POPULATION

10 YEAR

FOR THE

COMMISSION.

OF POPULATION

IS S H O W N

WILLAMETTE

FORECAST

1 950

393,000
422 ,000
600,000

1 955
1 960
1 965
1 970
1 975

402,900
424,200
451,600
481 ,300
505,800

666,300
728,800
801,200
877,300
955,400

AREAS

SOURCE:

PORTLAND CITY PLANNING


JANUARY. 1955.

THE CITY.
AN

CINCT

CITY

AREA

5.

SIDES

STABLE

EXPANSION

OF INDUSTRIAL

IN F A C T .

CAUSED

THE

AND PRE-

AREA

LAND

AS

STUDY

HIGHEST

AREA

PER CENT

AS A W H O L E ,

INCREASES

IN T H E S U B U R B A N

A R E A S ON A L L S I D E S OF T H E C I T Y L I M I T S .

THE TWO LARGEST

INCREASES

OF THE

COUNTY

WEST

OF T H E W I L L A M E T T E

RIVER.

COUNTY

E A S T OF T H E W I L L A M E T T E

RIVER.

DURING THE

THESE

DECREASES

AREA

-9-

IN T H E P O R T -

OCCURRED

WITHIN

AND COMMERCIAL

POPULATION

COMMISSION,

THE

1940-

OF THECENSUS.

IN A L A R G E

RELATIVELY

THE

TRACT

ON T H EEAST A N DWEST

REMAINED

IN

PORTLAND
URBAN AREA

90,426
207,214
258,288
301,815
305,394
373 ,628

900
I 91 0
920
I 930
940

THE POPULATION

URBAN

THE 1955-1975

1940 TO 1950 OCCURRED

SURROUNDING

1950

4 SHOW

CITY OF
PORTLAND

YEAR

INDUSTRIES.
TABLE

THE

SHIP

IN T H E S U B U R B A N

CHANGES

BY P O P U L A T I O N

IS G I V E N

ON T A B L E I I I .

AREA

OCCURRED

DISTRICTS

IN W A S H I N G T O N

A N D IN M U L T N O M A H
A TABULATION
WITHIN

OF

THE STUDY

FIGURE 4
POPULATION TRENDS AND FORECAST
CITY OF PORTLAND AND PORTLAND URBAN AREA,
MEDIUM

ESTIMATE,

19001975

19501975

1000

1000

900

900

800

800

700

700

600

600

500

400

400

CITY

OF PORTLAN

300

300

200

200

IN
TROUTDALE

BEAVERTON
^ O MlLWAUKllE
OSWEGO
O GLADSTONE

SOURCE*. PORTLAND

-^PORTLAND

URBAN

CITY
AREA

PLANNING
POPULATION

NOT

AVAILABLE

FOR YEARS

- 1 0-

1900 1930

1975

CITY

1970

Y E A R

COMMISSION, JANUARY, 1955

OREGON

I960

1950

1940

1920

100

1930

WEST L1.NN

00

POPULATION

FAIRVIEW
1 PORTLAND!

1900

POPULATION

THOUSANDS

500

IN

T H O U S A N D S

PORTLAND URBAN AREA


(INCLUDING CITY OF PORTLAND)

FIGURE 5
POPULATION
N O T E ! RED FIGURES: I.E. A-65421 * POPULATION
DISTRICT AND 1950 POPULATION

VANCOUVER

19401950 PER
N

CENT

CHANGE

TRENDS
FOR

IN

THE STUDY

COMBINED
CENSUS
L E G E N D
-

25 OR MORE

5 TO - 25

-1-5

TO - 5

+ 5 TO -1-25
+ 25 TO + 50
+ 50 OR MORE

-11-

TRACTS

AREA
AND

VOTING

PRECINCTS

1975,

TABLE I I I

PER

CHANGES IN PORTLAND STUDY AREA POPULATION


1940 - 1950

A 35 PER CENT
CENT

WITHIN CITY LIMITS


EAST SIDE
TOTAL
SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO S.E. DIVISION ST.
S.E. DIVISION ST. TO N. AND N.E. FREMONT ST.
N. AND N.E. FREMONT ST. TO NORTH CITY LIMITS
WEST SIDE
TOTAL
SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO S.W. JEFFERSON ST.,
23RD AVE. AND N.W. CORNELL ROAD
S.W. JEFFERSON ST., 23RD AVE. AND N.W. CORNELL
ROAD TO N.W. THURMAN ST.
N.W. THURMAN ST. TO NORTH CITY LIMITS

+
+
+
+

26
22
13
49

-f

E
F

A
B
C

EASTERN

H-113

+
+
+
+

J
K

93
90
64
114

39
36

T H E

1 9 5 5 - 1 9 7 5

1 9 4 0 - 1 9 5 0

C R E A S E S

W I T H I N

P L A N N I N G

P O R T L A N D

P E R I O D ,

T H E T R E N D S

F U R T H E R

A R E T O B E E X P E C T E D ,

M A G N I T U D E .
C I T Y

F O L L O W S

T H EC I T Y

C O M M I S S I O N

P O P U L A T I O N

D U R I N G

L A R G E

W I T H

E X P E R I E N C E D
S C A L E

I N C R E A S E S

L I M I T S .

WITHIN

NUMBER

DURING

NUMBER

A N D OTHER
STUDY

THE PERIOD

THAT

SHOWN

IN M I L E S

T O

T H E

POSITION

C I T Y

O F

GION,

WILL

5 0 5 , 8 0 0

B Y

TIONS

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

HAVE

VOLUME INAREAS.

DEVELOPED

IN

MOTORISTS

IN

POPULATED

VEHICLES

286,170 AND

NUMBER

MAY APPROACH

IN T H E N U M B E R
WITH

EFFECT

OF VEHI-

THE EXPECTED
AND PORTLAND'S

FOR A RAPIDLY

AREA

IN 1 9 5 3

REACHED

PER VEHICLE

AN IMPORTANT

AREA - -MULTN0 -

1940 TO 1950.

6, C O U P L E D

CENTER

IN T H E O R E -

COUNT I ES- - INCREASED 63

VEHICLES

STUDY

WILL

GENERATORS OF

METROPOLITAN

FROM

DRIVEN

AS COMMERCIAL

AREA

AREA.

INCREASE

IN F I G U R E

IS

TO T H E COMMERCIAL

IMPORTANT

BY 1975 THIS

T H E EXPECTED

AREA

SUBURBAN

TO GIVE

ACCESS

ANDWASHINGTON

INCREASE

-12-

EASY

OF REGISTERED

IS E S T I M A T E D

TRAFFIC

SYSTEM

IN T H E

DURING THE

IN T H I S

IN A L L O T H E R

OF THE PORTLAND

CLACKAMAS,

PER YEAR

LARGE

OF REGISTERED

S M A L L E R

O F A

F O R E C A S T ,

T O R E A C H

AREAS

REGISTRATIONS

THE

OF THE STUDY

A N D IN T H E E X I S T I N G

VEHICLE

CLES,

I N -

AREAS

FROM THE

POPULATION

VOLUME

DESIGNED

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

500,000.

D U R I N G

EXPECTED

TRAFFIC

CENT

ON INFORMATION

RATE.

THECITY,

INDUSTRIAL

PER

URBAN

PORTION

TRAFFIC

H A S BEEN

AREAS

PORTION

FOR THE PORTLAND

FREEWAY - EXPRESSWAY

EXPANDING

IT

P E R I -

S U B U R B A N

A C C O R D I N G

F O P U L A T I O N

I S E X P E C T E D

T H E 2 0 - Y E A R

REPORT

MAH,

FIGURES BASED ON 1940 AND 1950 CENSUS TRACT AND VOTING PRECINCT DATA PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
GROWTH

A R E ALSO

A 59

4.5 PER CENT

FASTER

THESE

GON

EAST SIDE
WEST SIDE

FROM

A T AN EVEN

THE 1950 LEVEL.

COMMISSION,

COUNTY

YEARS.

THE

TOTAL PORTLAND STUDY AREA

OD

GROW

AND

+ 88
+ 111
+ 60

PLANNING

TO INCREASE

TWENTY

THIS

P O P U L A T I O N

COUNTY

THE

EAST SIDE
TOTAL
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
WEST SIDE
TOTAL
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY

IF

1 9 5 0 TO 1975. BASED

NEXT

CREASES

OVER

IS A N T I C I P A T E D

MULTNOMAH

EXPECTED

SUBURBAN AREA OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS

NOTE:

FROM

MULTNOMAH

PER CENT
CHANGE

POPULATION
DISTRICT

AREA

INCREASE

INCREASE

GROWING RE-

ON TRAFFIC

DURING

FUTURE

CONDIYEARS.

FIGURE 6
TOTAL VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS, 1938 TO 1975
MULTNOMAH COUNTY & THREE COUNTY AREA ( MULTNOMAH, WASHINGTON & CLACKAMAS)
PROJECTION

1953 1975

600

600

500

500

400

400

200

200

VEHICLE

MULTNOMAH
COUNTY

100

SOURCE; 1938-1953
1953-1975

DATA FROM
PROJECTION

MOTOR VEHICLE
DIVISION,
BY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

SECRETARY

-13-

OF

STATE

1975

1970

1965

I960

1955

1950

1945

1940

1936

I 00

YEAR

THOUSANDS

300

WASHINGTON 8
CLACKAMAS COUNTIES

R E G I S T R A T I O N S IN

300

VEHICLE

R E G I S T R A T I O N S IN

THOUSANDS

TOTAL THREE COUNTY


AREA

FIGURE 7
INDEX OF AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC AT FIVE PORTLAND LOCATIONS
(BURNSIDE BRIDGE, N. GREELEY ST. & PORTLAND BLVD., N.W. 19th
& LOVEJOY ST, S.E. 50th AVE, FOSTER RD. & POWELL BLVD. &
N. E. FREMONT ST. & UNION AVE.)
400

300

300

200

200

50
I N D E X

OF

50

DATA

NOT

AVAILABLE

FOR 1946, 1947 a 1948

.14.

1975

1970

1965

I960

955

1950

1945

1940

19361

1955-1975 PROJECTION BASED ON ESTIMATED INCREASES IN PORTLAND URBAN AREA


POPULATION, VEHICLE USE, a NUMBER OF VEHICLES
PER 100 PERSONS

= 1 0 0
D T

=
1955 A O T

A V E R A G E

I 00

I N D E X

OF

100

PROJECTION
AlSSUMING NORMAL GROWTH
AND BETTERMENT OF STREET
FACILITIES

LEVELING
DUE
TO CONGESTION

1955

POSTWAR
INCREASES

100

GAS
RATIONING

D A I L Y

FREWAR

INCREASE

A V E R A G E

D A I L Y

T R A F F I C

T R A F F I C

(1955 = 100)
400

VOLUME

FIGURE
THE

7.

AREA

FROM

A T FIVE

INDICATED.
TYPICAL
FACT

THIS

TRAFFIC

AT SEVERAL
SUCH

ROUTES

VOLUME

CONGESTION

AND THE TRAFFIC

TENDS

TO STABILIZE

TRAFFIC

DURING

OF TRAFFIC

STREET

CAPACITY
A

VOLUME

WERE

PICTURE

FROM

REASONABLY
OF TRAFFIC

BY THE
CAPACI-

TEND

TO SEEK N E W
LOCATIONS

T H E PROJECTION

MIGHT

50

50

S.W. HARBbR DRIVE SOUTH


S.W. MARKET STREET

40

30

30

OF

BE EXPECTED

IF

UJ

ADEQUATE.
TRENDS

AT TWO LOCATIONS

MCRE

SIGNIFICANT

INCREASES

I94G

EXPERIENCED

BRIDGE
20

1937

HAVE

ISLAND

20

10

WHICH

OF

40

ROSS

1955TO 1975SHOWS THE

WHICH

60

IN T H E I N D E X .

AT CONGESTED

AT CAPACITY.

THE PERIOD

LEVEL

MOTORISTS

IS

VOLUME--NOT

STREET

INCLUDED

VOLUME

REFLECTS

CAUSED

WASAPPROACHING

OCCURS,

ON

OFF OF TRAFFIC

AREAWAS

OF T H E LOCATIONS

IS S H O W N

60

FOR THE YEARS

OF TRAFFIC

STUDY

OF

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

TO 1950.

STABILIZING

INDEX

ACCURATELY

A LEVELING

IN

AND COMMER-

LOCATIONS

TRAFFIC

PRIOR

OF THE PORTLAND

THAT

WHEN

DAILY

HOWEVER,

TO AREA

A COMPOSITE

T H E INDEX

FOR T H EYEARS

AREA

IN P O P U L A T I O N

PORTLAND

IN A V E R A G E

1950-1955,

FROM

ACTIVITY.

IN G E N E R A L ,

CHANGES

STUDY

TY

THECHANGES

AND INDUSTRIAL

TRAFFIC

VARY

FIGURE 8
TREND OF AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC
ON ROSS ISLAND BRIDGE 8 S.W. HARBOR DRIVE
SOUTH OF S.W. MARKET STREET,

IN T H E

IN

1954

CIAL

WITH

WILL

VOLUMES

1950

ACCORDANCE

AREA

OF TRAFFIC

1945

STUDY

OF GROWTH

THOUSANDS

PORTLAND

RATE

AREA

IN

THE

- STUDY

T R A F F I C

ANDFORECASTS

DAILY

TRENDS

A V E R A G E

TRAFFIC

I 0

Y E A R

TRAFFIC

VOLUME

DURING

T H E PAST

YEARS

IS S H O W N

ON FIGURE
$ NOT AVAILABLE

8.

INCREASED

RESULTED
AREAS
GAINS.
FEW

TRAFFIC

IN P A R T

WHICH

CONGESTION

FROM

LEVELING

ON T H E ROSS
DURING

PEAK

ON T H E ROSS

ISLAND

ITS U S E AS AN ACCESS

ARE EXPERIENCING

SOME

YEARS

VOLUMES

OFF OF TRAFFIC
ISLAND
HOURS.

TO EAST

SIGNIFICANT

BRIDGE

AN

EVEN

MORE

OCCURRED

T H E PAST

HAS RESULTED

AS SHOWN

SIDE

RESIDENTIAL

DURING

1939-1946 INCLUSIVE

BRIDGE

USE

SIGNIFICANT

ON S.W. HARBOR

AS AN EXPRESSWAY

FROM

MOTORISTS

FROM

ON THE CHART,

MOTORISTS

FROM

1 5-

INCREASE
DRIVE.

ROUTE

RAPIDLY

INTO

GROWING

THEEXPANDING

IN T R A F F I C
THIS

RESULTS

THECITY
EAST

AREAS

VOLUME HAS

SIDE

FROM ITS

CENTER
AREAS

BOTH BY
A N DB Y

TO THE SOUTHWEST.

AT

27 "EXTERNAL

SHOWED
FIGURE

1946-1955.
IN

( YEAR OF PROJECT COMPLETION

ENTERING

300

TOTAL TRAFFIC-

200

150

150
NORMAL TRAFFIC
GROWTH

J00

100

ENTERING

VAILING
TO

CURRENT
POSES
A

BINED
ADT

CF

THE

REVIEW

OF VEHICULAR
RIVER

PORTLAND
THESE

VOLUME

LAST

VEHICLES

OF

OCCUR.

THIS

FORECASTED

IN 1 9 4 6 A N D 1 3 8 , 1 0 0

THE AREA

PORTLAND

FACTOR

VOLUMES

REPORT,

EXISTING

TO

GROWTH

AREAS,

WHICH

IS

IT H A S B E E N

ARTERIAL

AND MAJOR

INCREASE

IT

DIFFICULT

C A N BE USED

DAY TRAFFIC

DOUBLING

PATTERNS PRE-

TO

THE 1975 LEVEL.

HOWEVER,

VEHI-

IN 1 9 5 5 .

PRESENT

THE INCREASED

TRAFFIC

OF

THUS

BRIDGES

EIGHT

BRIDGES

184,504

WITHIN

IN

VEHICLES.
ON

THE SAME

40 PER CENT

TEN YEARS.

VOLUME

FOR THE PERIOD

FOR ALL VEHICLES

257,200;

91.562

STREET

TRAFFIC

IN P O R T L A N D

URBAN

U S E OF T H E MOTOR

FOR PUR-

ASSUMED

VOLUMES

OF NORMAL

EXPAND

BY

THAT

1975 ON

SYSTEM

IS B A S E D
AREA

WILL
ON THE

POPULATION

VEHICLE.

50

5
10
15
NUMBER OF YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO C O M P L E T I O N
PORTLAND F R E E W A Y - E X P R E S S W A Y SYSTEM

WILLAMETTE

MADE.

STATIONS"

TRENDS

AND FORECASTS--FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY
VOLUMES

ON

THE PROPOSED

SYSTEM

PORTLAND

WAS

PERIOD

CORDON

FOR

OF THE DIFFERENT

SINGLE

OF THIS

DOUBLING

THE

THE AREA

AND LEAVING

TRAFFIC

20

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY
FASTER

STUDY

INCREASES

ON THE

THE

CORPORATE

1946-1955

INCLUSIVE

1946 CARRIED

YEARS
BEEN

RATE.

A COM-

INCREASE
OF TRAFFIC

EXPECTED

TO

WAS REALIZED
VOLUME

BE

BE

USE.

IN

THE

INCREASE

MIGHT

THAT

ITSELF

INDICATES

BE

WOULD

EXPAND

TO

ABOVE

H A S BEEN

WOULD

IS E S T I M A T E D

VOLUMES

THE LEVEL

SYSTEM
DIVIDED

OF

AT A

TRAFFIC

THE FIRST

OF COMPARISON,

PROJECT

THE EFFECT

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY
TRAFFIC

IT

TRAFFIC

ILLUSTRATE

DURING

FOR PURPOSES

THE ENTIRE

COMPLETION.

THE GROWTH

EXPECTED

USE AT ONE TIME.

150 PER CENT

TOTAL

-16-

WHICH

ASSUMED

AFTER

FIGURE

OF OPERATION.

PUBLIC

THE 1955 PROJECTED


IS

SYSTEM

OF

VOLUMES

LIMITS

IN T H E 1 0 - Y E A R

ACCOUNTED

IN T H E V A R I O U S

DERIVE

AND

TRAFFIC DIVERTED TO
SYSTEM OR EXISTING
AT TIME 0F OPENING

AND LEAVING

TRAFFIC

EIGHT

THE 1946 SURVEY

THE 27 "EXTERNAL

AREA

BECAUSE

INDEX OF A V E R A G E
DAILY
TRAFFIC
( Y E A R OF PROJECT COMPLETION =100)

250

250

om

INCREASE

INCLUSIVE.

THE PORTLAND

CLES

INDEX OF AVERAGE DAILY T R A F F I C


( Y E A R OF PROJECT COMPLETION =100)

PER CENT

FROM

= 100 )

300

50

51

STATIONS"

INDEX OF AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC


ON THE PROPOSED PORTLAND FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM

200

CORDON

ON
OF

IT H A S

BE OPENED
THAT

20

THE SYSTEM

TO

YEARS
WOULD

YEAR

OF

OF THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF

ON
INTO

THE FIRST

20

TRAFFIC
FOUR

PATTERNS.

COMPONENTS

AS

SHOWN

ON F I G U R E
1 .

9.

THESE

TRAFFIC
ISTING
THIS

DIVERTED
ON T H E

VOLUME

COMPUTING
2.

HAS

THE

VOLUME

WHICH

INCREASES.
AND

FIT

MIGHT
AS

ASSUMING

TRAFFIC

TRIPS

NOT PREVIOUSLY
AND

TRIPS

MADE

DIFFERENT

BECAUSE

OF

OF

AVAILABLE

YEARS

MAY

NEW

MADE

WERE

OTHER

COUNTRY

THE
CREASE

RANGE

TRAFFIC

TO

DURING

OPENING.

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY

UP

FOR

SYSTEM

30

THE
THE
AN

USED

NEW
OF

FOR

AS THE

THE

SYSTEM
LIMITED
AND
THAT
GEN-

PER

CENT

FIRST

FEW

PORTLAND

INCREASE

ADJACENT

HAD

NOT THE

BY

THE

NEW
IT

INFLUENCE

SYSTEM
OF

DUE

LAND

WHICH

CONSTRUCTED.

TO

IM-

OVER

AND

WOULD

HAVE

HIGHWAY

SYS-

IS T H E

OF

THE

VOLUME

FREEWAY-

ON T H E D E T E R M I N A T I O N
NEW

INDUSTRIAL

CENTERS. HOUSING

OF

OF

-17-

COULD

ESTIMATE.

PROJECTION

VOLUME

AND

OF

PLANTS.

RECREATIONAL

OVER

PROJECTION

INTENSIVE
IN A R E A S

FACTOR

FOR

THE

IN-

ON T H E F R E E W A Y - E X P R E S S W A Y

THE 20TH YEAR

DEVELOPMENT

OF 3 . 0 0

WERE

TO

IS T H A T

DEVELOPMENT

LOCATION

TRAFFIC

WAY-EXPRESSWAY

PREVIOUSLY

ATTRIBUTABLE

BEEN

TRAFFIC

IN T R A F F I C

TIAL

INDICATE

PLACE

ASSUMED.

DEVELOPMENTS.

UP

FREEWAYS

TAKEN

RETAIL

POSSIBILITY

BUT

THE

EX-

FACILITIES

DESTINATIONS

ABOVE

THE

THAT

BY A N Y M O D E

ON

USE

PORTLAND

OF

PROVEMENTS

EXPRESSWAY

BENE-

OF T R I P S

TRAFFIC

CAUSED

SYSTEM.

ON

IS M A D E

THAT

FOR

IN T H E

TRAFFIC

AFTER

BE

FREEWAY - EXPRESSWAY

INCREASES

TOTAL

VEHICLE

BEEN

DEVELOPMENT

TEM

EXPECTED

ITS A T T R A C T I V E N E S S .

EXPRESSWAYS

IN

TEM. 2.50

IF T H E
IT

TRAVEL

TO THE

IN

POPULATION

GROWTH

CONSISTS

ONLY

SHIFTED

4.

REACHED.

AVAILABLE.

ERATED

OF

CONGESTION

WERE

VOLUME

BE

OR W I T H O U T T H E

BE M A D E

DATA

INCREASE

MOTOR

THIS

WOULD

TO

BASE

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY

IS N O T

GENERATED

IS T H E

RESULT

WITH

EX-

OPENING.

AS THE

NORMALLY

THE

COMPLETE

STREETS

OF

OR

20 PER C E N T H A S

TRAFFIC.

INCREASED

THE

SYSTEM.

USED

GROWTH

TO O C C U R

OF

THE

FOLLOWS:

AT TIME

BEEN

OWNERSHIP.

PECTED

ARE AS

INDEX OF

TRAFFIC

DEVELOP

TO

SYSTEM

NORMAL

TO

3.

COMPONENTS

THE

1ST Y E A R .

FACTOR.

SYS-

HAS

BECAUSE

BEEN

OF

THE

I N D U S T R I A L - C O M M E R C I A L -RES I DEN WITH

EASY ACCESS

SYSTEM,

A HIGH

TRAFFIC

POSSIBLY

RESULT

FOR

TO T H E

PROJECTION

THE 20 YEAR

FREEFACTOR

PERIOD

OF

PRESENT USE OF STREET AND HIGHWAY NET


1955 TRAFF1C

FLOW

THE

LANE

1955 TRAFFIC

GRAPHIC

INDICATION

AS THEY

PRESENTLY

AND

VICINITY

FIC.

ONLY

WITH

OF T H EMAGNITUDE

STATE

AN APPRECIABLE

BUSINESS
TIVELY

HIGHWAYS

VOLUME

OF TRAFFIC

DISTRICTS

ANDARTERIAL

STREETS

A R E SHOWN
MADE

IN T H E W E S T

SIDE

CONCENTRATION

A N D IS N O T G E R M A N E

PREVAILING

ROADWAY

TO SHOW T H E

PERHOUR,

(AVERAGE

DAILY

SIDE

WHAT

HOUR.

IS IN A R E L A -

ADT

TO T H E OVER-ALL

OF THAT

EQUAL

ANY
IT C A N B E R E A D I L Y

HIGHWAYS
WHICH

DRIVE

CARRYING

HAVE

AS WILL

OF RECENT

IN T H E C I T Y
T H E LEVEL

TIVENESS
HIGHWAY

COMPUTED

MANUAL."

THESTREETS AND

IMPROVED

VOLUMES

TO A

A N DT H EMORE

USING

STANDARD

RUNNING
OPERATOR

CONCENTRATIONS OF

OPERATE.

O U TTHAT T H E

ITSGREATER

THE

ATTRAC-

I T S U S E IS A C C E N T U A T E D .

CAPACITIES

BY THEU S EOF FORMULAE

BOARD

ON HIGHWAY

T H E TERM "PRACTICAL

THE

COMMITTEE

CAN

PASS

AS "THE

A GIVEN

POINT

ANDTABLES

CAPACITY

AND CONTAINED

MAXIMUM

QUOTED

HEREIN

PER

NUMBER

SPEED

STUDIES

W A SDEFINED BY

AREAS

GENERALLY

STOOD

THAT

O R IN A

THAT

DESIGNATED

PER

-18-

HOUR

HAVE

SPEED

BECAUSE

SPEED

ON URBAN

DEMONSTRATED

T H E SPEED

RANGE

IS N E C E S S A R Y

EACH

MOTOR

VEHICLES
NUMBER

RANGE

HE MUST

HAVE

WITHOUT UNOF

PASSINGS

SPEED

AND/OR
OPTIMUM

W A SSELECTED FOR

MULTI-LANE

FACILITIES.

THAT MOTORISTS
IT S H O U L D

OF BETWEEN

TO EFFECT

VEHICLE

IS 3 5 T O 4 0 M I L E S

RANGE

RANGE.

WITH

HE PREFERS TO

ON THE HIGHWAY.

THE SPEED

VEHICLES

ASSOCIATION

IN H I S S E L E C T E D

THAT

VOLUME

INTIMATELY

OF MOTOR

H I SSPEED,

T H E REQUIRED

PREFER

THAT AN

HOUR

IS

IN W H I C H

SLOWER

THIS

T H E PEAK

IT M E A N S

THIS

RANGE

TO PASS

CAPACITIES

OF A D T

OF T H E FACILITY.

TO MAINTAIN

THEREFORE,

CAPACITY

OF VEHICLES

A SPEED

WHEN

IN T E R M S O F

IN A P E A K

STUDY.

OF VEHICLES

OCCURS

UNDER THE

DURING

OF CAPACITY

AN INCREASE

THE NUMBER

COMPUTING

CAPACITY

DELAY.

WITH

HOUR;

RESULT

IS N E C E S S A R Y

OPPORTUNITY

CAPACITY

OF THEHIGHWAY R E -

CAPACITY"

ON A ROADWAY

WERE

WILL

UNDER

IN O R D E R

OR R E -

IN T E R M S

IS S O E X P R E S S E D .

THEOPERATING

SELECTS

INCREASES

DEVELOPED BY

IN T H E " H I G H W A Y

SPEED

REASONABLE

IN

HIGHWAY

WITH

BEING

T O D O S O IT IS N E C E S S A R Y T O

EXPRESSION

THE FACILITY

HARBOR

OF PORTLAND --POINTING
T H EMORE

A R E THOSE

OF TRAFFIC.

FOR THE LARGEST

ASSOCIATED

CAPACITY

COMMITTEE

SEARCH

THAT

FLOW OF TRAFFIC

BEEN

GREATER

OF DESIGN

TO TRAFFIC

THE

THE

YEARS

IS R E S P O N S I B L E

HIGHER

SEEN

THEMAXIMUM

ACCOMMODATE

TRAFFIC

AMOUNT

TO THEHOURLY

ANALYSIS .

IS D E F I N E D

OF THEA D TOCCURS

CAPACITY

HAZARD,

TO MANEUVER

IT C A N BE E X P R E S S E D

TRAFFIC).

DENSITY

CONDITIONS."

CAPACITY

PER CENT

WHEN

DELAY,

FREEDOM

ANDTRAFFIC

VEHICLES

KNOW

THETRAFFIC

UNREASONABLE

ALTHOUGH

ON THE

OR EAST

WITHOUT

TO THEDRIVERS1

STRICTION

IN P O R T L A N D
OF TRAF-

O N E HOUR

SO GREAT A S T O CAUSE

VOLUMES

FLOW

H A S BEEN

AS SUCH

AREA

THIS

OF TRAFFIC

NO ATTEMPT

CONFINED

OF TRAFFIC

AREACCOMMODATING

THOSE

CONCENTRATION

10, GIVES A

EXIST A N DT H E K E YSTREETS

THAT

ILLUSTRATION.

FLOW MAP, FIGURE

DURING

IN U R B A N
BE UNDER-

35 TO 4 0 MILES

PRACTICAL

CAPACITY

FIGURE 10

ALL VEHICLE
1955 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC

PRESENT STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS

50,000

30,000
20,000
10,000
0
VEHICLES

-1 9-

PER

DAY

DURING
THE

THE

PEAK

SPEED

FREEWAYS
FROM

HOURS

IS C O N T R O L L E D
WHICH

WILL

MAINTAIN

MANEUVER

UNREASONABLE.

DELAY

OR RESTRICTION

DATA

WHICH

PRACTICAL

RESULTING

ALTHOUGH

IS S O M E W H A T

CAPACITY

THE

A LARGE

OF THE
RIVER

IN T H E P O R T L A N D

LANES.

T H EP R A C T I C A L

WHICH M A Y

251.500

VEHICLES

"UNREASONABLE

AVERAGE

DAILY

TO MA-

TOTAL

ON HIGH-

OF

OF SCIENTIFIC

HIGHWAY

SECTION.

CAPACITIES

QUOTED

FUTURE

GROWTH.

CROSSINGS

WITH

CAPACITY

AREA

USING

SLIGHTLY

A R ED E F I C I E N T

WERE

OF 3 6 TRAFFIC

OF THESE

F A C I L I T I E S IS
TO THE 247.200

T H EBRIDGES.

EXCEEDS

TOTAL

OR WILL

VOLUMES

IS F U R T H E R

IN 1 9 5 5

A TOTAL

P E RD A YA S C O N T R A S T E D

AS TRAFFIC

THIS

OF THE WILLAMETTE

METROPOLITAN

BRIDGES

TRAFFIC

T H EBRIDGES

NEAR

DETERMINATION OF

BY EIGHT

CAPACITY

BRIDGES

VEHICULAR

FREEDOM TO

FREEDOM

BODY

THE

RIVER

PROVIDED

COMMITTEE

A RATIONAL

F O RANY

PRACTICAL

THE

WILLAMETTE

IF D R I V E R S

THEIR

PHRASE

EXISTING

SPEEDS OF

IN D E L A Y S

THE

SUBJECTIVE,

POSSIBLE

CAPACITY

SAFE

TO T H EDRIVERS'

H A SD E V E L O P E D

MAKES

SPEED,

O F TIME

DESIGN

OBVIOUSLY,

SELECTED

BECOME

WAY

REASONABLY

PERHOUR.

TH5IR

PERIODS

B Y T H EGEOMETRIC

IS R E S T R I C T E D

NEUVER"

F O ROTHER

AFFORD

5 0 T O 6 0 MILES

CANNOT

ONLY.

ALTHOUGH T H E

TRAFFIC,
BECOME

INCREASE

SUMMARIZED

SEVERAL

S O IN T H E

WITH

NORMAL

IN T H E T A B U L A T I O N

FOLLOWING:
IN T H I S R E 1 955

PORT
WHICH
OF

INDICATE

CANBE ACCOMMODATED

T H EFACILITY

OPERATE
HOUR.
35

T H EM A X I M U M

H I SVEHICLE

WHICH

WITHIN

T O 4 5 MILES

UMES

WILL

WOULD

VEHICLE

WITH

CONDITION

COULD

VEHICLES

INTERSECTIONS
VEHICLES.

FROM

OR TRAFFIC

VOLUMES

THE

THEVEHICLES
A N D COMPLETE

AT GRADE.

PEAK,
TO BE
VOL-

HE CANSO OPERATE A N D

WILL

WOULD

BRING

TOTAL

OF THE SLOWEST
WHEN

QUEUE

THIS

STAGNATION

MOVEMENTS,

EXISTING

LAST

13 ,500
41,000
42 ,700
41,000
22,500
28,500
37,500
11,000

4
4
4
6
3
4
4
2

35,000
34,000
42,000
36,000
20,000
33 ,000
33,000
9,500

9,500

9,000

247,200

33

251 ,500

STATE AND FEDERAL


THE MAP

UP BEHIND

OF OCCURRENCES

MERGING

A.D.T.

NUMBER OF
LANES

CAPAC1TY

ON T H E HIGHWAY

SPEED

OPPORTUNITIES.

A N YNUMBER

THE

IN V E H I C L E

A L LVEHICLES

A T APPROXIMATELY
N O PASSING

RESULT

WHEN

ST. JOHNS
BROADWAY
STEEL
BURNS 1 DE
MORRI SON
HAWTHORNE
ROSS ISLAND
SELLWOOD
OREGON CITYWEST LINN

FREE TO

IS A S S U M E D

A N YINCREASE

IN V E H I C L E

WHERE

DURING

WILLAMETTE RIVER
BR I D G E S

SECTION

DRIVER

SPEED

LIMITS

PER DAY

CRITICAL

EACH

CHOSEN

T H ETIME

OCCURS.

SLOW MOVING

WITH

REASONABLE

A CONDITION
OPERATE

STUDY

A T HIS

INCREASES

OF VEHICLES

ON T H E MOST

P E RHOUR.

REDUCE

CONTINUED
ABOUT

UNDER

NUMBER

ING

OF TRAFFIC

INTERSTATE

AID PRIMARY

SUCH A S

ERAL-AID

DISABLED

SECONDARY

STATE HIGHWAYS

ACCIDENTS.

THIS

-20-

DEVELOPS

IN FIGURE

SYSTEM

SYSTEM

HIGHWAY

11 SHOWS

OF H I G H W A Y S .

OF H I G H W A Y S ,
SYSTEM

SYSTEM
IN RED THE EXIST-

IN GREEN

IN DASHED

OF HIGHWAYS

AND

GREEN

THE FED-

IN BLUE

IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN


AN A P P R E C I A T I O N

THE FEDERAL-

URBAN

OF THE M A G N I T U D E

OTHER
AREA.
OF THE

STATE

FIGURE II
FEDERAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
1955
L E G E N D

VANCOUVER

INTERSTATE

SYSTEM

FEDERAL

AID

PRIMARY

FEDERAL

AID

SECONDARY

OTHER

STATE

TROUT-DALE
WOOD VILLAGE

-21 -

SYSTEM
SYSTEM

EXISTING

NETWORK

PRESENTLY

SERVING

ALLY

SIRE

FLOW

LINES

THIS

CREASE
THIS
OR

(FIGURE

IN

THE

IS T O

FUTURE

ON

AND

EXPRESSWAY
WILL

NETWORK
THE

OF

MAJOR

IF T H I S

GROWTH

RELIEF

OF

WILL

IN-

WHICH

SYSTEM

HIGHWAYS
IS N O T
WITH

WILL

OF

6 .

7 .

PORTLAND

8.

DIRECTIONAL

DESIRE

THE MAJOR

PLACE
ITS

SPECT

TO

FROM THE
PRESENT
AND

THE

PORTLAND

METROPOLITAN

LINES, WITH

AREA

1 9 4 6 OR I G I N - D E S T I N A T I ON S T U D Y
DAY

DESCRIBED
1.

USAGE.
AS

ARE

9.

FROM

FROM

4.

THE

DOWNTOWN

THE

GENERAL

THE

POINT

ON

RIVER

IN T H E

WARDS
5.

LINE OF S U L L I V A N

FROM

FROM

FROM

EASTERLY

12

THE

THE

EAST

AREA

AREA
SIDE

VICINITY

DOWNTOWN

AREA

FOSTER

THE

AREA

ALONG

AREA

CROSSING

NORTHEASTERLY
OF N . E .

11

TO A

16TH

TO

IN

OF

LINE

-22-

TO

AND

N.E.

47TH
AND

WILLALINE

FROM A

IS

OF

SOUTHERVICINITY

CONTINUING

VANCOUVER.
DESIRE

LINE

IS

PORTLAND

AREA

APPROX-

OF

IN T H E

N.
ST.

OF N.

LOMBARD

IN-

STREET

JOHNS

DISTRICT

PORTLAND

BOULEVARD

AVENUE.

A LESSER

FREMONT

THE

STREET

IN N O R T H E A S T

LINE

OF

LINE

MILWAUKIE

A LESSER

INTERSECTION

COMPARATIVELY

SIDE

FREMONT

TERMINI

FACTS

THE

THE

IN T H E N O R T H
THE

DESIRE

THE A P P R O X I M A T E

MAGNITUDE

DICATED
TO-

EAST

EXTENDING

AND N. D E L A W A R E

MILWAUKIE.

WESTERLY

ALONG

VANCOUVER.

VICINITY

AND

COMPARATIVELY

AND

TIGARD .
THE D O W N T O W N

TO

ALONG

TERMINUS

WITH

WILLAMETTE

SOUTHWESTERLY

RIVER

ON

RIVER

DICATED

ROAD.
TO

AND

TERMINUS

AVENUE.

THE

IMATING

SOUTHERLY

OF

OF

THE

SOUTHEASTERLY
OF

TO A

NORTHERLY

INDICATED

IN L E S S E R

GULCH.

LINE

DOWNTOWN

ALONG

AREA

NORTH-SOUTH

NORTHERLY

10
AREA

RIVER

A NON-RADIAL

LY

FOR

IN F I G U R E

NORTHWESTERLY

ALBINA

IN T H E

30TH AVENUE

DETERMINED

AND ADJUSTED

GRAPHICALLY

THE DOWNTOWN

ALONG
3.

RE-

FOLLOWS:

GENERAL
2.

SHOWN

AS

N.

TUALATIN

DISTRICT.

THE DOWNTOWN

METTE
DESIRE

OF

INTO

SKIDMORE.

LINES

DIRECTIONAL

AREA

DOWNTOWN

TERMINUS

V ICIN ITY .
MAJOR

THE
LINE

FROM

ROAD

THE W I L L A M E T T E

THE COLUMBIA

FREEWAY

AND

FROM
THE

THAT

TAKE

THE DOWNTOWN

IN T H E S T . J O H N S

EXPANDED
A

FROM

L I N E OF C A N Y O N

ACROSS

IMPORTANCE

FOR

COORDINATED

THE NORMAL

VALLEY .

DE-

OF

STAGNATION

VISU-

DIRECTIONAL
THE

AND

GENERAL

THE

PLANS

SYSTEM

TO

AS

HIGHWAYS,

SHOW

EXISTS

THIS

SYSTEM.

HIGHWAYS

ITS V I C I N I T Y .

DEVELOP

ADEQUATELY

RETARD

FEDERAL

READILY

PRESENTLY

IS D I R E C T E D .

EXTENDED

WHICH

THIS

10) AND

IT

THAT

AND
AND

12) WILL

SYSTEM.

STUDY

AND

UPON

(FIGURE

CONGESTION

STATE

PORTLAND

SUPERIMPOSE

TRAFFIC

OF

OF

AVENUE

AVENUE.

DESIRE
PORTLAND
FROM

PERTINENT

COMPARISONS

LINE

ARE

IS

ALONG

N. ALBINA

INTHE
TO

STATISTICAL

LISTED

HEREIN-

AFTER.
12.

A NON-RADIAL
INDICATED

NORTH-SOUTH

ALONG

82ND AVENUE.
PART OF TRIPS

A LINE

SUCH

DESIRE

BETWEEN

A LINE

BETWEEN

L I N E IS
72ND A N D

IS C O M P O S E D IN

OREGON CITY

AND VIA

US3O TO THE EAST.


13.

ANOTHER

RADIAL

DESIRE

IN T H E S O U T H E A S T
MATE

AREA

SERVED

VARD

AND S.E.

AREA

LINE
LYING

BY S.E.

DIVISION

IS I N D I C A T E D
IN A P P R O X I -

HAWTHORNE

BOULE-

STREET.

MAP
oF THE

CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON


COMPILtD FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS
BY

THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLC WORKS


OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER

WM. A. BOWES -COMMISSIONER


BEN S. MORROW -CITY EXAMINERN
VEHICULAR VOLUME SCALE

50000

25000

15000

5000

MILWAUKIE

Figure 12 Major Directional Desire LinesAll Types of Vehicles

-23-

BASIC PLAN

THE
IN

PORTLAND

METTE

RIVER

PATTERN,
CENTRAL

AND

SIDE

H A S BEEN
RATHER

HOWEVER,

EXISTING

EGRESS

OTHER

MORE

IN T H E F O R M
A GRIDIRON

PLACE

AND EXECUTED.

STREETS

TO INTERSTATE

THE CONSTRUCTION

CAPACITY
SECTION

CONSTRUCTION
AS

A N DITS

EXISTING

THE YEARS.

IN

BOULEVARD,

E.

SIDERATIONONE

WITH T H E

RIVER

STANDARDS,

AND

HIGH-

THE

EXPRESSWAY

OF THIS

A THIRD

WEST

DESIRE
TIONAL

NETWORK,

A S IT H A S G R O W N

TWEEN

H A S BECOME

SOMEWHAT

OBSOLETE

THE

REPORT

IS Q U I T E

TREATING

WITH

FROM

OF ROUTINGS

HIGHWAYS.

BROUGHT

SIDE

CENTRAL

RADIAL

ROUTES

ALL AREAS

CENTRAL

IN T H E

GRIDIRON

TRAFFIC

TRENDS

SOUTH

WEST

PATTERN

DESIRE

POINT

THAT

LINES

BEING

TOTHE
ANDTHE

INTEGRATED SO

FOR PORTLAND AND


OF T H E AREA.
THERE

ARE SEVERAL

CAN BE GIVEN CON-

NETWORK

OF ALL TRIPS
DISTRICT

CREATES
WILL

OF STREETS AND
(FIGURE

THE NEED

EVIDENCED
BISECTED

FOR ADDI-

T H E FLOW BE-

METROPOLITAN
THERE

1 2 ) IS

A N D IT IS T H I S

ACCOMMODATE

DISTRICT.

OF DESIRE

DAY DESIGN

N E T , O N E IS A R A D I A L N E T

IN T H E P O R T L A N D
SIDE

PLAN

WHICH

BUSINESS
THAT

DEMANDS,

SYSTEM

STREETS

OF A PLAN,

IS A C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L
T H E FOCAL

T O ACCOM-

CONSIDERATION

FOR THE NEEDS

IS A GRIDIRON

IN T H E

THAT THE

PEAK

OF PRESENT

TRAFFIC

OR LOCATIONS

FOR MOVEMENT

APPARENT

-24-

CARE

STREETS

LOAD

INADEQUATE

OF MAJOR

ESTABLISHMENT

TYPES

OF T H E T. H. BANFIELD

THIS

WILL

GROWTH

OF

IT IS A P P A R E N T

BUT PRESENT

MADE.

THE RESULT

SYSTEM

AND TRAFFIC

T O GIVE

AN OVER-ALL

TO

COUPLED

BEING

OF A FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY

BEGAN

STREET

STANDPOINT.

THAT

THIS

A N D IN L I G H T

OF A NUMBER

TO DEVELOP

VICINITY

LOADS

W A S

THE NORMAL

THIS

BECOMING

I T IS A D V I S A B L E

ESTABLISHMENT

DROP,

AREA,

FUTURE

DIRECTION

YEARS

POPULATION

ON EXIST-

O F PORTLAND

WITH

IS R A P I D L Y

N O T ONLY

W A S CONCEIVED,

OF THE COLUMBIA
HIGHWAY

CERTAIN

A DECIDED

GROWING

SYSTEM

THIS

IN R E C E N T

METROPOLITAN

STANDARDS,

DISTRICT.

DEFICIENCIES

A N D THIS

OF

STANDARDS.
THE

THROUGH

IN

EARLIER

IN T H E CITY

DEFICIENCIES.

T H E EVER

OF

EXPRESSWAY

HAS TAKEN

CAPACITY

MODATE

BUSINESS

SANDY

THAT

PRESENT

TO INGRESS A N D

STANDARDS,

OF N.E.

FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION

FREEWAY

DRIVE

CAPACITY

THE ROUTINGS

AND E. STARK

(US3O)

ABOUT

CENTRAL

WAS FOUND

SYSTEM W A S

IN T H A T

RESPECT

STREETS

PORTLAND

FORMS

THE INADEQUACY

APPARENT

WITH

TO FREEWAY

THIS

TRAFFIC

AS 194 1

N E T BECAME

STREETS

SYSTEM--BOTH

FOR THE LIGHT

HARBOR

WAY

OF RADIAL

(FIGURE 7 ) OF FIVE LOCATIONS

SURFACE

PATTERN

AND

THEREOF,

NEED

FROM T H E

RIVER THE

A RESULT

BURNSIDE

IT

OF THE WILLAMETTE

W A S TAKING

ALONG

GRIDIRON

SIDE

SIDE

EXIST

ING

OF

AS FAR BACK

CONVERSION

AS A

ROUTES

BY T H E TOPOGRAPHY.

STREET

OF THE WILLA-

BOULEVARD,

THE WEST

PLANNED

RADIAL

THAN

FROM

ULTIMATE

SIDE

N.E. SANDY

THAN

ADEQUATE

STAGNATION

TO

AREA

INFLUENCED

YEARS;
THE

NO DIRECT

ON THE WEST

REASONABLY

AS

11) HAS DEVELOPED

BEING

WHEN AN ANALYSIS

AND HIGHWAYS

(SEE FIGURE

HIGHWAYS

BEING

OF STREETS

ON THE EAST

THERE

DEVELOPMENT

NETWORK

AND VICINITY

WEST

WHEREAS

EXISTING

AREA AND

WAS. HOWEVER,

BY T H E THREE

NORTH

BY TWO EAST-WEST DE-

S I R E

L I N E S

A N D

T H U S

E X P R E S S W A Y S

I N T O

OF

A N D

I N

TRAFFIC

LEVELS

OF

B O T H

TRAFFIC

TO

THE

THE

TYPE

OF

FACILITIES

WILL

BE

150 PER

TODAY

(1955)

BUILT.

SUCH

BE

FELT

INTEGRATED

OF

TABLE

IV

TERIAL
WAYS
THE
OF

OF

OF

AND

LAND

DESIGN

THE

BE

GROWTH.

THE

NOT

OF

ACCESS.

GRADE.

SIGNALS

AND

CONTROL

OF

NO

NO

LEFT

NO

PARK-

TREATS
AND

THESE

BRIEFLY

MAJOR

OF

AS

BE

AT

BY A A S H O

AND

DESCRIBED

AS

THIS

TO

REFERRING

DATA

(FIGURE
THE

1946

EXPRESSWAY
ALREADY

AND

THAT

BEING

THE

T.

LEVELS

THE

SECOND

THE

SOUTHWEST

S U N S E T

-25-

ONE-WAY

TION

TO

PARK 1NG.

TO

THE

BY

PARKING

ROADWAY
MOVING

H.

DESIRE

THERE

BAN FIELD

H I G H W A Y

OF
AND

1955

WIDE

LANES

AL-

ENOUGH
IN

IN

AREA

THROUGH

INCREASING
WEST

ALONG

TO

NEED

ADDI-

FOR

THE

MAP

12)

FROM
IT

FREEWAY

AND

THIS

IS

CONSTRUCTION

OF

FREEWAY

ONLY

FLOW

STUDY.

PORTLAND.

TRAFFIC
NOT

(FIGURE

TRAFFIC

NORTHEAST

EXPRESSWAY

TRAFFIC

CHARTS

IS A D E F I N I T E

ACCOMPLISHED

AREA

LINE

METROPOLITAN

DEVELOPMENT

TO

FOLLOWS:

TO

SEPARATION

FOUR

BACK

THE

PORTLAND

AR-

CONFORM
THREE

10)

INDICATES

EXPRESS-

GRADE.

ALLOWED

MEDIANS.
IF

AT

OF

SERVE

STUDY,

URBAN

STREETS.

THESE

AREAS

TIME,

IS C O N S I D E R E D

OF

DESCRIPTIVE

BE
BE

THIS

CHARACTERISTICS
MAJOR

FOR

REPLACEMENT

OF

AS

LOWED

LEFT-

CONTROL

NOT

OR

LEFT

PARKING.

GENERAL.

COUPLETS
RAISED

WOULD
WOULD

STREETS
IN

GRADE.

WITH

CROSSINGS

CROSS;

OF

NO

INCIDENTAL

SOME

DEVEL-

FOR

REFUGES.

ACCESS.

WERE

AT

SEPARATED;

PROVIDED

ONLY

SYSTEMS,

THAT

ROUTINE

THE

STREET:

DEVELOPMENT

DESIGN

STREET

MAJOR

FURTHER

STREET

ANALYZED

TURN

JUDGMENT.

THE

MOSTLY

TURNS

IS

PURPOSES

SCOPE

CLASSIFIED

ADOPTED

SUCH

AND

WITH

WITH

LEVELS

AND

FOR

STREETS

WITHIN

THE

RATE

THERE

ACCESS.

INTERSECTIONS

BUT

BE

THERE

SYSTEM

GROWTH.

USED

ARTERIAL

SERVICE

FREEWAYS.

CAN

THREE

SHOULD
OF

BE

ARTERIAL

THESE

SUMMARIZES

DEFINITIONS

ONLY

THAN

GENERATED

MINIMUM

IS T O

1975

SOME

INDICATE

MEANS

EXPRESSWAY

NORMAL

EXPRESSWAY

NORMAL

HIGHWAYS

AND

REPORT

INTO

AT

NO

PARTIAL

YEARS

SHOULD

WILL

THIS

IN

REFLECTS

AS

A FACTOR

DEVELOPMENT

FUNCTION

WELL

AND

2.50

VOLUMES

TRAFFIC

FREEWAY

THAT

STREETS.

THE

TURNS.

D E S I R E

TWENTY

OF

NECESSARY.

MORE

CONSIDERED

FREEWAY.

CONTROL

CROSSINGS

T A K E

G R I D I R O N

SOME

FACTOR

TRAFFIC

INCREASE

AS

SUCH

FUNCTION

AN

THIS

IS

CENT

IF

TRAFFIC

IT

A N D

FUTURE

PROJECTION

RESULTANT

THE

R A D I A L

S H O U L D

COMPLETE

EXPRESSWAY:

THE

OF

V I C I N I T Y

FREEWAY :

F R E E W A Y S

I NG .

AND

DESIGN.

O F

DESIGN

SHOULD

A N D

T H E

USED

OPED

S Y S T E M

FLOW.

LOOKING
(1975),

P R O P O S E D

P O R T L A N D

C O N S I D E R A T I O N

THE

A N Y

STANDARDS.

GROWTH
CANYON

(u S 2 6 ) . B U T T H E P A C I F I C

IS

THAT
ROAD

H I G H W A Y

TO
AND

W E S T

(US99W)
DEFINITE
SIRE
THE
OF

(S.VV.

BARBUR

NEED

LINES,

FOR FUTURE

THERE

SOUTHEAST
A FREEWAY

SIRE

LINE

GENERAL
TWEEN

BOULEVARD).

BEING

BRING
IN T H I S

FREEWAY
TWO.

O U T THE NEED
AREA.

PORTLAND

OF N.

AREA

THERE

DEVELOPMENT.

THE

EXTENDING

SOUTH

FLOW

HAS A SECONDARY

DE-

SOUTH

LINE

AT APPROXIMATELY

WHICH

ACCOMMODATES

TO T H E EAST AND

VERY

DESIRE

INTERSTATE

AND VANCOUVER,

IS

FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT

ANOTHER

IS T H E N O R T H - S O U T H

LOCATION

IN T H I S

AVENUE

CIAL

IMPORTANT DE-

LINE

ALONG

IN

THE

DESIRE

VEHICLES

LINE

COMPOSED

TO POINT
N.E.

N.E.

THRU

BUT INCLUDING

THE STREAM

APPROXIMATING

(US99W) BE-

W A S H I N G T O N - -TH I S

LESSER

BOTH

COMPLEMENT

NORTH-

A N D S . E . 30TH

AVENUE

AND LOCAL

SUFFICIENT

A N D S.E.

82ND

AVENUE.

CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS


LANES

EXPRESSWAY

MAJOR STREET

DESIGN AND CONTROL FEATURES

FREEWAY

TYPES OF VEHICLES

ALL

ALL

ALL

CONTROL OF ACCESS

USUALLY NONE

FULL OR PARTIAL

FULL

MINOR CROSS STREETS

AT GRADE OR CLOSED

TERMINATED

TERMINATED

MAJOR CROSS STREETS

AT GRADE

PREFERABLY SEPARATED;
SOME AT GRADE

ALL SEPARATED

CONTROL OF CROSS AND TURNING


TRAFFIC AT GRADE

STOP SIGNS OR TRAFFIC SIGNALS

PREFERABLY STOP SIGNS;


SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALS

ALL SEPARATED

PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS CONNECTING


TO THROUGH LANES

RESTRICTED; SOME RIGHT TURNS


ONLY

NONE OR FEW

NONE

ACCESS CONNECTION TREATMENT

NORMAL OR FLARED

CHANNELIZED OR RAMP
TERMINAL

RAMP TERMINAL

FRONTAGE ROADS OR EQUIVALENT

USUALLY NONE

WHERE NEEDED

WHERE NEEDED

MEDIAN

INCLUDED OR ONE-WAY STREETS

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

CROSSWALKS

CROSSWALKS OR SEPARATED

ALL

PARALLEL CURB PARKING

RESTRICTED OR ELIMINATED
WHERE FEASIBLE

ELIMINATED

ELIMINATED

SHOULDERS

SELDOM APPLICABLE

INCLUDED

INCLUDED

-26-

OF

INCLUDED

INCLUDED
SEPARATED

FLOW.
COMMER-

PASSENGER

O U T ITS IMPORTANCE,

TABLE IV
OF FOUR

TRAFFIC

PREDOMINATELY

NORTH-

MINIMUM

ALONG

IS

CARS
THAT

THESE
POTENTIAL
FIC

TRAFFIC

PROJECTION

OUT.

WHEN

BASED

WILL

BE

ACROSS
CITY
THE

PLAN

VEHICLES
RIVER

THAT

IS P L A N N E D

COMPARED

WHEN

FUTURE

PROGRAM,

THEIR

DAY.

BRIDGE

THE
TO

64

NORMAL

ADDITIONAL

THAT

THE

WILL

BE

WILLAMETTE

FIVE
FIVE

64

NO

AND

20

CAPACITIES

RIVER

PER

DAY
OF

PRESENT

IS S U C H
DEFICIENT

RIVER

BRIDGES

EXISTING

BRIDGES

WILL

TRAFFIC
NINE

OREGON

THE

DISTANCE

BE

IN-

OF
THAT
IN

THEY

WILL

675,500
ALL

BUT

CAPACITY
ARE

ARE

MADE

AND

1955

NINE

THE

STUDY

AND

1975

USAGE

EXISTING

PROPOSED

OF

THE

PERCENTAGE
HOUR,

ARE

NOT

ON

EACH
A

AT

PROVIDE

WILLAMETTE

WILLAMETTE

RIVER

BOTH

THE

ST.

AT

THE

ENDS

UNLESS

IS

LESS

DURING

CERTAIN

-27-

ANOTHER.

THE

THE

FOR
OF

OF

THE

CAPACITY
OF

THE
THE

WITH
PEAK

BY

PEAK

BOTH

HOUR.

TO

EXAMPLE.
36.000

RESULTS

LANES
THIS

SIX
FOR

1975

IN

OF

NEW

AND

RAMPS

ARE

OF

COM-

RESULTS

67.000

MORRISON

BOTH

HEAVIER

DIFFERENCE

OF

INTERSECTIONS

CAPACITY

LANES

LANES

CAPACITY

RAMPS

THE

ONE

BRIDGE

THE
THE

WITH

TABLE

PROPOSED

OF

THE

FROM

THE

ON

THE

VARY

BURNSIDE

1975

STREAM.

TRAFFIC

THE

UNTIL

RAMPS.

DURING

NUMBER

FROM

THE

OR

SHOWN

LANE

THROUGH

THE

AND

CAPACITY
HAVE

THE

TRAFFIC

FACTORS

CAPACITIES

VERTICAL

FLOW

HOUR

ON

LANES,

TO

DIRECTIONS

THESE

BRIDGE.

FOUR

IN T H E

IS D E P E N D E N T

1975

LANES

INTERSECTIONS

OF

BRIDGE.

THE

UNBALANCED

PROPORTIONAL

INCREASE

ALTHOUGH

OPERATED

BETTER-

SINCE

THAN

BRIDGE.

FLOW

OF

TRUSSES).

VEHICLES

ADT.

CAPACITY

ENDS

OR

OF

IS D E P E N D E N T

WIDTH

OUTSIDE

TERMINAL

VOLUME

THIS

THE

OF

THE

STRUCTURE.

1955

FACILITY

CURBS

TOTAL

PRECISELY

PLETED,

VEHICLES

THE

OF

THE

TO

AS

COMMERCIAL

AND

TO

EDGE

POSSIBILITY

NUMBER

67.000.

IN

THE

ANY

LANES,

THE

(SUCH

THE

HAS

CONSTRUCTED,

ARE COMPLETED,

FROM

LANES.

LOCATION

CROSSINGS

THE

THE

THE

OF

TRAFFIC

REVERSIBLE

PEAK

BE

247,200

PROPOSED

OF

ARRANGEMENT.

ADDI-

AVAILABLE

AND

IN

THERE

BRIDGE.

FIVE

CAPACITY

OBSTRUCTIONS

BRIDGES,

TRANS-RIVER
BE

THE

EFFECTED.

DEFICIENCY

SUMMARIZES

BUT

THE

BECAUSE

RIVER

BRIDGES,

BRIDGES

ADDITIONAL

OF

ARE

BR IDGES .

NUMBER

WILL

BROADWAY

OF N O T O N L Y

BRIDGES

THE

CERTAIN

ROUTINGS

CAPACITY

ON T H E

MOVE

WILL

TRAFFIC

TABLE

THERE

FIVE

IN

SERIOUS

THE

TO

BRIDGES

LANES

A CAPACITY

GROWTH

EXCEPT

THAT

WIDTH

FACILITIES,

CONSTRUCTED.

LANES

AREA

METROPOLITAN

STRUCTURES.

ADDITIONAL

ARE

POINTS

STREETS,

EXISTING

THE

BE

IN

BETWEEN

ADDITIONAL

TO 33 LANES

THESE

MAJOR

CONTEMPLATES

USING

WILL

RESPECT

544,000 VEHICLES

PER DAY USING

1954.

THROUGH

NOT NOW

IT
FOR

TO THE

EXISTING

DEVELOPED.

DEMANDS

READJUSTMENTS

OF

TRAF-

1975.

DESIRING

POINTS

PRESENTED

AND

WITH

INDICATES

DAY

AT

ADDITIONAL

VEHICLES

MENTS

PER

IN A D D I T I O N

TRAFFIC

OF

STUDY

CROSSINGS.

TRAFFIC

1975.

OF

1975 AS

WHEN

OF

AND

RIVER

FOR THE PORTLAND

PROVISION
OF

BE SHOWN

SYSTEM

THE

TRAFFIC

JOHNS

OF

GENERATED

PER

IN

TWO

CREMENTS

THE

OF

NEEDS

STRUCTURES

THE

IN

THE

WITH

2.00 TO 2.50 FOR

FREEWAYS

PRESENTLY

ON

WOULD

EXIST

WILLAMETTE

AS

PROVIDED

IN

WILL

544,000

COUPLED

THE WILLAMETTE

AND ST. JOHNS.

TIONAL

OF

AND
ON

THE

OF

DEVELOPMENT

EXPRESSWAYS.
AREA

THAT

FACTOR

THAT

THE

LINES,

LOAD

STUDYING

POTENTIALS
YEARS.

DESIRE

CAN

BE

DIRECTION
FROM

THE

GREATER

WIDTH

OF THE PROPOSED

THE
CAUSE

OF THETRAFFIC

LOVEJOY
ON

BROADWAY

T H EROSS

ISLAND

BRIDGE

SIGNALS

ANDBROADWAY

MORRISON

BRIDGE

HASA LOWCAPACITY BE-

A T THE INTERSECTION

RAMPS,

WIDTH.

BRIDGE.

TO

FROM

40,000

OF THE

T H ENARROW

NUMBERS

LANE

AND

WIDENING

VEHICLES
OTHER

ANDT H ELOW 1955 CAPACITY

RESULTS

PROPOSED

INCREASE

VARIATIONS

BETWEEN

C A N BE EXPLAINED
OR BY THEIR

TRAFFIC

BRIDGES

WITH

EQUAL

BY THEIR

LANE

WIDTH

PATTERN.

TABLE V
T R A N S - W I L L A M E T T E RIVER

TRAFFIC

1955
EXISTING
BRIDGES

A.D.T.

NO. OF
LANES

CAPACITY

NO. OF
LANES

CAPACITY

REQ.
ADD.
LANES

REDISTRIBUTED
A.D.T.2/

CAPACITY

REQ.
ADD.
LANES

13,500
41,000
42,700
41,000
22,500
28,500
37,500
1 1 ,000

4
4
4
6
3
4
4
2

35,000
34,000
42,000
36,000
20,000
33,000
33,000
9,500

27,000
82,000
85,400
82,000
45,000
57,000
75,000
22,000

4
4
6
6
6
4
4
2

35,000
34,000
61,000
67,000
80,OOC
33,000
40,000
9,500

9
4
2
2
0
2
2
2

30,000
50,000
55,000
70,OCO
50,000
30,000
45,000
1 0,000

35,000
34,000
61,000
67,000
80,000
33,000
40,000
9,500

0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

9,500

9,000

17,000

9,000

9,000

9,000

247,200

33

251,500

494,000

38

368,500

16

349.000

368.500

ST. JOHNS
BROADWAY
STEEL
BURNS IDE
MORRISON
HAWTHORNE
ROSS ISLAND
SELLWOOD
OREGON ClTYWEST LINN
TOTAL

1975
EST.
A.D.T.
1/

PROPOSED
BRIDGES
FREMONT
MT. HOOD
SELLWOOD
OSWEGO
OREGON CITYWEST LINN

8
6
4
4

80.000
65,000
30,000
10,000

95,000
80,000
44,000
44,000

0
0
0
0

10,000

44,000

TOTAL

26

GRAND TOTAL

64

195,000
544,000

307,000
675.500

0
2

1/ NORMAL GROWTH WITHOUT FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM.


2/ TRAFFIC PROJECTION WITH FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM.

-28-

T H E CAPACITY

P E R D A Y IN 1 9 7 5 .

OF LANES

ARRANGEMENT

WILL

THE

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY
THE

SYSTEM

FOREGOING

C A N BE BEST

SYSTEM
DATA

SUMMARIZED

STATE

T H E NEED

BY ENUMERATING

FOR A PLAN.

T H E TYPE

THESEVERAL

OF PLAN

PROJECTS

NEEDED

RECOMMENDED

A N D OTHER

RELATED

A N D BY REFERENCE

DATA.

T H E OVER-ALL

TO FIGURE 1 3 .

FREEWAYS
SECT I ON

NAME
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F1O
F11
F12
F13
F14

W I L L A M E T T E RIVER - FA I RVIEW
STEEL BRIDGE - PORTLAND -SALEM FREEWAY
HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY - TUALATIN RIVER
HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY - LlNNEMAN JUNCTION

BANFIELD. US3O
HARBOR DRIVE. US99
PORTLAND-SALEM. US99
M T . HOOD. US26
SUNSET. US26
INDUSTRIAL. US30
DELAWARE. US99
STADIUM, ALTERNATE US99-US3O
FREMONT. ALTERNATE US3O
LAURELHURST, ALTERNATE US99
EAST BANK
CASCADE. ORE213
SELLWOOD
GLENCULLEN

WHEELER AVENUE - HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY


ST. JOHNS BRIDGE - STEEL BRIDGE
VANCOUVER, WN. - HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY
SUNSET FREEWAY - FREMONT FREEWAY
STADIUM FREEWAY - BANFIELD FREEWAY
COLUMBIA RIVER - PORTLAND -SALEM FREEWAY
HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY - M T . HOOD FREEWAY
MARINE DRIVE - OREGON CITY

PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY - LAURELHURST FREEWAY


BARBUR BOULEVARD - BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HIGHWAY

EXPRESSWAYS
El
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E1O
Ell
E12
El 3
E14

MCLOUGHLIN. US99E
M T . HOOD, US26
EASTSIDE
INDUSTRIAL . US30
OREGON CITY BRIDGE, 0RE43
WATER S T . , US99E
MULTNOMAH
COLUMBIA, US30 BYPASS
BARNES ROAD
JOHNSON CREEK
HILLSBORO
CEDAR HILLS-TUALATIN
OATFIELD ROAD
SUNSET-ST. JOHNS

STEPHENS-UNION-GRAND AVENUES - REEDWAY ST.


LINNEMAN JUNCTION - SANDY
MULTNOMAH ST. - MCLOUGHLIN EXPRESSWAY
BURLINGTON - ST. JOHNS BRIDGE
WEST LINN - OREGON CITY
GLADSTONE - 1OTH ST. (OREGON CITY)
CEDAR HILLS-TUALATIN EXPRESSWAY - PORTLAND-SALEM
ST. JOHNS BRIDGE - 122ND AVE .
SUNSET FREEWAY - STADIUM FREEWAY
LAURELHURST FREEWAY - MT. HOOD FREEWAY
WHEELER AVENUE - SUNSET FREEWAY
SUNSET FREEWAY - PORTLAND - SALEM FREEWAY
LAURELHURST FREEWAY - CASCADE FREEWAY
SUNSET FREEWAY - INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY

-29-

FREEWAY

MAJOR STREETS
NAME
Ml
M2
M3

BARBUR BOULEVARD
U N I O N - G R A N D A V E . C O U P L E T , US99E
BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HIGHWAY,
ORE1O, AND BERTHA BLVD.
MACADAM S T R E E T , ORE43
MORRISON BRIDGE AND M O R R I S O N BELMONT S T . COUPLET
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE APPROACH AND
H A W T H O R N E - M A D I S O N S T . COUPLET
DIVISION S T R E E T
82ND A V E N U E
TUALATIN VALLEY H I G H W A Y , ORE6
122ND AVENUE
E . BURNS IDE STREET
HALSEY S T R E E T
MCLOUGHLIN B O U L E V A R D , US99E
POWELL BLVD. - FOSTER ROAD
15TH-16TH AVENUE COUPLET
OSWEGO H I G H W A Y , 0RE43
POWELL VALLEY ROAD
SCHOLLS FERRY H I G H W A Y , ORE21O
CORNELL ROAD
LAKE ROAD
C L A C K A M A S H I G H W A Y , ORE212
GRESHAM ROAD
SANDY B O U L E V A R D , US3O BYPASS
162ND AVENUE

M4
M5
M6
M7
M8
M9
M1O
Ml 1
M12
M13
M14
M15
Ml 6
M17
M18
M19
M20
M21
M22
M23
M24

THIS
COMMODATE
FLOW AND

AT THE

ELOPMENT

AND

THE

FREEWAY

ROUTES
THE

SYSTEM

THE D E S I R E

THE

AND

SAME

FREEWAYS

WAS

FOR M O V E M E N T ,

THE

OF

TIME

T O CARE

FOR

DESIGNED
EXISTING

BERTHA BLVD. - TlGARD


LOMBARD S T . - DIVISION S T .
BEAVERTON - BARBUR BLVD.
HAMILTON S T . - SELLWOOD BRIDGE
HARBOR DRIVE

SYSTEM
SYSTEM

OF

TO

AC-

TRAFFIC

NEIGHBORHOOD

DEV-

BY

RADIAL

EXPRESSWAY

SYSTEM

OF MINIMUM

INTEGRATING
ROUTES

FURTHER

COMPLEMENTS

ADDITIONAL

INTO THE

IS F U R T H E R

NUMBER

MAJOR

STREETS

VICE

A N D BEING

WAYS

OR EXPRESSWAYS

LEVEL

EXPRESSWAYS

GRIDIRON

FOREGOING

COMPLEMENTED

O F MAJOR

FREEWAY

39TH

AVENUE

WILLAMETTE RIVER - 5OTH AVENUE


21ST AVE. - POWELL VALLEY RD.
SANDY BLVD. - DUKE ST.
R E E D V I L L E - M U L T N O M A H C O . LINE
SANDY BLVD. - JOHNSON CREEK EXPRESSWAY
U N I O N A V E . - G R E S H A M ROAD
B A N F I E L D F R E E W A Y - 122ND A V E .
MILWAUKIE - GLADSTONE
P O R T L A N D - S A L E M F R E E W A Y - 82ND A V E .
LOMBARD S T . - M U L T N O M A H S T .
S E L L W O O D B R I D G E - W E S T LINN
82ND A V E . - G R E S H A M
RALEIGH HILLS - PROGRESS
SUNSET FREEWAY - STADIUM FREEWAY
LAURELHURST FREEWAY - CASCADE FREEWAY
CLACKAMAS CUTOFF - CARVER
FAIRVIEW - GRESHAM
122ND AVE . - F A I R V I E W
S A N D Y B L V D . - P O W E L L V A L L E Y ROAD

IMPROVEMENT.

SOME

IMPROVEMENT

SECT I ON

SYSTEM.
BY

STREETS,

COMPLEMENTS

AMETTE

RIVER

COUPLET

SUCH

OF TRAFFIC SER-

PROXIMITY

T H E NEED

SPEAKING,

OF T H E IMPORTANT

FOR A

T H EMAJOR

APPROACHES

IN T H E C E N T R A L

T O FREE-

EAST

HIGHER
STREET

T O THE WILLSIDE

AREA A N D

NORTH-SOUTH

ONE-WAY

ROUT INGS .
A

-30-

CLOSE

T H EEXISTING

BRIDGES

LEVEL

T O OBVIATE

GENERALLY

SYSTEM

F O R SOME

SUFFICIENT

IN S U F F I C I E N T L Y

OF DESIGN.

CARES

THE

GIVING

DETAILED

SUMMARY

OF COST

A S WELL

A S OTHER

FIGURE 13
PROPOSED PLAN

vV
VANCOUVER

1975

L E G E N D
TYPE OF FACILTY

COMPLETED OR
PROGRAMMED
1955,

FREEWAYS
EXPRESSWAYS
MAJOR

STREETS

TROUTDALE
WOOD VILLAGE

-31 -

PROPOSED

FIGURE
PROPOSED

N
VANCOUVER

1975

L E G E N D
TYPE OF FACILTY
FREEWAYS
EXPRESSWAYS
MAJOR

-31 -

13

PLAN

STREETS

COMPLETED OR
PROGRAMMED
1955^

PROPOSED

FIGURE
PROPOSED

N
VANCOUVER

1975

L E G E N D
TYPE OF FACILTY
FREEWAYS
EXPRESSWAYS
MAJOR

-31 -

13

PLAN

STREETS

COMPLETED OR
PROGRAMMED
1955,

PROPOSED

FIGURE
PROPOSED

vV*
VANCOUVER

1975

L E G E N D
TYPE OF FACILTY
FREEWAYS
EXPRESSWAYS
MAJOR

-31 -

13

PLAN

STREETS

COMPLETED OR
PROGRAMMED
1955^

PROPOSED

PERTINENT
TYPES

DATA

OF

RELATING

PROJECTS

CONTAINED
BENEFITS

REALIZED

PORTRAY

THE

TRIP

FROM

SON

STREET

TRATION

TO ANY

"1946

THE

WERE

USED

AS

TIME

WERE

FILES

SPEED.

AND

OF

SAME

THE

1975

WERE

WITH

THE

THE

BUREAU

MARKED

SOURCES

BASED

CASE

AND
OF

ERCE,

IS

FIC

IN

AVENUE
AREA.

FUTURE

THAN

ONE-WAY

AND

MORRI-

THIS

ILLUS-

CONGESTION

WOULD

ON

REPORT

IF

NO.

THE

ON

THE

FOR

OF
THE

SPEEDS

R O A D S . \/

BETWEEN

CAPACITY

FOR

ZONE

PUBLIC

THE

EXISTING

TO

BE

THIS

THE

AND

BEST

S.

ON

THE

DEPARTMENT

ROADS, WASHINGTON

THE

THAT

TIME

SECOND

1975

OF

OVER-

ASSUMING

SYSTEM

WAS

COM-

SYSTEM.

BEEN

ARTICLE

PUBLIC

IN

FREEWAYS
L.

REPORTED

IN

THE

ANGELES

FREEWAYS.

MINIMUM

BENEFITS

IN

THIS

LATTER

COM-

MORE

CONGESTED
FASTER

TO

STUDY,
URBAN
THAN

BENE-

THE

COST

THE

LOS

ANGELES

W.

OF

THE

AREAS
THE

WERE

FREEWAYS

"CALIFORNIA
CLUB

OF

4.2

CENTS

PER

ANOTHER
OF

THIS

THE

PER

VEHICLE

USED
FOUND
IN

FROM

STUDY

CITY

OF

ISSUE

OF

THE

PAY
LESS

YARD-

THE

LOS

INDICATED
MILE.

FREEWAYS
TO

VE-

STUDY*

1953.

DERIVED

OF

REPORTED

A "CONSERVATIVE

OF

HEAVILY

HIGHWAYS"

ARTICLE

GARDNER

CENTS

APPEARED

AUTOMOBILE

DECEMBER,

RESULTS

AND

OF

USED.

MOTORIST

TWO

THE

"SAFER

THE

DEVELOPED

THE
OF

THE

ARE

BY

FOR

ISSUE

SAVINGS

FREEWAYS"

SAVINGS

TO

WOULD

DIRECT

EXCEED

DEVELOPED

PREPARING

ENGINEERING/*

OF

ACCRUE

ALONE

THE

ENTITLED

WORKS."

WHEN

ANGELES,

STICK"

-32-

IN A N

HAS

INDICATED

OF

SYSTEM

JUSTIFICATION

IS A N

MILE

SELVES

THE

WOULD

$91,000,000.

FREEWAYS

CALIFORNIA

'TRAFFIC

C.

FREEWAY

CONSERVATIVELY

ECONOMIC

AND

"ECONOMY

VEHICLE

2 5 . D.

FOR

WHICH

JANUARY -FEBRUARY , 1955,

THERE

HICLE

LOS

OF

DETAIL

SOUTHERN

BY

COST

LEAST

DESIGN

IN

THE

BY AT

IN S O M E

BENEFITS
THE

SYSTEM

HIGHWAYS

OF

TRAF-

14 S H O W S

THE

ZONES

1955

CONSTRUCTION

AREA.

TIME

FROM

VERY

EXPRESS-

MAP

FURTHER

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY

WOULD

AND

AVAILABLE

BASE

EXISTING

IN F I G U R E

IN T H E

SHOWS

ALONE

METROPOLITAN

PURPOSE.

CONTOURS
U.

VOLUMES

NO

AREA

JUSTIFY

AND

SHOWED

ASSUMING

14

UNDER

OVERLAY

ECONOMIC

PORTLAND

THE

ACCORDANCE

T\H E S E S T U D I E S

FIRST

PROPOSED

AN

CONDUCTED

TIMES

EXPRESSWAYS

49-2

STREETS

IN

OR

THE

FITS

FACILITIES

VARIOUS

STUDIES

VEHICLE

MANUAL.

OF

REDUCED

VOLUME-SPEED

BELIEVED

OF

BASIS

AND

1975

FIGURE

EASILY

THE

BOARD

THE

THE

IN
FREEWAYS

IN

AVERAGE

PLETED .

ON

SURVEY,"

CONTROL

FOR

THAT

CONSIDER-

TRAFFIC

SPEED

PROPOSED

1955

OF

VOLUMES.

LAY

DRIVING

EXIST

CONSTRUCTED.

AREA

14

IN

14 S H O W

FREEWAYS

FIGURE

MAKE

FROM TECHNICAL

SPEEDS

TIME

BUREAU

AS

SYSTEM

REFLECTED

CHARACTERISTICS

INFORMATION

HIGHWAY

AS

STATE

OF

PUBLIC

ARE

AND

WERE

ASSUMED

RELATIONSHIP

.THE
1/

FIGURE

ANALYSIS.

TYPE.

OF

ZONES

TO

STUDY

SYSTEM

THE

WERE

RESULTS

SPEEDS,

MAJOR

PROJECT

SHOWN

FOURTH

DAY

METROPOLITAN
OF

KNOWN

OF

SYSTEM

IN T H I S

SPEEDS

ZONES

IN T H E

AVAILABLE

IN T H E
WAYS,

THREE

INDIVIDUAL

REQUIRED

PRESENT

ARTERIAL

- PORTLAND

FROM

TIME

POINT

BOTH

WELL

DATA

TIME

INTERSECTION

FREEWAY-EXPRESSWAY
ABLE

THE

FREEWAY - EXPRESSWAY

VEHICLE

THE

SHOWS

AS

EACH

TO

ZONES

FROM

AVERAGE

PRESENT

TIME

TO

ONLY

HEREINAFTER.

THE

THE

BUT

NOT

FOR

IN

IN
THE
THEM-

CONGESTED

Jf
FIGURE 14

VANCOUVER

1955 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

1975 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

NO

STREET

IMPROVEMENT

1975 TIME ZONE


WITH

-33-

PROGRAM

CONTOUR
COMPLETED

10

FIGURE 14

1955 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

1975 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

NO

STREET

IMPROVEMENT

1975 TIME ZONE


WITH

-33-

PROGRAM

CONTOUR
COMPLETED

10

N
FIGURE 14

1955 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

1975 TIME ZONE

CONTOUR

NO

STREET

IMPROVEMENT

1975 TIME ZONE


WITH

-33-

PROGRAM

CONTOUR
COMPLETED

*IO
10

AREAS,

EVEN

THOUGH
THE

PROPOSED

2.0

YEAR

PROPOSED

TO

AN

THE

THE

AVERAGE

HIGH

PER

VEHICLE

MILE

CENTS

PER

VEHICLE

MILE.

CENTS

PER

VEHICLE

MILE,

WOULD

BE

BENEFIT.
COST

OF

BASED

THESE

THE

IT

SHOWS

OF

$493,000,000

THAT

SAVING.

BENEFITS
ING

FOR

THE

MOTORIST

ACCRUE

ARE

RATHER

ALTHOUGH
ZATION

OF

NONE

TO

PROPERTY

BE

TO

THE

THAT

ON

THE

THAT

SHOULD

THE

GENERAL

LESS

TO

REAL.

VALUES

OR

EMERGENCIES.

SOME

STRAIN

OF

4.2

NUMBER

OF

$768,000,000

ALONE.

BUT

WITH

LOW

VEHICLE
WITH

STREETS

MILE

THE

FREEWAY

THE

OF

WAYS.

TOTAL
SYSTEM

THAT

COMPARISON.
NET

BENEFITS

QUENCY

BE

BENEFITS
ACCIDENT
EVALUATED

TERMS

OF

BE

REDUCTION,
AS

MONETARY
THERE

ARE

OVERLOOKED.
OF

EVALUATE

IN

AMONG

THESE

RE-

DIRECT
SAVMANY
THESE

COMMUNITY

MONETARY

TERMS

ARE

STABILI-

ENHANCEMENT

THEREOF,

-34-

THE

FREEWAY

CAN

THAT

ACCRUE

SYSTEMS

SERVE

THE
THE

IN

IN

WILL

BE

DECREASED

AND

THESE

INDIRECT

THAT

TO

WILL

SYSTEM

EXPRESSTAKE

SUF-

STREETS

EFFICIENTLY

CONGESTION.

BENEFITS

LARGE

ARTERIAL

AND

SURFACED

OF

OF

WOULD

EXISTING

MORE

AND

REDUCTION

STREETS

STRAIN

CULTURAL

FREEWAY

THEMSELVES

MOTORIST

FROM

TRANSPORTATION

THE

THE

DEVELOP-

DISASTER

ACCRUE

ON

EXISTING

REDUCTION

THUS

BE
TO

OR

OF

IN

IN-

ACCESS

ADVANTAGES

MAJOR

THE

ESTATE

TRAVEL.

WOULD

NOT

PROPOSED

FROM

TIME

BETTERMENT

WOULD

ALSO

IN

OTHER

OF

LESSENED;
FROM

TO

TRAFFIC

THEY

BECAUSE

BENEFITS

WOULD

AND

REAL

RECREATIONAL

TOURIST

MANY

FROM

MOTORISTS

THE

FICIENT

AND

ACCRUE

TO

ARTERIES,

INCREASED

MOBILITY

INCREASED

IN D R I V I N G .

BENEFIT

CITIZENRY

THE

AS

4.2

FREEWAYS.
NOT

INCREASED

RESPECTIVELY.

INCLUDE
CAN

FACILITIES.

SYSTEM

OF

BASIS,

THE

OF

LOW

DIRECT

GIVEN

USING

AND

TIME

SURFACED

RADIUS

DURING

BASIS

PER

PRACTICAL

NEIGHBORHOODS

FACILITIES.

OF

THE

TRAVEL

2.0

INTERESTING

HIGH

WHICH

DIFFICULT
THE

AN

ON

AT

ON

THE

MENT

NATURALLY

CONTRASTED

$91,000,000.

DEFINITELY

BENEFITS
AND

GIVE

CETERA.

BENEFITS

CENTS

OF

AMOUNTS

COMPARES

PROVIDING

WILL

COSTS,

INDIRECT

2.0

WHEN

FOR

ADDITION

ET

AND

AND

THIS

CREASING

OVERBURDENED

RESIDENTIAL

THIS

HIGH

EXISTING

4.2

$18,300,000

SAVINGS

FALL

DEVELOP

MILES.

THE

TOTAL

THE

AREA

THERE

OPERATING

USING

BENEFITS

PORTLAND

IN

TIME

ON

WOULD

OF

THE

OF

OF

FREEWAY

$38,430,000

1975.

$275,000,000

FOR

DUCED

BY

AND

ESTIMATES

THE

VEHICLE

FROM

PROBABLY

MILE.

AREA

BENEFIT

CENTS

$366,000,000

LOW

1955-1975,

ANNUAL

REALIZED

AND

RELIEF

DERIVED

WOULD

VEHICLE

ANNUAL

COSTLY.

BENEFITS

PORTLAND

AVERAGE

MORE

SYSTEM

PER

PERIOD,

762,000,000

MUCH

DIRECT

CENTS

FOR

WERE

FREEWAY

BETWEEN

AND

TWENTY

ACTUAL

PORTLAND

SOMEWHERE
CENTS

THEY

ACCIDENT
DRIVING

ARE

MANY.

SO
AND

FRE-

WILL

BE

RECOMMENDED PROGRAM

G E N E R A L L Y ,
S Y S T E M

I S T H E" B A C K B O N E "

SATISFIES
THE

THE BASIC

DESIRE

LINES

COMPLEMENTS
SYSTEM
OTHER

CHANGES

POSED

FINAL

PATTERN

THAT

WHICH

THIS

REPORT

DETAILED

INVESTIGATION

CERTAIN

AREAS- -SCHOOL

S U B -D I V I S I O N ,

MAJOR

FUNDS

THERE

WHEN

TOTAL
COST

STREET

AND EXPRESSWAYS

BASED

WITH

OF THE PORTLAND
DECIDED

B E CREATED

IS MADE.

LAND

FINAL

OFFICE

D I DN O T A L L O W

THE

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT

COSTS

AREAS

BEEN
WILL

WITHIN

LOCATED

WHICH.

NECESSITATE

SURVEYS

WHICH

ARE MADE

JECTS.
WAYS,

FREE-

B Y REASON

RELOCATION
AND BEFORE

TOTAL

STREETS)

COSTS

OR WILL

(FREEWAYS,

$371,045,000.

$40,000,000

BE AVAILABLE

WITHIN

OF 291 MILES

IT IS S U M M A R I Z E D

OF PROJECTS
THE NEXT

OF IMPROVEMENT

OTHER

FIELD

FOR THE

LOCATION

WERE

AND DESIGN.

DEVELOPED

APPRAISALS

RESPECT

WERE
PUR-

PRELIMINARY

FOR EACH

PROJECT

OF RIGHTS

THE EXPRESSWAY

FROM

OF W A Y WERE

AND RIGHT

WITH

TOTAL

RESPECT

T O COST

FIELD

AVERAGE

OF W A Y WERE

IN
UNIT

USED FOR

OF T H E SEVERAL P R O -

OF SOME

OF RIGHTS

W A S UTILIZED

PLAN.

COSTS

IN T H E I N S T A N C E

APPRAISALS

SYSTEM,

FOR LOCATIONS

OF THE PRELIMINARY

BEEN

OF

THIS

AS FOLLOWS:

-35-

MAJOR

PRIMARILY

STREET

OF T H E EXPRESS-

OF W A Y AND DETAILED

WERE

SYSTEM

ON T H E BASIS

COMPARABLE

AVAILABLE.

T W O YEARS.
IN

RECONNAISSANCE

HOWEVER,

THE

AMOUNT

HAVE

AND OFFICE

OF DETERMINING

THE

EXPRESSWAYS.

OF THIS

SYSTEM

AVAILABLE

F O R

I N -

C L U S IO N I N T H E S T U D Y .

OPED

PROGRAM

FOR THE FREEWAY

RECONNAISSANCE

ESTIMATES

O F

ESTIMATES

FOR CONSTRUCTION

PURPOSES

BEEN

$371,045,000

OBTAINED.

AND

RECENTLY

2.037,682.000

FIELD

WITH

DEVELOPMENT,

290.87

AND PROFILE

PERIOD

PARK

$274,975,000
52.690.000
43 .380.000

PLAN

IN

COST

1,059,155,000
330,410,000
648 ,117.000

OF DETERMINING

DATA.

ANNUAL
V E H IC L E M I L E S

MILES

96.16
74.06
120.65

POSE

ALSO

P R O -

B Y SUCH

T H ET I M E

W A S PREPARED

A R E SOME

T O T H E

ON FIELD

THESE

A N D THEREFORE

T O CONFORM

WOULD

EXPOSITION-

C A N BE. A D O P T E D .

A R E A TOTAL

PROGRAM.

BY

NO.

OF WORK

SYSTEM

THE MAJOR

IT H A S QUITE

HAVE

FOR FINANCING

PROVIDED

WHILE

DEVELOPMENT,

DEVELOPMENT.

THE
AND

THERE

O R EXPRESSWAYS

LOCATION

AS EVIDENCED

THE EXPRESSWAY

O F POTENTIAL

E T CETERA.

THAT

HIGHWAYS

12.

M A YB E N E C E S S A R Y

WITHIN

THE

PATTERNS

H A S N O T BEEN

T H ES E L E C T I O N

PROPOSED

FREEWAYS
EXPRESSWAYS
MAJOR
STREETS

LOCATION

AFTER

OF

P R O G R A M A N D

SYSTEM

CENTER

WAYS

O F T H EO V E R - A L L

STREETS.

TRAFFIC

DETERMINED

TYPE

THE FREEWAYS

CENTER

R E C R E A T I O N

T H E F R E E W A Y

IN F I G U R E

INTER-TIES
ARTERIAL

THAT

TRAFFIC

THE FREEWAY

THE

SOME

I T C A NB E SAID

FIELD

W A Y ON CERTAIN

PROJECTS

OF UNIT

FOR WHICH

APPRAISALS
CRITICAL

WERE

OF CONSIDERABLE

MAGNITUDE.

WERE

BASED

COST

DATA.

COST

DEVEL-

DATA

INFORMATION

OBTAINED

PROJECTS

WERE

ON CURRENT

H A D I T S COST

WHERE

FROM
WAS

FOR RIGHTS
SUCH

ALL OF T H E

COSTS

ESTIMATES

COST

OF

FREEWAY

THE
UNDER

THE

PROJECTS

TOTAL

COST

$ 2 7 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

FREEWAYS

PROPOSED

FREEWAYS

IS

AS

OF

THERE

IN

THIS

THE
ARE

FREEWAY
A

SYSTEM

TOTAL

STUDY.

OF

96

SUMMARY

IS
MILES

FOR

SYSTEM

JUST

THE

FREEWAY

DO N O T I N

OF

OR

14

LOCATION
OF

FOLLOWS:

D E S I G N ,

LENGTH
(MILES)
2.54
1 .29
6.61
10.1 1
10.56
6.44
6.00
2.41
6.21
20.83
1 .86
15.12
3.64
2.54

60,262,000
32,560,000
1 04,087,000
102,364,000
94,509,000
59,057,000
82,161,000
63,346,000
58,163,000
213,368,000
1 6,973,000
127,356,000
31,043,000
13,906,000

BANFIELD
HARBOR DRIVE
PORTLAND-SALEM
MT. HOOD
SUNSET
INDUSTRIAL
DELAWARE
STADIUM
FREMONT
LAURELHURST
EAST BANK
CASCADE
SELLWOOD
GLENCULLEN
TOTAL

1 /

96.16

TOTAL COST
($)

BRIDGES

GRAPHS
AND
COST

M I G H T

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S
COST

E S T I M A T E S

P L E T E

THERE
I N G .

N O
I S

O F

L E F T

FOR EACH

D E T A I L

C O N S T R U C T I O N ,
FREEWAY

WITH

W E L L

B A S E D .

T U R N S ,

FLOW

FREEWAY

T H E L O C A T I O N ,

RESPECT

T H E R E

N O

T R A V E R S I N G

S Y S T E M

S I G N A L S ,

THE

SOME

1 4

LENGTH

ON W H I C H

THESE

THERE

T H E T R A F F I C

A N D T H E R E L A T I O N
TO T H E TOTAL

E X P R E S S W A Y
DESIRE

I N

ON

T H E

O F

G R A D E ,

D I S -

REFUGES

I N

WELL

AS

OF

P A R K I N G

I S

I N D I V I D U A L

PROJECT

V O L U M E S .

TYPE

AS

SYSTEM.

-36-

BEEN

AREA

SOME

A S

O F

T H E

I N

PHOTOF R E E W A Y

D I S C U S S E D
A

D I R E C -

AS

FOLLOWS:

T O

OF T H E

STUDY.

COST

ON A

T H E
THESE

FREEWAYS.
E S T I M A T E S

P A R T I A L C O N -

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

S E P A R A T E D .

L O C A T I O N S ;

E X P R E S S W A Y .

A T

L E F T - T U R N

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

I ZATI ON A T C R I T I C A L
ON A N

W H I L E

S E R V I C E

C E R T A I N

SOME

THOSE

EXPRESSWAY

F O R T H E M A J O R

WERE

A T

T H E

TOTAL

F R E E W A Y

S E C O N D A R Y

WERE

O F

P R E V I O U S L Y .

OF T H I S

I N*TO

T H E

T H E R E
T H E M

M I L E S

S Y S T E M .

CARE

F O RT H E

S E G R E G A T E D

$ 5 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

BASED

O F

S E T FORTH

F O R 7 4

WERE

P R O V I D E D

I S

A S

S Y S T E M

P R O H I B I T E D

COSTS

G R A P H I C A L L Y

H A S BEEN

T O

T H E PURPOSE

S IGNAL

ON T H E

S U P E R I M P O S E D .

ACCOUNT

G I V E S

A C C E S S .

WERE

E X P E C T E D

P O R T I O N S

T H E F R E E W A Y

L I N E S

B U T MOST

C A N BE

S Y S T E M

D E S I G N E D

T H E E X P R E S S W A Y

T R O L

L E A V -

PRESENTED

OF EACH

A T

COSTS

1 8 A N D 1 9 A R E A E R I A L

A N D INTERCONNECTS

FOR

P A R K I N G .

E N T E R I N G ,

I S

COST

S Y S T E M

L I N E S

D E V E L O P S C O M C R O S S I N G S

HAVE

WHICH

W A S S O

D E S I G N

WHICH

PROJECTS

S Y S T E M

D E S I R E

L O C A T I O N

A P P R O X I M A T E

UPON

A R E P O R T R A Y E D
1 7 ,

M E T R O P O L I T A N

A N D WOULD

FREEWAY

F I N A L
T H E

T H E BASIS

THAT

E X P R E S S W A Y

P R O J E C T S

R E F L E C T
R E F L E C T

ON W H I C H

SYSTEM

TO BE PAID FOR

T H E F R E E W A Y .

PROJECT.

1 6 ,

C O M P L E M E N T S

A N D N O

OF T R A F F I C

FIGURES

S Y S T E M

T H E

A R E NO

1 9 7 5

274,975,000

R E I T E R A T E

T H E FREEWAY

A C C E S S ,

COST,

T O

T H E FREEWAY

U N I N T E R R U P T E D

A N D W H I L E

CUSSION
SOME

WERE

C O N T R O L

G R A D E ,

OF

B E

VOLUMES

OF EXPRESSWAY

F O R T H E

D E T E R M I N E D .

O F P O R T L A N D

P O R T L A N D

DO THEY

B Y

EXPRESSWAY

DRAWINGS

INSTANCE

A N D WERE

WERE

S Y S T E M
1 5 .

T I O N A L
IT

A N D DESIGN

F R E E W A Y

7,175,000
5,140,000
11.510,000
26,030,000
17,070,000
24,500,000
24,200,000 1/
29,150,000 "
24,960,000
42,120,000
10,700,000
24,190,000
9,230,000
19,000,000

1,059,155,000

INCLUDES $ 1 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 FOR NEW INTERSTATE


THROUGH TOLL
COLLECTION.

EVERY

T R A F F I C

ANNUAL
TRAVEL
(VEH. MILES)

L O C A T I O N

B U T RATHER

T H E PROJECTS

F I G U R E

F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
F13
F14

D E T A I L

A T

GRADE

HOWEVER.

SUMMARY

O F

FIGURE 15

ALL VEHICLE
1975 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC

FREEWAY SYSTEM

100,000

50,000

30,000
20,000
;
1

VEHICLES

37-

PER

IO.OOO

DAY

EXPRESSWAY

LENGTH
( MILES)

ANNUAL
TRAVEL
(VEH. MILES)

2.25
12.00
3.90
4.25
0.31

20,531,000
30.330,000
32,850,000
23,269,000
1,132,000

250,000
3,945,000
7,550,000
2,800,000
3,500,000

1 .20
5.30
1 1 .70
4.50
4.70
1 .25

9,636,000
29,240,000
83,037,000
16,060,000
19,600.000
3,650,000

200.000
1,820,000
12,630,000
4,710,000
4,140,000
630,000

9.10
3.10
10.50

30,598,000
11,315,000
19.162.000

4,815,000
1,900,000
3.800.000

74.06

330,410,000

52,690,000

El MCLOUGHLIN
E2 MT. HOOD
E3 EASTS IDE
E4 INDUSTRIAL
E5 OREGON CITY BRIDGE
E6 WATER STREET
(OREGON CITY)
E7 MULTNOMAH
E8 COLUMBIA
E9 BARNES
E10 JOHNSON CREEK
Ell HILLSBORO
E12 CEDAR HILLSTUALATIN
E13 OATFIELD
E14 ST. JOHNS-SUNSET
TOTAL

TOTAL COST
($)
Ml
M2
M3

OF MAJOR

STREET

THE
STUDY

MAJOR

INTEGRATES

FOR

WHICH

THE

FREEWAYS

BUT

T H E MAJOR

THEY
R I V E R

STREET

T H E FREEWAYS

SYSTEM

T H EMOVEMENT

T H E MAJOR

A R E FEEDERS

TO T H E BRIDGES

A N D OTHERWISE

AS PROPOSED

A N DEXPRESSWAYS

TO CARRY

STREETS

ARE FEEDERS

M4
M5
M6
M7
M8
M9
M10
Mil
Ml 2
Ml 3
M14
Ml 5
Ml 6
Ml 7
Ml 8
Ml 9
M20
M21
M22
M23
M24

F U N C T I O N

WERE
LOAD

I N

BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HWY. &


BERTHA BLVD.
MACADAM STREET
MORRISON BRIDGE & MORRISONBELMONT COUPLET
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE APPROACH &
HAWTHORNE-MADISON COUPLET
DIVISION STREET
82ND AVENUE
TUALATIN VALLEY HWY.
122ND AVENUE.
E. BURNS IDE STREET
HALSEY STREET
MCLOUGHLIN BLVD.
POWELL BLVD.-FOSTER ROAD
15TH-16TH AVE. COUPLET
OSWEGO HIGHWAY
POWELL VALLEY ROAD
SCHOLLS FERRY HWY.
CORNELL ROAD
LAKE ROAD
CLACKAMAS HIGHWAY
GRESHAM ROAD
SANDY BOULEVARD
162ND AVENUE

THE

OF TRAFFIC

USED

DESIGNED,

IED

TOTALING

IN C O S T .

SOME

121 M I L E S

THESE

330,000
1,915,000

7.21
1 .85

26,316,000
16,881,000

1,595,000
350,000

2.49

30,581,000

13,055,000

2.80
11 .72
5.19
8.10
5.90
11 .23
1 .35
5.20
4.80
3.10
7.90
4.10
3.50
7.14
2.35
2.55
3.40
5.20
3.85

19.600,000
53,472,000
36,825,000
32,240,000
31,500,000
77,068,000
7,884,000
37,595,000
52,560,000
28,543,000
31,865,000
26,097,000
11,461,000
18,214,000
8,580,000
3,723,000
4,964,000
12,921,000
7,026,000

3,435,000
1,985,000
195,000
1 ,465,000
2,205,000
2,295,000
1,315,000
200,000
500,000
1,610,000
3,060,000
980,000
860,000
2,500,000
475,000
575,000
730,000
850,000
900,000

648,117,000

43,380,000

120.65

OF

T R A F F I C

T O T H E FREEWAYS,

ACROSS
AS MAJOR

INCIDENTAL

CONTROL

AT

SOME

GRADE,

GENERAL,

T H E WILLAMETTE

TRAFFIC

D I S T R I B U T I N G

PROJECTS

2 4 MAJOR

IN L E N G T H

STREET

PROJECTS

AND ABOUT

ARE SUMMARIZED

FOUR

STUD-

WAS

$43,000,000

-38-

STREET

ALLOWED

ALONG

COST

A MAJOR

MEDIANS

DESIGN

ESTIMATES

STANDARDS
WERE

TO CROSS;

A R E IN O R D E R .
IS W I D E

PARKING
THAT

PREPARED.

H A S ONLY

CROSSINGS ARE

OR SEPARATION

IF T H E R O A D W A Y

STANDARDS

STREET

ARE NOT ALLOWED

LANES. OTHERWISE

THESE

DESIGN

OF ACCESS, ALL STREET

COUPLETS

BY RAISED

PROGRAM

BY SAYING

STREETS

ONE-WAY

MOVING

SYSTEM

WS FOLLOWS:

MAJOR

C A N BE PHRASED

GENERALLY
WERE

28,744,000
43,457,000

THIS

ROUTES.
THERE

4.85
4.87

BARBUR BOULEVARD

PROJECTS

ANDCOMPLETES

TEND

TOTAL COST
($)

UNION-GRAND COUPLET

TOTAL
COST

ANNUAL
TRAVEL
(VEH. MILES)

LENGTH
(MILES)

MAJOR STREET

OF

IN

OPPOSING

PARKING

IS

ENOUGH FOR

IS P R O H I B I T E D .
THE MAJOR

IT

STREET

ONE
RESPECT

TO

FIVE

TEN

OR

HEAVIER
THE

CHARACTERISTIC

USAGE
YEARS

THAN

IT

OVER-ALL

THEM

CAN

SHOULD

BE

THIS

WOULD

AS

THE

USAGE

BEEN

FOR

OF

OF

WAS

DOES

THE

ARTERIAL

AND

ARTERIAL

BUT

WILL

"KEY

ARE

PROJECTS

FERRY

ROAD

WOULD

INNER

CIRCUMFERENTIAL

IMPORTANT

ARTERIAL

EXTENSION

OF

CARVER

NEAR

CREEK.

TO

MARINE

AN

WHICH

IN

IN

THE

HAS

ARE

AND
COM-

THE

DISCUSSION

TREATING

AND

STREETS.
AS

IN

WITH

LOCATION

THE

SCOPE

OF

IT

OF

IS

CITY

FELT
OF

OR

WHICH

THAT
NORMAL

COMMUNITY.

FALL
AN

OF

PROJECTS

A MATTER

HEREIN.

INTO

SUCH

EXAMPLE

OF

PROPOSED

GOODAL-SCHOLLS

IN

WOULD

EFFECT

CONNECTING
AND

NOT

THROUGH

FROM

THIS

DIMINISH.

SENSE

BEEN

CIRCUMFERENTIAL

GRESHAM

DATE

WILL

PREVIOUSLY,

MULTNOMAH

THAT

OUTER

DRIVE

THE

ROUTE

HILLS.

EARLY

EXPRESSWAYS

COST,

PROJECTS

UNION

HAPPY
AVENUE

FORM

AN

NEIGHBORHOODS

OSWEGO.

ANOTHER

INCLUDED
ROUTING
VALLEY
TO

AS

AN

IS

FROM

AND

ROCK

TROUTDALE

IS

-39-

BUT

HAS

STUDY

IMPROVE

SUCH

AND

FREEWAYS

SECTION

DEVELOP

BE

CONNECTION

RALEIGH

THE

INCLUDED

THESE

EXPENDITURE

STREETS

PROJECTS"

NOT

TO

OCCASION

DEVELOPMENT

MANY

OF

AND

DEVELOP

STREETS

MANY

PROJECTS.

MENTIONED

OF

FURTHER

COSTLY

USAGE,

STREET

NOT

OF

STREETS,

MUCH

OTHERS,

YEARS

MORE

IN

AS

TEN

OR

PROJECT

RECREATIONAL

FIRST

FIVE

REASONABLY

FREEWAYS

MAJOR

THE

AS

THE

THE

DESIRABLE

BE

MAJOR

ON

IMPROVEMENT

SUCH

AT

IN

WITH

WOULD

A NOMINAL

OUT

THE

CATEGORY

THE

BROUGHT

INDIVIDUAL

ARE

FOR

STREETS

PROGRAM

LAST

MAJOR

THE

IMPROVEMENT

USAGE

THE

PRESENTATION

STUDY

TRAFFIC

THE

HEREINAFTER

AS

MAJOR

OF

THE

THERE

IN

THE

THE

20-YEAR

ACCOMPLISHED

FOLLOWS

THIS

THE

COMPLETION

HAS

WHICH

OF

THE

PROGRAM.

EXPRESSWAYS.
PLETED,

THAT

IMPROVED

BE

PENDING

IS

OF

THEM.

WHICH

CATEGORY.

THE

SERVICING

FARM-TO-MARKET

NOT
OF

FOR

BEEN

SUCH

INCLUDED
PROJECTS

THESE

COULD

BE

ARE

OF

TRAFFIC.
AS
AND

ONLY

ENUMERATED

TIME

NOT'

IT,
DID

THREE
THAT

OF

AS

NOT

DEVELOPING

ONLY
WELL
PERMIT

OF

COSTS

MANY

WOULD

FALL

SUCH
IN

FREMONT

FIGURE 16

PORTLAND WESTSIDE CENTRAL

BUSINESS DISTRICT
40-

LOOKING NORTHWEST

FREEWAY

FIGURE 17

PORTLAND WESTSIDE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT LOOKING


-41 -

SOUTH

DELAWARE

FREEWAY
BARNES ROAD
|EXPRESSWAY |

Fremont

Bridge
FREEWAY
HARBOR

DRIVE
FREEWAY

FREEWAY

FIGURE 18

EASTSIDE

PORTLAND LOOKING NORTHWEST


-42-

DELAWARE
FREEWAY

Bridge

DRIVE

Fremont

FIGURE 19

LOOKING

NORTHWEST ALONG THE WILLAMETTE


-43-

RIVER

FREEWAYS

-45-

THE
Y E A R S

B E E N

B A N F I E L D

BETWEEN

S T A T E

F R E E W A Y

FT H I S

F R E E W A Y

ROAD

PASSENGER

L I N E

ENTERS

IN

SULL IVAN

T H E

F I C
ON

T H I S
TER

F1

BANFIELD

FREEWAY

RIVER

S E C T I O N .

F R O M

T H A T

S E C T I O N

B A N F I E L D

4 2 N D

T H E

P A C I F I C

LENGTH

4 2 N D

A V E N U E

F R O M

R A I L -

4 2 N D

A N D

A S

W I L L

H A V E

W I L L

A V E N U E

B E D O N E

B E O P E N

B E E N

L E T

B E O P E N

I S

I N T H EN E A R

T O T R A F F I C

I S T O B E C O N S T R U C T E D

T H E

T O

T R A F -

B U T I

A V E N U E ,

T O S O M E

F R E E W A Y ,

B E I N G

T R A F F I C

V O L U M E S

FOR

WAY

4 2 N D

A V E N U E

D E S I R I N G

S T R E E T

I N

V E H I C L E S

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F O R E A R L Y

T W H I C H

T W I L L

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D A Y

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C O M P L E T I O N ,
W I L L

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R A N G E

W E S T O F

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V E H I C L E S

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M A J O R

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A R E E X P E C T E D

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F R E E W A Y .

S C H E D U L E D

S H O R T L Y

E L S E W H E R E

V O L U M E S

C R E A T E

W I L L
M A J O R

A S B R O U G H T O U T

B E N E C E S S A R Y
F R E E W A Y

L A T E R

A N D C E R T A I N

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CERTAIN

F R E E -

OVERLOAD.

F U T U R E A N D

B Y 1 95 8 .

T O S I X L A N E S

T H E

L A T -

T R A F F I C

A N D F R O M

O P P O S I

I N T E R C H A N G E

W I L L

B E A S S H O W N

O N

T E PA G E.

O FB A N F I E L D

FREEWAY

LOOKING

EAST

FROM

BURNSIDE

TO

N . E .

BRIDGE.

C O S T
TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

TOTAL

C O N S T R U C T E D .

(US3C)

FROM

N . E .

B E

P E R D A Y I NT H E S E C T I O N

P O R T I O N

A M O U N T I N G

S E C T I O N

R I V E R

W I L L

FA I R V I E W

MODEL

W I L L A M E T T E

L A N E S

D I M I N I S H I N G

E A S T E R L Y

H A V E

L E T
TI

V E H I C L E S

O F T H EC A S C A D E

M O R E

B E T W E E N

T H A T

A R E Y E T T O B E
S E C T I O N

F O U R

1 9 7 5T R A F F I C

6 5 , 0 0 0

E A S T

T H R O U G H O U T

I S A N T I C I P A T E D

C O N T R A C T S

R I V E R - 4 2 N D

S U C H

E A S T E R L Y

BY

LOCA-

T H E L O C A T I O N

A C Q U I R E D

E A S T E R L Y

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W I L L

B E E N

A V E N U E

T H E

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PROPER

S E V E R A L
O F

T H EU N I O N

C O N T R A C T S

A N DF A I R V I E W .

I N T H E F A L L

S E C T I O N

P O R T I O N S

I T SE N T I R E

O FPORTLAND

O F W A Y H A V E

T H EW I L L A M E T T E

E X P E C T E D

H A S F O R

G U LCH .

A V E N U E

S E C T I O N

P A R A L L E L S

THROUGHOUT

T H E C l T Y

E N T I R E

4 2 N D

C A L L E D

A N D T H E W I L L A M E T T E

T I O N

I T

D E P A R T M E N T

A N DC O N S T R U C T I N G

( F O R M E R L Y

TROUTDALE

R I G H T S

WILLAMETTE

H I G H W A Y

P R O G R A M I N G

4 2 N D

F A I R V I E W

A V E N U E

2 . 54
11.38
13.92

LANES
NO .

6 5 , 000

20 , 0 0 0

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

(!)

PAviNG
($)
1.710

000

'

2 , 500 . 0 0 0
WORK

1.710.000

2 , 500 . 0 0 0

4, 200 . 000
UNDER

4 , 200

000

1
.46-

2 . 9 7 5 . 000

7 . 17 5 , 0 0 0

2 , 9 7 5 . 000

7 . 1 7 5 . 000

CONTRACT

T H E

LEGEND

FOR A L L FREEWAYS
(Fl to FI4 incl.)
Structures
Grading & Paving
Direction of Traffic

-47-

F l - BANFIELD

FREEWAY

FI-BANFIELD FREEWAY

-48-

FAIRVIEW

TROUTDALE

FI-BANFIELD FREEWAY
49-

I N
P L E T E D

T H EH A R B O R

B R I D G E

A N DI

P R O A C H E S

O U T S E T
D A T E

N O W A P P E A R S

I N C R E A S E D

S T E E L

B R I D G E

1 9 7 5 .

P R O P O S E D

T H A T

S U N S E T

W I L L

M O V I N G

D I R E C T
A N D

O F WORK

C O N N E C T I N G

RAMPS

A L S O

C O N S I D E R S

M O R R I S O N

T W O - L E V E L

B U I L D I N G .

B E C O M E
T H A T

S E C T I O N

A D J A C E N T

P R E S E N T

B E

C A P A C I T Y

E A S T

T O

D R I V E .

I T

S E C T I O N

T O T H EN O R T H .
C L A Y - M A R K E T

CONSTRUCTION

H A R B O R

D R I V E

T H E
F A R

E X P R E S S W A Y
T I O N

OF

O P E N I N G S

T O A

T R A F F I C

V E R S I O N
BE

P R O G R A M

WORK

STRUCTION

BELOW
COSTS

E X I S T S

O F A

S U N S E T

F R E E W A Y ,

R I G H T

T O A

S T R E E T

F O RT H ESEVERAL

PHASES

TRAFFIC
( 1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)

B U R N S I D E
M O R R I S O N

S T E E L

B R I D G E
B R I D G E

H A W T H O R N E
T O T A L

B R I D G E

B R I D G E

W E S T

CONFLICTING
P R O P E R .

S T A G E S

S T A G E

T H R E E

N E WW I L L A M E T T E

T H R O U G H

CROSS-MOVEMENTS
T W O C A L L S F O R
C O N N E C T I O N S

R I V E R

C A L L

T O

F O R

B R I D G E

C O N -

A N D

C L A Y

T O

E A S T B O U N D
T H I S
I S

1 4 T H

C O S T ,

O F

T H E

EB U I L D I N G

F A

S T R E E T

C U T

A R E A S

A N D
O N

C L A Y

S T R E E T

T U N N E L

DT H E M A R K E T

S T R E E T

T U N N E L

A N A L T E R N A T E

A N D I N C L U D I N G

S K E T C H

T H E I N T E R C H A N G E

T H ES U N S E T

F R E E W A Y

I L L U S T R A T I N G

A T H A R B O R

D R I V E

P L A N .

T H E
C O N -

$ 9 6 0 , 0 0 0

W O U L D

O F T H E C L A Y T H E

T H E

CON-

O F WORK.

A P P R O A C H

S T E E L

B R I D G E

B R I D G E

P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

F R E E W A Y

GRAD I N G

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

<$)

($)

($)

PAVING

($)
-

0.44

6 0 , 000

6
2

20,000

530,000

550.000

0 . 50

60,000

7 5 , 000

855,000

330,000

1 00 . 0 0 0

A P P R O A C H E S
H A W T H O R N E

LANES
NO.

0.35
1 . 29

1 70 , 000
26 5 , 0 0 0

-50-

F R O M

H E R E I N B E F O R E

DETAIL

O F W A Y B E C O M E

T O B U I L D

P R E S E N T

O F

S T R E E T S

R I G H T

I S P O S S I B L E

W I T H I N

A N DT

T H I S

S T R E E T S - - T H E

T R A F F I C .

W I T H

F O R T H EP U R C H A S E

A N DM A R K E T

A V E N U E

I T

S E C T I O N

T R A F F I C

P L A N

SHOWN

C A L L S
C L A Y

B U T S H O U L D

A N D M A R K E T

O F . T H E

C R O S S -

P L A N

C O S T

FROM

A P P R O A C H

F R E E W A Y

F I N A L

I N

T U N N E L

S E C T 1 ON

E A S T

O N E - W A Y

R E S P E C T I V E L Y .

D R I V E

W E S T B O U N D

C O N N E C T I O N S .

I NC O N S I D E R A B L E

H A R B O R

C A N B E A C C O M P L I S H E D

WITHOUT

F W A YB E T W E E N

STREET

F O R T H E

F R E E W A Y .

C O U P -

A N D

I N T E R C H A N G E B E -

A N D F O U R

C O V E R

T H R O U G H O U T

T H ED E V E L O P M E N T

N O T E S S E N T I A L

D R I V E

T H E E A S T E R L Y
O N E - W A Y

A - J E F F E R S O N

W H I L E

D R I V E

P R O H I B I T I V E

B Y

T H I S

C O N S T R U C -

E L I M I N A T E

F O RT H EC O N S T R U C T I O N

OUTLINES

A N D

C L O S U R E

A S M E N T I O N E D
I N

A N D C O L U M B I A . J E F F E R S O N

SUMMARY

F O RA

A N DT H E R E B Y

D A T E

A N D I S

I M M E D I A T E L Y

A L L O W

A N O V E R - A L L

D I R E C T

A N D M A R K E T

T H EL A T T E R

H A R B O R

T H E

T O

O F

A- JEFFERSON

A S P R E S E N T L Y

O F T H EE X P R E S S W A Y

S P E N T

M A R K E T

W I L L

D R I V E

L A T E R

B E D O N E ,

I S T H ES I M U L T A N E O U S

O T H E R

A T A

S H O U L D

B E T W E E N

A N DC O L U M B I

C O N -

I S THE

A C C O M P L I S H E D

A N D C L A Y

A- J E F F E R S 0 N

B E T W E E N
T H U S ,

O F

W I L L

I S A V A I L A B L E

T H E C O N V E R S I O N

AND COLUMBI

T H EM E D I A N S

A T G R A D E .

O V E R - A L L

P L A N

O F H A R B O R

C O M E

I N

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

H A R B O R

T H A T

F R E E W A Y ,

SUCH

I N

L E N G T H

W O U L D

WORK

I M P O R T A N T

I NI T S

STAGE

B E

T H E P 0 R T L A N D - S A L E M

R E C O N S T R U C T E D

L O A D .

THE C L A Y - M A R K E T

C O N N E C T I O N S .

THE

F I R S T

T H EM O S T

S T A G E S

C O N S T R U C T I N G

D E P R E S S E D W A Y .

F2 - HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY (US99)


STEEL BRIDGE - PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY

F R E E W A Y

P R E S E N T A T I O N

F O RC O N S T R U C T I N G

C O N N E C T I O N

A N D H A R B O R

S T R U C T I O N

B E T W E E N T H E

H A R B O R

D I R E C T

T W E E N

O N

N O R T H B O U N D

S A L E M

F I R S T

A N DS H O U L D

A N D T H E C O L U M B I

D R I V E

THIS

T O T H E O R E G O N

F O U R - L A N E

A N DM U S T

P O T E N T I A L

T H E A N T I C I P A T E D

D R I V E

B E T W E E N

F O U R

T H E

I T C A L L S

C O N N E C T I O N S

C O U P L E T S

P R O P E R ,

A N DF R O M

O N T O H A R B O R

V I A D U C T

I N C A P A C I T Y

S U F F I C I E N T

H A R B O R

B R I D G E S

T H E

D E F I C I E N T

T H E B R I D G E

E A S T B O U N D ,
B R I D G E

A N D H A W T H O R N E

J O U R N A L

H A N D L E

O N

C A L L S F O R

T H A T

B E T W E E N

B E C O N C E I V E D

T H A T

O U T L I N E D .

D A T E .

ROAD

W I T H

B E N O T E D

BEEN

A N DA

F R O N T A G E

T O C A R E F O R

A N D 5 3

F R E E W A Y

A N D ( 2 ) A

A S I T WOULD

O F T H ES E V E R A L

E A R L Y

S T R E E T S

V E H I C L E S P E R

S O A S

W I L L

C O N N E C T I O N S

F R E E W A Y

D R I V E

Y E A R S ,

5 2

C O N S T R U C T I O N

A N DT H EP O R T L A N D -

P R O G R A M

HAVE

U R G E N T

A N

L E T

B R I D G E

B E T W E E N

O F FT H EB U R N S I D E

A T

B E T W E E N T H E

T O B E A C C O M P L I S H E D

B R I D G E

M O R E

O N P A G E S

S T A G E .
I T

T H E

O N T H EH A R B O R

S E V E R A L

T H E O V E R - A L L

S H O W N

( 1 ) T H ES T A G E

B R I D G E

T H EN E X T

S T R U C T I O N

W I L L

1 9 7 5 .

O F T R A F F I C

T H EB U R N S I D E

S O U T H

B Y

P L A C E

H A W T H O R N E

F IN A L

O F T H E S E C T I O N

O F 1 0 0 , 0 0 0

T A K E

D U R I N G
OF

I L L U S T R A T I O N S

R E S P E C T I V E L Y ;

I N

P E RD A Y O N

T O T A L

T H E

F U T U R E

A N DT H EP O R T L A N D - S A L E M
A

F R E E W A Y ,

V E H I C L E S

D R I V E

F O R T H

W O U L D

T H E

C O N V E R S I O N

T H E M A J O R I T Y

O F T H ES T E E L

L A N E S

T O A

V O L U M E S

O F H A R B O R

SET

T O

A T

A T SOME

T H I S

D R I V E

P R E S E N T - D A Y

6 0 , 0 0 0

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" W I D E N I N G "

S I X

T H A T

T H A T

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T H E

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P O R T I O N

I S A N T I C I P A T E D

DAY

FREE

T H A T

T O SOME

B R I D G E A

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I N

T H ES T E E L

FLOW

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C O U L D

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S O U T H

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SO

P E R M I T

T H ED E S I G N

I S

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I T

I T

D R I V E

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T H A T

BY

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N 1 9 5 1R E C O N S T R U C T E D

A N DA

S T A N D A R D S

I T

1 9 4 1

2 , 500 , 0 0 0

788, 000
4 , 6 7 3 , 000

2,500,000

2 , 500 . 000

200 . 0 0 0
-

9 58 , 0 0 0
4.938.000

7 50.000
9 30.000

2 . 000
|

202,000

960 . 000
,

5.140,000

BROADWAY
BRIDGE

STEEL
BRIDGE

BURNSIDE
BRIDGE

MORRISON
BRIDGE

HARBOR DRIVE
FREEWAY
HAWTHORNE
BRIDGE

F2 -HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY


-51 -

HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY (US 99)

EXISTING

STAGE 1

-52

SUNSET FREEWAY

(US 26) PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY (US 99) SECTION

STAGE 2

ULTIMATE
-53'

RIVER
I N C L U D I N G
THE

S U N S E T

WAY

STATUS

T H E I N T E R C H A N G E
FREEWAY

THE

O V E R P A S S E S
RAIL
T H E

SECTION

F E N C E
O F

THIS
TO

BETWEEN

D R I V E

FREEWAY.

COORDINATE

DISCUSSED

A L S O

WORK

D R I V E

W I T H

T O

O N

T H EF R O N T

P E D E S T R I A N

IS PLANNED

COMPLETION

F R E E -

O FUNDER

A N D
HAND-

A N D T H E SIDEWALK O N

B E N E C E S S A R Y

T O P R E C L U D E

WITH

O F HARBOR

U S E A N D A NINSULATING

F A C I L I T I E S

SUCH

IN S T A G E

I S SHOWN

T H E CONSTRUCTION

T H E FREEWAY

I T W I L L

O R H A N D R A I L

H A R B O R

C O N V E R S I O N

REQUIRES

F O R PEDESTRIAN

S E A W A L L .

D R I V E

P L A N .

F I N A L

ALSO

A T H A R B O R

T O

C O N S T R U C T

A V E N U E

S I D E

C R O S S I N G S

FOR EXECUTION

OF THE CONSTRUCTION

O N E AND ILLUSTRATED

O F

SO AS
AS

ON PAGE 5 2 .

i
MODEL OF HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY - WEST APPROACH MORRISON

HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY(US99)

BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST.

SUNSET FREE WAY (US 26) PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAYOJS 99) SECTION

LEGEND
EXISTING PAVEMENT

NEW WORK
PAVEMENT
STRUCTURES
TUNNELS
ISLANDS

ALTERNATE ULTIMATE PLAN

-54-

HARBOR DRIVE AND SUNSET FREEWAY CONNECTIONS


-55-

T H I S
S T A T E

H I G H W A Y

MAJOR

DESIRE

LOCATED

LINES

MOST

HEREIN

W A Y

AND

ADJACENT

I SSCHEDULED

LINE

T H E I N T E R -

1 2 .

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T H E

| T

I S

BOULEVARD

T H ECONSTRUCTION P R O -

T H E NORTHERLY

P O R T L A N D

I N

F O RO N E O F

INFIGURE

O F I T S LENGTH.

COUNTY

L I N K

A N D C A R E S

A SILLUSTRATED

COMPLETES

B E T W E E N

MULTNOMAH

C O M P L E T E S

F O R U S 9 9

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POSED

F R E E W A Y
S Y S T E M

LINK

D S A L E M .

T OSALEM

T H A T

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CONTRACT

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1956 .

T H I S
I N T E R T H E
I T

F R E E W A Y

S O U T H W E S T
I

U R B A N

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L A N E S

F R O M

1 9 7 5

C L E S

HARBOR DRIVE

FREEWAY

(US99)

F R E E W A Y

M A J O R

S T R E E T S

O U T .

A T

TUALATIN

F U T U R E

RIVER

I N T O

F I C

A S S H O W N

T H E M U L T -

S E C T I O N

S U C H

D E P R E S S E D

H I G H W A Y

O F O T H E R

A S

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y S ,

I S

T H I S

(MlLES)

R o s s

I S L A N D

M U L T N O M A H
S . W .

W A S H I N G T O N

E X P R E S S W A Y

T O T A L

H I G H W A Y

C O U N T Y

I S L A N D

M U L T N O M A H

B R I D G E

C A P I T O L

R O S S

L I N E

S . W .

A N D

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I S T O B E M A D E

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C O N S T R U C T E D
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W I T H

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I N T E G R A T E D
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S O T H A T

T H E

E X P R E S S W A Y S

I S

T H E C O N N E C T I O N

A N D M U L T N O M A H

I T .

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

F R E E W A Y

B Y

C O S T

FROM

D R I V E

F O U R

6 5 , 0 0 0

1 5 , 0 0 0

S E C T I ON

H A R B O R

A N D

B E S O M E

F O R S O M E

O N T H EO P P O S I T E

H I G H W A Y

C A N B E E X T E N D E D

QU I R E S

O F

A R E A S .

S O U T H W E S T E R L Y .

N O R T H E R L Y

S D E V E L O P E D

T H EO U T S E T

I T ,

S I T I O N

B E T W E E N
F R E E W A Y ,

W I L L

C A R E

A N D O T H E R

P R O G R A M I N G

F R E E W A Y

X L A N E S
D R I V E

T H E R E

W I L L

M U C H

D A Y .

T H I S

PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY

T H A T

S E C T I O N

A C C E S S

C O N S I D E R A B L E
S E R V E S

R E S I D E N T I A L

E X P R E S S W A Y

P E RD A Y I N T H EM O S T

PE R

S A L E M

T O S

A N DH A R B O R

S E X P E C T E D

S O U T H E R L Y

C A R R I E S

B U TA L S O

A N D S U B U R B A N

T H EM U L T N O M A H

V E H I C L E S

F3

T R A F F I C

S T O B E C O N S T R U C T E D

N O M A H

T H E

N O TO N L Y

A N D I N T R A - S T A T E

B R I D G E
E X P R E S S W A Y

C A P I T O L

W A S H I N G T O N

T U A L A T I N

H I G H W A Y
C O U N T Y

L I N E

LANES
No.

GRADING

STRUCTURES

($)

($)

0 . 55

6 5 , 000

1 80 . 000

3.18

55,000

1 . 960 . 000

1.74

33 . 0 0 0

950.000

1.14

1 5 . 000

4 20 . 0 0 0

780 , 000

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

1 . 1 4 0 . 000

2 . 1 0 0 . 000

2 . 0 9 0 . 000

5.040.000

730.000

1 .680.000

1 . 950 . 000

3.630.000

420 . 000

320 , 0 0 0

740.000

2 . 6 8 0 . 000

1
1

960 . 000
2.950.000

Wo RK

3,510.000

-56

R/W

990.000

R I V E R

6.6 1

CONSTR.

PAVING

C f O M P L E T E D

6 . 0 1 0 . 000

5.500.000

11.510.000

ROSS

-57-

ISLAND BRIDGE

F3-P0RTLAND-SALEM

FREEWAY

(U S 99)

PROPOSED TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE PORTLAND SALEM-FREEWAY


BARBUR BOULEVARD NEAR TIGARD. LOOKING NORTH
-58-

PROPOSED CONNECTIONS PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY


AT S.W. MACADAM AND HOOD AVENUES

-59-

T H I S
T H E

C I T Y

O F

T R A F F I C
SIRE

AS

B I S E C T S
A N D

I N D I C A T E D

L I N E S

A N D

L A U R E L H U R S T

IN

13.

H I G H W A Y

ROUTING

L A U R E L H U R S T

I T

I S

THE

V E R Y

12

AND

H A R B O R
A

P O R T I O N

H E A V Y
AS

D R I V E

A N D

O T H E R

DE-

F R E E W A Y

IN

A N D

I S

T H I S

F R E E W A Y

V E H I C L E S

PER

E A S T E R L Y

P O R T I O N

A L S O

C O M P A N Y
AND

I N

THE

M T .

HOOD

STRUCTION

FROM
I S

L O C A T E D

T H A T

VOLUMES

AS

BY

T H E

A R E

1 9 7 5 .

W A Y

I N

F R E E W A Y

ROUTING
L I N N E M A N

C O N T I N U O U S

IN

T H I S

A L O N G

T H E

THE

A R E A

T H E

AT

D E V E L O P E D

T H E

MAIN

CASCADE

AND

EAST

A S
A

T H E

R O S S

T R A C T I O N

O F T H E SOUTHERN
AVENUE.

FREEWAY

THEREOF

H A R B O R

E A S T

T H E R E O F

F E L T

T H A T

FREEWAYS
D E M A N D S

L A N E S
D R I V E

A T
A S

THIS

EASTSIDE

EXPRESSWAY

LAURELHURST
S.E.

58TH

CASCADE
122ND

FREEWAY

TO

AVENUE
FREEWAY

AVENUE

TOTAL

MCLOUGHLIN
EASTSIDE

EXPRESSWAY
EXPRESSWAY

L A U R E L H U R S T
S . E .

A N D
TO

S . E .

G R E S H A M

P R O P O S E D

L A N E S

W I T H

L A N E S

T H E

B E T W E E N

L A T E R

C A N

B E

D A T E ,
E X P E C T E D

A N D
W I L L

F O R

B E

T H E

TO

F R E E W A Y ,

C O N S T R U C T E D .

P R O V I S I O N

W I L L

C O N S T R U C T I O N

L A U R E L H U R S T

F O R

A D E Q U A T E L Y
U T I L I Z E

I T

A D D I N G

L A U R E L H U R S T

A N D
S E R V E

T H I S

K E Y

B E A N D

O F

I S
TWO

C A S C A D E
T R A F F I C
F R E E W A Y .

A R E A ,
F O R

LlNNEMAN
T O

T O

IS E I T H E R

B R I D G E

C R O S S E S
I S L A N D

S A N D Y ,

E X P R E S S -

P A C I F I C

T H E

AT

A T

O V E R -

O R E G O N

SPEAKING,

OR

T H E
T H E

R I V E R

COMPANY,

IS A D E P R E S S E D

DEPRESSED

O F

A C R O S S

B R I D G E .

C O M P A N Y ' S

GENERALLY
FREEWAY

C I T Y

UNION
WEST

OF

SECTION

GRADE.

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES

6 5,000

- -

9 . 000.000

9.000. 000

700 . 000

0 . 98

50.000

320 . 000

2 . 450.000

2 . 7 7 0 .000

2 . 300. 000

5 .070 . 0 0 0

1 .07

45.000

6 10.000

1 90 . 0 0 0

800 . 000

2 . 000 .000

2 . 8 0 0 .000

0 . 94

35.000

670,000

1 70 . 0 0 0

840 , 000

1 . 400 . 0 0 0

2 . 2 4 0 .000

1 . 26

25,000

860 . 000

490 . 0 0 0

1 . 350.0 0 0

1 . 900. 0 0 0

3 . 2 5 0 .0 0 0

2.18

1 5 , 000

780.000

6 10. 0 0 0

1 . 390 . 0 0 0

3 .00

14 .000

800.000
4. 040.000

L E N G T H
( M I L E S )

EXPRESSWAY

A C C E S S

C O S T

FROM

MCLOUGHLIN

A R E

F R E E W A Y

F O U R

T H I S .

S E C T I O N

FREEWAY

AVENUES

J U N C T I O N

I N

D E V E L O P E D

O F C O N -

C O N T I N U A T I O N

N E W

S T R U C T U R E

T O

P O R T L A N D

LINE

W I T H

T H I S

S I M I L A R

AND GRAND

THE

S T A R T S

( U S 2 6 ) .

R I V E R .

L E V E L

CROSSES

LINE.

F R E E W A Y

F R E E W A Y

H I G H

AVENUE

DRIVE

I S

A L L

A N D

S T A N D A R D S .

W I L L A M E T T E

HARBOR

A C C E S S

A N D7 2 N D

W I T H

C R O S S E S

B U T

D E S T I N E D

E A S T E R L Y

L I N N E M A N

A C C E S S

I T

P . E . P .

S O U T H E A S T

ARE TERMINATED

T H A T

D E V E L O P E D .

A D D I T I O N A L

S O M E

F R E E W A Y

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S

I S

W E S T 6 0 , 0 0 0

WHILE

T R A F F I C

J U N C T I O N
B U T

AS

R E S I D E N T I A L

R E C R E A T I O N A L
T H E

T H E

F R E E W A Y .

E X P E C T E D .

S O U T H E A S T

O F

I N

HIGH

C A S C A D E

D E V E L O P M E N T

R I G H T
T H E

ON T H I S
B U T

THE

F4 - MT. HOOD FREEWAY (US26)


HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY - LINNEMAN JUNCTION

D A Y
T H E

A R E A .

R O U T I N G

S U N S E T

O F

I N D U S T R I A L

R A I L R O A D

J U N C T I O N

WAY

P E R

A D D I T I O N

SO

EXPECTED

E A S T

N O T O N L Y

P L A N N E D

THE

ARE

V E H I C L E S

S E R V E S

THE

DAY

I S

TRAFFIC

D E V E L O P S

N E I G H B O R H O O D

O F S . E . 58TH
A T

S i x

THEREOF

L O C A L

S T R E E T .

F R E E W A Y .

PORTIONS

1 5 , 0 0 0

T H E R E T O

F R E E W A Y

E X P R E S S W A Y S

THE

TWEEN

ERN

H O O D

A N D

T H EV I C I N I T Y

H O L G A T E

A L T E R -

V I A

M T .

F R E E W A Y S

A D D I T I O N

U S 9 9

AN

HIGHWAY

THE

O F

BY

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y )

I N T E R S T A T E

O F

L O A D

SHOWN

C O N N E C T I O N

D R I V E

U S 9 9

S O U T H E A S T

FIGURE

( H A R B O R

OF

T H E

S E R V E S

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y ,

I N T E R S T A T E
N A T E

FREEWAY

P O R T L A N D

5 8 T H

C A S C A D E
1 2 2 N D

L I N N E M A N

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

J U N C T I O N

0.68

10.11

NO.

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

CONSTR

($)

($)

PAviNG

($)

250.000
13,160.000

r
-60-

1.050. 000
17.200. 000

R/W
(*)

300

TOTAL

($)

.000

9 .700. 000

1 . 690 .0 0 0

230 . 000

1 . 2 8 0 .000

8 . 830 . 000

26 . 0 3 0 .000

F 4 - MT. HOOD FREEWAY (US 26)


-61 -

TYFiCAL SECTION EAST OF CASCADE FREEWAY, LOOKING EAST

TYPICAL SECTION EAST OF 122ND AVENUE, LOOKING WEST

-62-

F4~ MT. HOOD FREEWAY (US 26)


-63-

THE
L E N G T H .

A R T E R I A L

S U N S E T

H I G H W A Y

S T A N D A R D S .
T H R O U G H
A

S T R E E T

V I R G I N

B R I D G E

A S

F R E E W A Y

A C R O S S

O F

I S

O F

D E P R E S S E D

O N E - W A Y

R I V E R

ON

F R E E W A Y

I N

F R E E W A Y

T H A T

F R E E W A Y

B E -

F R E E W A Y ) .

WAY
A

T R A F F I C
M I N I M U M
E R L Y

O F

V O L U M E S

1 0 , 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S

E X T R E M I T I E S

5 0 . 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S

D R I V E

O F

FROM

S Y L V A N

T H I S

P E R D A Y I N

T O H A R B O R

AVENUE

D R I V E

R A N G E

1 9 75

U R B A N

I N

W I L L

B E

T O SYLVAN

FROM

T H E

W E S T -

T O

S O M E

A R E A

T H E S T A D I U M

T H E F R E E W A Y

WHEELER

P R O J E C T

T H E P O R T L A N D

P E R D A Y B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y S .

LANES

O N

T O

S H O W N

P R O P O S E D

FROM

W A Y S .
I N

M A J O R

A C C E S S

T H E C E N T R A L

G E N E R A L L Y

S P E A K I N G ,

A T T H E I N T E R S E C T I O N

S T R E E T S

A D D I T I O N ,

S I T E

P A G E ;

A R EP R O V I D E D

A N D E X P R E S S W A Y S
P O I N T S

IN

W I T H

A S

C A U S E D

T H I S

D I R E C T L Y

B E

F O R

O P P O -

H A R B O R

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

S M A D E

W H E R E I N

F O R

T H EC O N S T R U C T I O N

F5 - SUNSET FREEWAY (US26)


WHEELER AVENUE - HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY

B E T W E E N

T H ES U N S E T

A N D H A R B O R

D R I V E

WAYS

W A SD I S C U S S E D

W I T H

R E F E R E N C E

T O

A S P R O P O S E D

A C Q U I S I T I O N

F T H EP U B L I C
A N D R E S U L T I N G

T E D

T O B E L E S S

A N D

F I L L "

T H E

T A K I N G

S I R A B L E

T H A N

T U N N E L
O F

A U D I T O R I U M .

T H E P R O G R A M M I N G

O F

C A L L S

A C -

C O N S T R U C T I O N

T H EC O N S T R U C T I O N

S E C T I O N

O N C L A Y

T H E A U D I T O R I U M

F O R T H E
EC O S T

C O S T S

A F F O R D S

I N J E C T E D

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

(MILES)

M U R R A Y

R O A D

B A R N E S

B A R N E S

R O A D

W A S H I N G T O N
T U N N E L

S.W.

R O A D
R O A D

M U L T N O M A H

E X P R E S S W A Y
C O U N T Y

L I N E

T U N N E L

S.W.

P O R T A L

H A R B O R

1 4 T H A V E .

O N E - W A Y

B E T W E E N

C O U P L E T

W A S

B E

I N T O

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

D R I V E

T H ED E S I G N

T H ES U N S E T

F O RT H O S E

W O U L D

F R E E W A Y A N D
D E S T I N E D

A N D T H E

I N M A K I N G

M A D E

F R E E W A Y

D I S T A N C E

E A D D I T I O N A L

F R E E W A Y

D R I V E
B E

S O M E A D -

F R E E W A Y

N O R T H B O U N D

W O U L D

I T

W E A V I N G

O N H A R B O R

T H A T

F U R T H E R ,

A D E Q U A T E

W O U L D

S O A S T O C A R E

TO

T H E P O R T L A N D S A L E M

O N P O R T L A N D S A L E M

T H E R E

I T

H A R B O R

D E P R E S S E D W A Y

R E Q U I R E D .

T R A F F I C

A S

B E T W E E N

S U N S E T

C O M P L I C A -

A D E Q U A T E C O N -

A N D H A R B O R
T R A F F I C

D R I V E

M O V E M E N T S

WOULD

BE

H A R B O R

D E S T I N E D

T H E

D R I V E

F O R T H E P 0 R T L A N D - S A L E M

WOULD

WOULD

B U S I N E S S

FREEWAY..

B E

H I G H E R

N O T G I V E

EQUAL

T H E C O S T
THAN

O F

T H I S

F R E E W A Y
A L T E R N A T E

F O R T H E L O C A T I O N

T R A F F I C

S E R V I C E

TO

S E L E C T E D

T H E

C E N T R A L

D | S T R I C T .

A " C U T

S T R E E T S .
M O R E

D E -

A L I G N M E N T .

LENGTH

TO

A V E .

B R O A D -

S E C T I O N

C O S T

FROM

W H E E L E R

T O

F R E E W A Y

B E T W E E N

S E C T I O N

Mu R R A Y

D E P R E S S E D

S T R E E T

S . W .

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F O R

A N D M A R K E T

A L S O

I S

C O S T S

A N D S . W .

T H E

AND
Q U I S I T I O N

1 1 T HA V E N U E

W A S N O T S E L E C T E D

D E V E L O P

W E S T B O U N D .

L O C A T I O N
T H E P L A N

O N E - W A Y

A N D FROM

S T R E E T

A V E -

S T R E E T

F R E E AND

C O N S T R U C T I O N .

T O

D R I V E

S O U T H B O U N D
T H A T

C O N N E C T I O N S

T H E H A R B O R
W O U L D

T R A F F I C

H A R B O R

T I O N S

T O D I S C U S S I O N

W I T H

N O R T H B O U N D

N E C T I O N S
R E F E R E N C E

S.W.

C O N N E C T I O N S

P R O X I M I T Y

P O S S I B L E

F R E E W A Y

D I S T R I C T .

D R I V E

U T I L I Z E D

T H E M I L L - M O N T G O M E R Y

F R E E W A Y

L O C A T I O N

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N O R T H B O U N D

R O U T E .

T O

W A S A C C O M P L I S H E D

T H E RAMP

C L O S E

B E T W E E N

F R E E -

B E T W E E N

T R A N S I T I O N

D R I V E

L O C A T I O N

S . W . 1 4 T H A N D 1 1T H

A N D T H E M I L L - M O N T G O M E R Y

S U C H

N O T

I N T E R -

O F O T H E R

A R EP R O V I D E D

B U S I N E S S

A R E

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y

D I S T R I C T ,

A N D H A R B O R

A L T E R N A T E

M LL L - M O N T G O M E R Y

I N T E R C H A N G E

A N D A C C E S S E S

1 4 T H A V E N U E

T H E C L A Y - M A R K E T

T H E A R E A

C O U P L E T

FREEWAY

F R E E W A Y .

I N T E R C H A N G E S

O N T H EO P P O S I T E

C H A N G E S

I N

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F F E C T E D .

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T R A F F I C

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W A S B E T W E E N

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H A V E

F O U R

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S U C H

A N D H A R B O R

B U I L T

S . W .

B R O A D W A Y ,

F O R T H E S U N S E T

T H E C E N T R A L

B E T W E E N

I T

O N E - W A Y

L O C A T I O N

O F

W A S S T U D I E D .

C O U P L E T .

P R O P O S E D

( M T . HOOD

S I D E

D E P R E S S E D

N U E S

T O T H E

A L T E R N A T E

T H E S O U T H

S P E C I F I C A L L Y

I S

J E F F E R S O N

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T O

AN

FROM

F R E E W A Y

S P E A K ,

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T H E W I L L A M E T T E

T O

T H I S

S O T O

O F I T S

H I G H W A Y

S T A N D A R D S

J U S T

S T R E E T

M O S T

S U N S E T

S E C T I O N

A V E N U E

C O N T E M P L A T E D

D R I V E

T H R O U G H O U T

A L I G N M E N T .

V I S T A

T H E C L A Y - M A R K E T

H A R B O R

I S .

T H E P R E S E N T

E A S T E R L Y

U N D E R

I S

T W E E N

O F

A N D E X P R E S S W A Y

T HE

S O M E W H A T

T U N N E L

F R E E W A Y

B E T T E R M E N T

E X P R E S S W A Y

C O U N T Y

L I N E

P O R T A L

4 T H A V E .
D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

LANES
NO.

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

PAVING

($)

($)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

2 . 90

1 0 , 000

570 . 0 0 0

1 40 , 0 0 0

7 10. 000

1 30,000

1.90

25 , 0 0 0

300 , 0 0 0

1 40 . 0 0 0

440 , 000

80 . 0 0 0

1 . 90

20,000

220 , 0 0 0

40 , 0 0 0

260 . 0 0 0

2 . 59

35,000

1 . 250 . 0 0 0

300 . 0 0 0

1 . 550 , 0 0 0

0 . 58

35,000

0.69

50,000

250.000
1 . 970.000

840.000
520 . 0 0 0

20 , 0 0 0

280.000
1 , 550 . 0 0 0

A CQU I R E D

3,730,000

3 , 980 . 000

1,220.000

5 . 200 . 0 0 0

1 . 560 . 0 0 0

3,530.000

5,150,000

8,680.000

10 , 470.000

6 , 600 . 000

1 7 , 070 , 000

1 0 . 56

TOTAL

4.560,000

5,910,000

J
I
-64-

ALTERNATE

PLAN

65 -

F5-SUNSET

FREEWAY

T H E
T I O N

O F N . W .

H A V I N G

T R A V E R S E S

I N D U S T R I A L

N.W. DOANE

VATED

" S W I N G S "
THE
N.W.

1 8 T HAVENUE

THE
BY

W I L L
TER

S O THAT

E A S T

WITH

T H I S

MANY

TRAVEL.
T W E E N

I N D U S T R I A L

W A Y

N . W .

A V E N U E ,

E L E V A T E D
N

DW I L L

D O A N E

F R E E W A Y

H A V E

A V E N U E ,

S T A D I U M

W I L L

A C C E S S E S
N . W .

F R E E W A Y

B E

C O N S T R U C T E D

A T

K I T T R I D G E

ES

T O

J O H N S

S T R E E T ,

N . W .

D R I V E

F R E E -

A N D A T H A R B O R

I S

E L E -

LOCATION

C A NB E M A D E
IN T H E VICINITY

I S EXPECTED

WITH
O F

T O

T R I P S
A

O FT H E T R A F F I C
I N C H A R A C -

I N T E R S P E R S E D

V E R Y

D E F I N I T E

A N D N O R T H W E S T

SIDE

T H E R E I N .

D E S I R E

LINE

A R E A S

A N DW E S T

RANGE

F R E E W A Y T O

A N DI N D U S T R I A L

I N T H ED E S I R E

D I S T R I C T

T H E

O F T H ES T A D I U M

S E R V E S

T H ES T . J O H N S

W E S T

WHEN

T H EC O M P O S I T I O N

A S W A SE V I D E N C E D

E N O R T H -

BRIDGE)

C O M M E R C I A L

A L S O

B R I D G E ,
2 4 T H

T OT H E V I C I N I T Y

T H E FREEWAY

THAN

FREEWAY

H O M E - T O - W O R K

F R E E W A Y

I N -

L A N E S

STREET.

W E S T

T H E R E O F .

F O U R

L E N G T H

CONNECTION

A N D QUIMBY

B EP R I M A R I L Y

I T S

O FT H E

T H R O U G H

POINT

(FREMONT

2 0 , 0 0 0

O F

T H I S

L O C A -

T B U R L I N G T O N .

S E C T I O N

OTHER

ADT O N THIS

1 9 7 5FROM

3 0 . 0 0 0

A T WHICH

AVENUE

FREEWAY

A L I G N M E N T

O N V I A D U C T

SOUTHERLY

STADIUM

S T A R T E D

V I R G I N

FRONT

M O S T

T H E

A SA C O N T I N U A T I O N

W H I C H

AREA

A P P R O X I M A T E S

T H R O U G H O U T

P O I N T

STREET

ABOVE

F R E E W A Y

A V E N U E

E X P R E S S W A Y

F R E E W A Y

W E S T

F R O N T

I T SB E G I N N I N G

D U S T R I A L

OF

I N D U S T R I A L

CHART. B E -

A N D

T H E

CENTRAL

N O R T H -

BUSINESS

D| STRI C T .

T H E
S T A D I U M
R E A S O N
METTE

1 9 5

O F

R I V E R ,

C L A S S E D
THOUGH

H A V I N G

T O

I N T E R C H A N G E

MANY

O FSUCH

AREA

W I L L

H O M E S

M A I N T A I N

W I L L

WHEN
A

W A T E R .
D E S I G N

S U I T A B L E

T H E

C E R T A I N

F R E E W A Y ,

M E A N - L O W

A SA N A R E A

TION

B E T W E E N

I N T R O D U C E D

T H E S T A D I U M

F T . A B O V E

U L T I M A T E

F6 - INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY (US30)


ST. JOHNS BRIDGE - STEEL BRIDGE

I N T E R C H A N G E

F R E E W A Y S

C R O S S I N G

V E R T I C A L

T H EA R E A
W A S

T H E

T H E O V E R - A L L

A N D
B Y

W I L L A -

C L E A R A N C E

O F

I N W H I C H T H E

L O C A T E D

F O R R E D E V E L O P M E N T

B ED I S T U R B E D

I N T E R C H A N G E .

I N D U S T R I A L

C O M P L I C A T I O N S

H A S B E E N
A N D T H U S .

I N T H E C O N S T R U C E F F E C T

UPON T H E

B EA NA D V A N T A G E O U S O N E .

S E C T I O N

C O S T

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
No.

1 . 94

20 . 0 0 0

1 20 , 000

3 . 500 . 000

3 , 6 2 0 , 000

50.000

3 . 670 . 000

0.64

25 , 0 0 0

70 . 000

2 . 1 6 0 , 000

2 , 230 . 000

20 . 0 0 0

2.250,000

1.76

25 , 0 0 0

40,000

5 , 6 4 0 , 000

5,680,000

1.060.000

6 , 740 . 0 0 0

2.10

30 . 0 0 0

70 . 000

7.900,000

7 , 970 , 000

3.870.000

11 , 8 4 0 . 0 0 0

300,000

1 9 , 2 0 0 , 000

1 9 . 500, 000

5 . 0 0 0 . 000

24 . 5 0 0 . 0 0 0

LENGTH

TO

FROM

(MILES)

S T .
N . W .

J O H N S
D O A N E

B R I D G E
A V E N U E

N . W .

K I T T R I D G E

N . W .

2 4 T H

S T R E E T

A V E N U E

N . W .

D O A N E

N . W .

K I T T R I D G E

N . W .

2 4 T H

H A R B O R

A V E N U E
S T R E E T

A V E N U E

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

6 . 44

TOTAL

GRADING
PAVING

($)

STRUCTURES

(!)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

L
_i

-66 -

STEEL
BRIDGE

BROADWAY BRIDGE

W I L L A M E T T E

STADIUM

FREEWAY

W I L LA

M E T T E

-67-

R / V

RIVER

F6-INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY

S.P.

WI L L A M E T TE

a s.

AND
N. P. R R .

R I V E R

ST. JOHNS
BRIDGE

s.p. & s. AND


N.P. R.R. BRIDGE

F6-INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY
-68-

BRIDGE

MODEL OF INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY CONNECTION TO HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY,


LOOKING SOUTH TO STEEL BRIDGE.

TYPICAL ELEVATED SECT

ON ABOVE N.W. FRONT AVENUE

-69-

T H I S
IN

F R E E W A Y

V A N C O U V E R ,

B I A

R I V E R .

B R I D G E S

I T

A C R O S S

C O N N E C T I N G
AND

T H E N

T H E

TO

D E N V E R

C O N N E C T S

W A S H I N G T O N

T H E

C O L U M B I A

P R E S E N T

A V E N U E S .

PRESENT

LOCATION

T R A F F I C

I N T E R C H A N G E S

D E N V E R

L O C A T I O N

REACHES
SIDE

T H EBLUFF;

A V E N U E ,

I N T E R S T A T E

WAY

W I T H

THEN

N O R T H

O N

AT N . TlLLAMOOK

A N D

A L O N G

T H E

O N

T H E
T O

E X I S T -

TO

E X I S T I N G

TON

T O L L

F I N A L

BEEN

D R I V E

THE

T H I S

F R E E W A Y
I N

P O R T L A N D

A N D

I S

C O M M O D I T I E S
T R A F F I C
S O M E

A R E A

V I T A L

I N

V O L U M E S

C O L U M B I A

F7 - DELAWARE FREEWAY (US99)


VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - HARBOR DRIVE FREEWAY

WILL
NEW

W I L L ,

E C T

T O

BRIDGE

D A Y

S O M E
N .

1 9 7 5 .

T W I N

A N D C O L U M B I A

T H R E E

L A N E S

THAT

S L O U G H

THROUGH

THE

POINT

UNION
AND

U N I O N

V A N P O R T
N.

L O M B A R D

N.

K 1 L L 1 N G S W O R T H

S T A D I U M

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y

TOTAL

N . E .

U N I O N

V A N P O R T

A V E N U E

I N T E R C H A N G E

S T R E E T

O F

T R A F F I C

DENVER

AVENUE
THE

C R O S S I N G

U N T I L

T H E S E
T H E

O R E G O N

T H E

T H E
S T A T E

H I G H W A Y

T H E

C O L U M B I A

O F

S T R U C T U R E S

C O S T

O F

C O L U M -

W A S H I N G -

A R E

T O

I M P R O V E M E N T

B E

H A S

I T

O V E R - A L L

CONGESTION

N.

WARRANT

G R E E L E Y
EARLY

W O U L D

N O T

P R O J E C T

E X I S T I N G

A V E N U E

A N D

B E

AT

ON
N .

N E C E S S A R Y

AN

EARLY

I N T E R S T A T E
T I L L A M O O K

T O

C O N -

D A T E ,

THE

AVENUE

B E -

S T R E E T

S H O U L D

A T T E N T I O N .

O F

D A Y

I N

A N D

N .

I N T E R - S T A T E

P O R T L A N D ,
V E H I C L E S

O FTHESE

VEHICLES

WILL

U S E

FREEWAY.

A C R O S S

E A C H

THROUGHOUT

LENGTH
(MILES)

N . E .

B R I D G E S

T H E

T H E

B Y

B E

T H E

C O L U M B I A

C O N S T R U C T E D

W I L L

B E

INTERCHANGE.

REMAINDER

OF

T O

P L A N N E D
SOUTH

THE

FREE-

C O S T

TO

W A S H I N G T O N

P E R

A N D3 0 . 0 0 0

W I L L

A N D

C O N C E R N E D ,

T O L L

A L T H O U G H
T H I S

1 O N

FROM

V A N C O U V E R .

5 0 , 0 0 0

A S

A C R O S S

J O I N T L Y

O F

8 0 , 0 0 0

LAURELHURST

X L A N E S

AND

S O M E

I N S O F A R

J S

B R I D G E S

O N L Y

N O R T H

S T R E E T
O F

O N E - W A Y

C O N S T R U C T E D

A U T H O R I T Y

A N D

T O

BE

T R A F F I C .

M I N I M U M

V E H I C L E S

F L O W

TO

BRIDGES

N O T

S E C T I O N

W A S H I N G T O N , A N D

O N E - W A Y

A N D S

OF

T O T A L

T H E

F R E E W A Y

O F

FROM

T H E

4 0 , 0 0 0

A M O U N T

ONT H EPROPOSED

R I V E R

R A N G E

O N

T H R O U G H

A N D T O U R I S T

I N

TRAFFIC M A Y

A S SHOWN

P A I D .

S T R U C T

C O M P L E T I N G

W A S H I N G T O N

K I L L I N G S W O R T H

T H E

ONT H E TWIN

T H E

F R E E W A Y

P E R

F O R

H I G H W A Y

M O V E M E N T

V E H I C L E S

V A N C O U V E R ,

BY

C A R E S

I N T E R S T A T E

V A N C O U V E R .

I T I S EXPECTED

REMAIN

THIS

T H I S

A V E N U E .

B E T W E E N

D A Y .

T H E

B E T W E E N

I N T E R S T A T E

PER

ON

B O U L E V A R D

T R A F F I C

L O C A T I O N

I N T E R - S T A T E

V E H I C L E S

S E C T I O N

O R E G O N ,

T O
T H E

B R I D G E

PRESENT

U S 9 9

B U T P A S S E N G E R

2 5 , 0 0 0

T H A T

T H E

TO

O F

F R E E -

STREET.

L I N K

P R O P O S E D

A R E

P R O P E R

TWEEN

T H E

LANES.

INTERCHANGES

INTER-

L O C A T I O N

T H E H A R B O R

T O FOUR

THROUGH

THE

S U B J E C T E D

I T

ALONG T H E

AVENUE

R I V E R

R I V E R

O N

U N T I L

B I A

D E P A R T M E N T

A R E A ;

S L O U G H

A LOCATION

B E CONSTRUCTED

PAGE.

U N I O N
A L O N G

V A N P O R T

S T R E E T S

I T WILL

T H E F A C I L I T Y

S L O U G H
A T

C O L U M B I A

W L L B U R

WAY
USE

OPPO S I T E

O N E - W A Y

U T I L I Z I N G

P R E S E N T
O F

COLUM-

S O U T H E R L Y

GREELEY

V I A D U C T

F R E E W A Y

O F

C O L U M B I A

AVENUE

I T FOLLOWS

T H E N C E

A V E N U E

A N D

T H E

ABOVE

U S 9 9

I N T E R C H A N G E

E X T E N D S

DENVER

AREA

A N D

T H E N

J U S T

T H E
BANK

S O U T H E R L Y

R I V E R

D E L A W A R E

OF THE BLUFF

STATE

OF

A V E N U E

B E T W E E N

W I T H
N O R T H

T R A F F I C

I T

ING

T H E

E X T E N D S

THE

L E A V E S

ON

I N T E R C H A N G E

N.

L O M B A R D

N.

K 1 L L 1NG S W O R T H

S T A D I U M

H A R B O R

1.16

A V E N U E

S T R E E T

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
NO.

50.000

GRAD1NG

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

(S)

PAVING
($)

0 . 6 1

35,000

135, 000

35,000

1.21

30 . 0 0 0

480 , 0 0 0

7 50 , 0 0 0

1.05

35.000

7 50 . 0 0 0

150.000

1 . 3 6

40.000

550,000

470 , 000

0 . 6 1

30 . 0 0 0

40,000
1 . 955,000

6 . 0 0

1 /

T O T A L

C O S T

R E L A T I N G

O F

O N E - W A Y

T H E R E T O

OB

B R I D G E S ,

EP A I D

T O L L

. 520 . 0 0 0

2 . 925 , 000

P L A Z A

1
F O R T H R O U G H

A N D

T O L L

~1

14. 000.000

170. 000

170.000

1 , 230 . 000

1 . 3 2 0 . 000

2.550.000

900 . 000

1 , 680 . 000

2,580.000

1.560.000

2 . 580.000

1 . 0 2 0 . 000

O T H E R

2 . 320 . 000

760 . 000

1,560.000
4 . 880 . 000

10.200.000

5 . 3 2 0 . 000

A D J U S T M E N T S

i
C O L L E C T I O N .

-70-

BEACH

N. PORTLAND

HARBOR

RIVER
COLUMBIA

JANTZEN

MODEL OF US99 FREEWAY CONNECTIONS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, TO DELAWARE

MODEL OF UNION AND DENVER AVENUE INTERCHANGE CONNECTIONS TO DELAWARE

FREEWAY AND TWIN INTERSTATE BRIDGES, LOOKING SOUTHWESTERLY.

FREEWAY WITH INTERSTATE BRIDGES IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTHWESTERLY.

-71 -

F7-DELAWARE FREEWAY

TYPICAL

S E C T I O N S O U T H OF N . L O M B A R D S T R E E T , L O O K I N G N O R T H .

F7-DELAWARE FREEWAY
-72 -

TYPICAL ELEVATED SECTION ABOVE N. INTERSTATE AVENUE NORTH OF N. RUSSELL STREET

-73-

F7- DELAWARE FREEWAY

T H E

M A T E S
N O R T H

W I L L A M E T T E
B R I D G E
O

E A S T

S I D E

F R E E W A Y

T I O N

S E R V E S

L I N E S
T R A V E L

F L O W

FUNCTIONS

A N

S I D E

E A S T - W E S T

C A U S E

W I T H

O N

W H E N

D R I V E

D T O

L O C A T I O N

I T

T R A C T
H A V E
A N D

IT

E X P E C T E D
W I L L

T O

A N A V E R A G E

S O U T H

C R O S S I N G B E L O C A T I O N

F R E E W A Y ,

D A I L Y

6 0 , 0 0 0

H E A V I L Y
B E

S T R U C T U R E

T H E WEST
W I T H
I

U S 9 9 .

V E H I C L E S

A N D

W I L L

P A G E .

C O N S T R U C T E D

H A V E

M E A N - L O W

W A T E R .

WAY

STUDIED

1944

O F W A Y .

A L O N G

T H E L O C A T I O N

N A R R O W

O F

T H I S

O F

S U N S E T

F R E E W A Y
E V E R E T T

I N D U S T R I A L

T O T A L

F R E E W A Y

B Y

F O R T H I S

T H ELINE

T H E C I T Y

O F

I S A S

TO

E V E R E T T

I N D U S T R I A L
N.

S H I F T

B E

M A D E

I N D U S T R I A L

H I G H - L E V E L

S T R U C T U R E

A R E A

T O

U N T I L

D E -

S O M E

5F

E A S T - W E S T

BE

W H E R E A S

MADE

B U S I N E S S

W I L L

BETWEEN

RESIDENTIAL

B E

L O C A L

B Y

T O

F R E E W A Y

T W O U L D

T E N D

W I T H I N

S O M E W H A T

S H I F T I N G

O F

A N D THIS

T O
S O

O N

L O C A T I O N

INDUSTRIAL.

W I T H -

T H E
H

S E V E R A L

D I R E C T

T O

E N C I R C L I N G

A C C O M P L I S H E D

I M P R O V E
T H A T

T H E

T H E

G R O W T H

D C O N S T R U C T I O N

E S T R E E T S

F O R

C O N S T R U C T E D

D I S T R I C T

I T S F U T U R E

N E C E S S A R Y

L O C A -

E X P E N D I T U R E

1 8 T H A V E N U E ,

THE NORTHWEST

AREAS

D I S T R I C T

O F

E I M P R O V E M E N T
I

W E R E

B U S I N E S S

C O N S T R I C T I O N

I N

T H E 1 8 T HA V E N U E
L E S S E R

O F 1 4 T HA V E N U E ,

W E S T E R L Y

EC E N T R A L

T H A T

F O R A

W E S T .

S T A D I U M
O F

A C C E S S

T H E

C A N

WHOLESALE AND

FREEWAY.

S H O W N

B E O N EO F

F 1

F R E E W A Y ,

W I L L

T H E

A R E A .
A N DT H E

F S U S P E N S I O N
T

T Y P E
.

A B O V E

P A R T I C U L A R

F R E E -

OF 14TH AVENUE.
P O R T L A N D

B R I D G E

T O

C O U L D

.O

S T R E E T .

F O U N D

T H EC E N T R A L

F R E E W A Y

T H E

8 0 , 0 0 0

T H R O U G H O U T

P R O P O S E D

N O TB E P O S S I B L E

T H E N O R T H W E S T

M O R E O V E R .

C O N F I N E S :

W I L L

T H E P O R T L A N D

B E O

5 F

THE

A N D T H E

S T A T E

C O S T

N . W .
S T R E E T

M A D E

I N

C L E A R A N C E

L O C A T I O N S

ALONG

B R I D G E

A C C E S S

T W I L L

S I X L A N E S
W I L L

T O

W A SA L S O

R I G H T

E N C I R C L E

W I L L

O F T H E F R E E W A Y

O F S U C H

I N T O

N E C E S S A R Y

A C C E S S E S

I T W O U L D

C A N B E A C C O M P L I S H E D

FROM

N . W .

S T U D Y

F R E E W A Y S

V E R T I C A L

A L T E R N A T E

WERE

T H U S ,

T O

U S E O

T R A F F I C

B Y 1 9 7 5 O F S O M E

P E RD A Y .

T H ER I V E R

M U L T I P L E

S E C T I O N

A N DA

T O T H EN O R T H W E S T

O F N . W . L O V E J O Y

I T
T I O N

A L S O

N O R T H - S O U T H

T H EF R E M O N T

T R A F F I C

T R A V E L E D

A C R O S S

T H I S

S O T H A T

T H EL O C A T I O N

P O I N T

F R E E W A Y S .

C O N S I D E R A B L E

A N DT H A T

T H E S O U T H E R L Y

S O M E

W I L L

T H A T

C A U S E

I T

M A P O N O P P O S I T E

M O R E

F8 - STADIUM FREEWAY (US99-US30 ALTERNATE)


SUNSET FREEWAY - FREMONT FREEWAY

I T S E L F

T H A T

C A R R Y
O N

W A T E R

L I M I T S

H O W E V E R ,

F M A I N T A I N I N G

I T B E C A M E

1 4 T HA V E N U E .

N O R T H - S O U T H

T R A F F I C .

P R O P E R

W E S T E R L Y

L O C A T I O N .

M E A N - L O W

C O N N E C T I O N S

O U T

F R E E W A Y

W E R E
A L O N G

T H I S

H A R B O R .

R E A S O N A B L E

A R E A .
M A D E

L O C A -

B E T W E E N

T H E L O W E R

W I T H I N

U S E D

E R E Q U I R E M E N T

V E L O P

AROUND

I N T E R C H A N G E

T H E

D E S I R E

C O U P L E D

A N D S U N S E T

A C R O S S

F T

B R I D G E S A N D

I N

ROUTING

D E P A R T M E N T

C L E A R A N C E

T H E

H I G H W A Y

T H I S

I N T E R S E C -

A V E N U E

A N DS T E E L

P O R T L A N D .

S U S P E N S I O N

S U C H

B R I D G E

D I S T R I C T

T H I S

E X I S T .

H A R B O R

F R E E W A Y ,

H I G H W A Y

P O R T L A N D

F O R T H EN O R T H - S O U T H

D R I V E ,

R E L I E V E

B A N F I E L D

A P P R O X I -

C R O S S E S

I N T E R S E C T I O N

T H EB U R N S I D E

B U S I N E S S

T H E N

T H R O U G H

U S E T H EB R O A D W A Y

H A R B O R

S l D E

E I G H T - L A N E

A V E N U E .

A SA CIRCUMFERENTIAL

C E N T R A L

A N D

I N W E S T

A N D G R E E L E Y

A S P R E S E N T L Y

A N D W E S T

I N D U S T R I A L .
S E R V E

A V E N U E

R E L I E F

E X T E N T

N O R T H

E L E V A T E D

T W O - L E V E L

V A N C O U V E R

N O W M U S T

A P P R O X I M A T E L Y

A S A

L E S S E R

S I D E

A V E N U E

F R E E W A Y .
A

T E R M I N A T I N G

O F

T W E E N

O N

I N T E R S T A T E

M O N T

ES U N S E T

R I V E R

F N .

F R E E W A Y

O F 18 T H

A N D C R O S S E S

T I O N

TO

S T A D I U M

T H EL O C A T I O N

V A N C O U V E R

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

(MILES)

TRAFFIC
( 1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

LANES
No.

0 . 84

60 , 0 0 0

0 . 49

7 5 , 000

1 . 08

80 . 0 0 0

2.41

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

PAviNG

($)

($)
20 , 0 0 0

'

2,640.000
2,130.000

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

<$)

($)

($)

2 . 6 6 0 . 000

2 . 040 . 000

4 . 700 . 000

2 . 1 3 0 . 000

3 . 380 . 0 0 0

5.510.000

17 . 500.000

1 7 . 5 0 0 , 000

1 . 440 . 000

18 . 9 4 0 . 0 0 0

20 , 0 0 0

22 . 2 7 0 . 0 0 0

2 2 , 290 . 0 0 0

6 . 860 . 000

29.150.000

1
I

r
j

-74-

INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY

-75-

F8 - STADIUM FREEWAY

THE
F R E M O N T

F R E M O N T

S T R E E T

K L I C K I T A T

S T R E E T .

L I N E

TRICTS

O F P O R T L A N D

FOR

M O V I N G

RELIEF

D E L A W A R E

T H I S

TO SOME

N O R T H E A S T

D I S T R I C T S

O F TRAFFIC

AS

TUNNEL

AS

AND

NO
THE

B E P O S S I B L E
T W OM A J O R

W H I C H

FREEWAY,

THE

O N E - W A Y

C O U P L E T

I T

B E T W E E N

R O U T I N G S .

S E C T I O N .

I N

T H R O U G H O U T

T H E

I T S

A C Q U I S I T I O N S

P R E V I O U S L Y ,

C A R E S F O R

T H E N O R T H
N O TO N L Y

T R I P S

A S

FREEWAYS:

GENERALLY

ROADS

A N D

O FR E S -

W E L L

A S A N

THUS. I T H A S

DIRECT

I N

I S

TUNNEL

MOST

LENGTH.
THAT

AND

OTHER

H A S BEEN

THE CASCADE

CONTEMPLATED
SECTION

I T S

BUTTE.

FREEWAY

STREETS

BETWEEN

OF

BE

STREETS

ASSUMED

ROCKY

T H I S

W I L L

F L A N K I N G

REPORT,

THROUGH

BETWEEN

FREEWAY

BE

T H I S

AND MAJOR

INTERCHANGE

FREMONT

S P E A K I N G ,

WITH

THROUGHOUT

OF

CONSTRUCTED

EXPRESSWAYS

W I L L

THE

E A S T E R L Y

C O M P O S E D

S E C T I O N

INSTANCE

BE

BETWEEN

O N E - W A Y

B E T W E E N

BETWEEN

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

(MILES)

1 5 T H - 1 6 T H

I N T E R C H A N G E

T O S I X L A N E S .

I S

LENGTH

TO

A V E N U E

T O

AS

THE

CROSSING

PLANFREEWAY

CASCADE

UNDER

THE

C O S T

FROM

V A N C O U V E R

F O R T R A F F I C

O F N . E .

A D J A C E N T ,

WOULD

S E C T 1 ON

N.

U T I L I Z A T I O N

I M M E D I A T E L Y

IT B E C O M E S

A V E N U E

L A N E S

MADE

A S S T A T E D

DEPRESSED

WILL

FREEWAY

T O FOUR

M O V I N G

INTERCHANGE

NED,

T H R O U G H

USAGE.

FRONTAGE

I N

FREEWAYS.

H O W E V E R ,

A N D I N T E R C H A N G E S

IS E X P E C T E D TO

SECTION

B U TH O M E - T O - W O R K

PURPOSE

THE

FREMONT FREEWAY (US30 ALTERNATE)


STADIUM FREEWAY ( N . VANCOUVER
AVENUE) - BANFIELD FREEWAY

T H E S E

D I S -

FREEWAY-,

A V E N U E

A L T E R N A T E

T H I S

WHEN

FREEWAY

T H E E X T R E M E

P R O V I S I O N S

F R E E W A Y ,

U S A G E

I S .

I N

T R A F F I C

I D E N T I A L

IT

O F US3O.

THE W E S T E R L Y

B E B U I L T

EXCHANGE

SERVING

W I L L

I S AN

FREEWAY

O F W A Y F O R E X P A N S I O N

T H I S

B U I L T

E A S T - W E S T

A N DN O R T H E A S T

A N D T H E 1 5 T H - 1 6 T H

W I T H

C O N S I D E R A B L E

IN

1 0 , 0 0 0

W I L L

L E N G T H .

MULTIPLE

F R E M O N T
8 2 N D

SOUTH

L O C A T I O N

F O RA N

T I M E

R O U T E

ADT O N T H E F R E M O N T

F R E E W A Y

R I G H T

T H ENORTH

H I G H W A Y

35,000

FREEWAY

E N T I R E
OF

BETWEEN

C A R E S

O F
O F

J U S T

IN C A P A C I T Y .

FROM

C O U P L E T

F R E E W A Y

FOR THE BANFIELD

THE
RANGE

I S L O C A T E D
T H E G E N E R A L

A N DA T T H E SAME

T H E I N T E R S T A T E

DEFICIENT

F9

T H I S

D E S I R E

ALLOW

F R E E W A Y

A P P R O X I M A T I N G

1 5 T H - 1 6 T H

O N E - W A Y

L A U R E L H U R S T

C O U P L E T

FREEWAY

LANES
NO.

1 . 36

35 . 0 0 0

1 . 29

25.000

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

<$)

(*)

(*)

PAVING

($)
1 . 0 3 0 . 000

910 , 0 0 0

1 , 940.000

620,000

720 , 000

1.390,000

590 . 0 0 0

5.540.000

1.340,000

3 , 600 . 000
3 . 940 . 000

1 . 980 , 000

3 , 600 . 000

5,580,000

1 . 420 . 000
1 . 0 1 0 . 000

2 , 340 . 0 0 0
6.220,000

5, 2 8 0 . 0 0 0

L A U R E L H U R S T

N . E .

S A N D Y

C A S C A D E

F R E E W A Y

B O U L E V A R D

F R E E W A Y

TOTAL

N . E .

S A N D Y

C A S C A D E
B A N F I E L D

B O U L E V A R D

F R E E W A Y
F R E E W A Y

1 . 50

35.000

0.64

20 . 0 0 0

700 , 000

1 . 42

10 . 0 0 0

530 . 0 0 0
4 . 270.000

6.21

-76-

220.000
4 , 6 8 0 , 000
7 , 1 20.000

920 , 0 0 0
5 . 2 1 0 . 000
11.390,000

13 , 570.000

24,960.000

-77-

F9-FREMONT

FREEWAY (US 30 ALTERNATE)

A/

ROCKY

BUTTE

F9-FREMONT FREEWAY (US 30 ALTERNATE)

-78-

ROCKY BUTTE TUNNEL PORTALS. LOOKING EAST

-79-

THE
E A S T

S I D E

M A T E

L O C A T I O N

R E S I D E N T I A L

R E F E R E N C E
D E S I R E

W H I C H

F R E E W A Y

S H O W S

C O U L D

L A U R E L H U R S T

A R E E X P E C T E D

C O L U M B I A

N E C T S

AN

AS

F10 - LAURELHURST FREEWAY (US99 ALTERNATE)


COLUMBIA RIVER - PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY

D I S T R I C T
T H I S

I N T E R - S T A T E

W I L L

V O L U M E

A S W E L L
A

A T T H ES A M E

A L T E R N A T E

T I M E

S T U D I E S

A S O F

B R I D G E
C O L U M BIA

E X P R E S S W A Y

FREMONT

F
R E E WA Y

F R E M O N T

F R E E W A Y

EAST

B U R N S I D E

S T R E E T

MT.

HOOD

H O O D

F R E E W A Y

SELLWOOD

S E L L W O O D

F R E E W A Y

OATFIELD

S O A S

ROAD
ROAD

E X P R E S S W A Y

H I G H W A Y

OSWEGO

FREE-

A C C E S S

N E I G H B O R H O O D S

T H E

WOULD

W O U L D

B E

F R E E W A Y .

I S R E A L I Z E D

T H A T

T H EH O L L Y W O O D

D O E S

T H E L O C A T I O N

B U S I N E S S

O F W A Y I

S T O O G R E A T

I N V E S T I G A T I O N
N E A R

3 0 T H

N O T P E R M I T

W I L L

A V E N U E
T H E S E

O F

D I S T R I C T

A N D

B E M A D E

O R

N E A R

R A T H E R

T H I S

A N D

I F
T H E

O F
4 5 T H

D E T A I L E D

N O W ,

T O

A C C O M M O D A T I N G

T R A F F I C .

LANES

GRADING

&

PORTLAND-

No.

30 . 0 0 0

30 . 0 0 0

1 ,49

40 . 0 0 0

1
.050.000
690 . 000

45 . 0 0 0

840 . 000

1 . 29

50 . 0 0 0

2.74

45 . 000

3 . 53

28.000

1 . 79

1 2 . 000

5.00

8 . 000

.210. 000
, 850 . 0 0 0
950.000
550,000

20 .83

,320.000
.460.000

OREGON

-80-

5 0

R/W

TOTAL

<$)

(*)

($)

P E R
CEN
T

4 , 2 50.000*

. 250
4 1 0
. 000*
. 000
500
. 000
4

1 . 460 , 000

, 1 40
390 . 000
. 000
2
. 930
.000
. 540
2
. 000
1

. 1 30

FREEWAY

'S

CONSTR.

($)

($)

STRUCTURES

PAviNG

E X P R E S S W A Y

Hi

SALEM
TOTAL

B E A C C O M M O D A T E D - M A J O R

A L L

I N T E R S E C T I N G

W A S H I N G T O N .

1 . 00

GH w A Y
O S W E G O

S T R E E T S

B U S I N E S S

FREEWAY

O A T F I E L D

S O T H A T

I L L U S T R A T I O N

S P E A K I N G

OF

S T R E E T

FREEWAY
M T .

O N T H E

C O N N E C T I O N F O R

2.18

1.81

BURN
SIDE

E A S T

D E V E L O P M E N T

A R I S E .

S E R V E S

EXPRESSWAY
C O L U M B I A

M A J O R

WOULD

T O OM A N Y .

A V E N U E .

NORTH

B E A S SHOWN

L O C A T I O N S

A C R O S S

A N D L O C A L

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

R I V E R

B U T T H A T
N O R T H E R L Y

C O S T

TO

D R I V E

T I M E

O F I N T R A - S T A T E

O B J E C T I O N S

U S 9 9

T H EN E E D

P U R -

CONSTRUC-

S E C T I O N .

F O RU L T I M A T E

NOTED
TUNNEL

F O R

BE

O A KGROVE

B U T GENERALLY

O F T H E R I G H T

O F

C E N T R A L

D I R E C T

C O S T

O F

H I G H W A Y

S L D E

T H E

B R I D G E C O N -

A S V A N C O U V E R .

M O R E

I T
B I S E C T S

V O L U M E S

R O U T I N G

I N

FROM

C O L U M B I A

WITH

B E P L A N N E D
T O U S ET H I S

M I N I M U M

S T R U C T U R E

L I N E

A N D

F R E E W A Y

A B L E

F R E E W A Y

T H E

I N 1 9 7 5 R A N G I N G

R I V E R

WOULD

T H EE N T I R E
FROM

BE

I S

A S S U M E D

LANES

S H O U L D

W O U L D
PAGE

A L S O

I T S E N T I R E

T O A

I N T E R S T A T E

L A U R E L H U R S T

O F

O N A N YO F

P R O J E C T I O N .

S T A T E

E X P R E S S W A Y S

T I
0

M A R I N E

L O A D S

P O R T I O N

T H EW E S T

W A Y S ,

T H E Y

I S , N O R T H

T H R O U G H O U T

FREEWAY

A S

FOUR

B E A C Q U I R E D

O F T R A F F I C

A C C E S S

B O U L E V A R D .

T H EU S EO F T H I S

A L L O W

M O V E M E N T

- T H A T

C O L U M B I A

T H I S

T H R O U G H

O F P O R T L A N D

F R E E W A Y

C O N S I D E R A B L E

OF

F O RU S 9 9

T R A F F I C

O R L E S S

N E WP R O P O S E D

S U C H

W A S H I N G T O N .

A N A L T E R N A T E

R E L I E V E

O N A

T H E OPPOSITE

A V E N U E .

O F T H E O V E R - A L L

I T H A S V O L U M E S

R I V E R .

EXTENSION

V A N C O U V E R .

T I M E -

T R A F F I C

S O U T H E R L Y

ON

A S W I L L

G I V E

F O R T H I S

O F 3 0 T H

O F P O W E L L

C A R R I E S

I N T H E C E N T R A L

O N I T SM O S T

3 0 , 0 0 0
T H E

F R E E W A Y

T H EW A S H I N G T O N

T H E F R E E W A Y
C O N T R O L S A N D

P A G E .

I T H A S BEEN

THAT

THROUGH

O F W A YWOULD

S I XL A N E S

T O

O F T H EF R E E W A Y .
ON T H EO P P O S I T E

REPORT

A T T H EO U T S E T

R I G H T

O F T H EL O C A T I O N ,

D U ET O T O P O G R A P H I C

S E C T I O N .

O F T H I S

OF

L I N E

A N DS O U T H

ON V I A D U C T

TO

B E W E L L

MORE

OR

E X P R E S S W A Y

I T W O U L D

R E M A I N

SOME

A R EN O T B U I L T

T H E L O C A T E D

A T T H EP R E S E N T

I N T H EA R E A .

5 0 , 0 0 0

C O U P L E T

UP A R E A S .

T H E I L L U S T R A T I O N

TED

O F

M O S T

H O W E V E R ,

ON

POSES

D E S I R E

A N D 4 5 T H

T H EE A S T S I D E

E X T R E M I T I E S

O N EO F T H EH E A V I E R

F R E E W A Y S
F R O M

D A T E .

W O U L D

E X P R E S S W A Y

T H I S
S E C T I O N

T H A T

2 5 T H

D E P R E S S E D ;

B U I L T

I T S P R E S E N T

T H EL O C A T I O N

B E T W E E N

T O I N T H E V I C I N I T Y

F R E E W A Y

A P P R O X I -

D I R E C T I O N A L

[ N

A V E N U E .

O N E - W A Y

A N DS O U T H E R L Y

C O N C E I V E D

C O L U M B I A

8 , 0 0 0

3 O T H

I S

O F T H E A R E A .

O N M A J O R

B E A N Y W H E R E

E A R L Y

O N A N

M O S T

F R E E W A Y

T H R O U G H O U T

T H E C E N T R A L

O F T H EN O R T H - S O U T H

T O S H I F T I N G

W E S T E R L Y

N O R T H E R L Y

A R E

E A S T

A V E N U E

R E A S O N A B L Y

F R E E W A Y

T H R O U G H

T H I S

A N D I N T H EE V E N T

C O N S I D E R A T I O N

T H E

T H A T

A P P R O X I M A T E S

T H E 1 5 T H - 1 6 T H
A

O F P O R T L A N D

A V E N U E

I S S O M E W H A T

T H I S

A T

T R A V E R S E S

T O T H E I L L U S T R A T I O N

L I N E

A V E N U E S

F R E E W A Y

A R E A

O F 3 9 T H

L I N E S

L O C A T I O N

A N D

L A U R E L H U R S T

S H A
R E
OF

COST.

1 6

560 . 0 0 0
. 000
. 850
. 000

1.190, 0 0 0

1 50
. 000

200
2

. 000

. 290
4 , 980 , 000 3
. 000
. 1 70
1 . 600 . 0 0 0 2
. 000
. 690
4
4.780. 000
. 000
. 740
2
2 . 490,000
. 000
. 300
1
2 , 6 8 0 . 000
. 000
. 050
1 . 880 . 000
220 . 000
, 000
1 6
2 5 . 3 1 0 .000
.810
. 000

. 000
. 400. 0 0 0
. 660
o
. 000
. 480
. 000
8
1

. 1 50

. 000
. 290
. 000
. 520
4
. 000
. 790
3
,0 00
.730
2
. 000
. 1 00
42
. 000
9

. 1 20

M B I A
C 0L U

RIVER

N.E. 4IST AVE.

N.E, 3 9 T H AVE.

39TH AVE.

-81 -

SE.

39TH

AVE.

FIO- LAURELHURST

FREEWAY

ST.

37TH

40 TH

ST.

w
37 TH

FIO-LAURELHURST FREEWAY

- 82-

ST.

FIO-LAURELHURST
-83-

FREEWAY

T H E

M A T E
R I V E R

B R I D G E S

T H E

S E R V I C E

D R I V E

W A Y S

N T

U N I O N - G R A N D

A V E N U E

S O M E

A N D

W O U L D

AND

C O M M E R C I A L

P A R T S

E O

B E E N

T E N D I N G

T R A F F I C

A R M Y

F R E E -

E V E R .

N O T

R E T

A N D

T H I S

L I N E

S T R E E T

L O C A T I O N

N T

A C C O U N T

OT H ER I V E R

B R I D G E .

M I G H T
N A

T E R M I N A L

T W O U L D
I

E B R O U G H T

C O M B I N E D
O

SC O N S I D E R E D

P R O J E C T
F A

RF O R

N T H I S

P A R T I C I P A T I O N

T H E

F A C I L I T I E S

B R I D G E .

ED E V E L O P M E N T

F O R C O M B I N E D

AW A L L

FC E R T A I N

T H E B U R N S I D E

R E S U L T I N G

T H EL O C A T I O N ,

T OG OU N D E R

E N G I N E E R S

A D J A C E N T

N L O C A T I O N

FT H E M O R R I S O N

T H A T

H A R B O R

E A S T

T O

L O A D S

S I B L E

W O U L D

D R I V E

F A C I L I T I E S

D E S I R A B L E

H A R B O R

F R E E W A Y

DH A R B O R

T H U S ,

N O R T H

B R I D G E .

R O U T I N G

T H E I R

S H I F T I N G

W I L L A M E T T E

. H O O D
N

O F

A P P R O X I -

W I L L A M E T T E

T H E N
T I
U

TT

W I T H T

A W A L L . H

R E P O R T ,

SP O S -

D O E S

I N T H E F R E E W A Y

P R O J E C T S .

C O U P L E T .

N T H I S

F R E E W A Y
P

W I T H

R D

Y B

Y 1

T O F O U R - L A N E

V O L U M E

L E S S E R

A M O U N T

E X P E C T E D

S T A N D A R D S

O F

V O L U M E

I N D U S T R I A L

O F

O F I N T E R - C I T Y

H O M E - T O -

A N D

L O C A L

M O S T

S N O TN E C E S S A R Y

W O U L D

F I

S I

SL O C A T I O N

S E C T I O N

T I

S N O T C E R T A I N

W H A T

B E T W E E N

E
O

T OC O N S T R U C T

F O RT H EP U R P O S E S

B EE N C O U N T E R E D

. E V E N

F R E E W A Y
N

T H O S E

T S O .

D E V E L O P I N G
F O U N D A T I O N

T H EM O R R I S O N A N D

BRIDGES.

O V E R C R O S S I N G

F T H E B U R N S I D E

B R I D G E

EAST BANK FREEWAY

FREEWAY

MT.

B E E N

HOOD FREEWAY

R O A D

O C C A S I O N E D

E C T

VERTICAL

Y A R D S

B E C A U S E

C L E A R A N C E

FB

BETWEEN

T H E

T O

D E V E L O P

E X I S T I N G

RAIL-

F R E E W A Y

A N D

YT H ET I M E

T H I S

F R E E W A Y

A N Y A R R A N G E M E N T S

C A N B EM A D E

F O R

WITH

T H E
C O N -

THE O P E R A T -

T H E A B A N D O N M E N T

O F CERTAIN

C O S T

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

M T .

HOOD

F R E E W A Y

25,OOO

1 . 86
1 . 86

TOTAL

I M P O S S I B L E

ON

FROM

F R E E W A Y

B A N K

S T R U C T E D

C O M P A N I E S

E A S T

B R I D G E .

R A I L R O A D

D T H EP R O P O S E D

B U R N S I D E

ING

D R I V E

T
A

B R I D G E ,

N E L E V A T E D

E S T I M A T E S

ADEQUATE

H A R B O R

E M

A N A P P R E C I A B L E

N O M I N A L

T I

T H E

HARBOR DRIVE

B E B U I L T

S OD E S I G N E D

HAWTHORNE

S U C H

V E H I C L E S

T R A F F I C

N A

W H E R E

P R O B L E M S

F11

F T

R I V E R

C O M P L E M E N T S

E D E L A W A R E

V O L U M E S

T H R O U G H O U T

C O S T

E E X I S T I N G

D A N T I C I P A T E D

W O U L D

A N D A

F I C .

W O U L D

H A S

O N E - W A Y

S E R V I C E

T R I P S

T R A F

D T

2 5 , 0 0 0

S E C T I O N

O F T H E

W I L L A M E T T E

S I D E .

S T E E L

T R A F F I C

WORK

S A L O N G

L I N E

F T

F R E E W A Y
E W E S T

O F T H E

A V E R A G E

EP R O P O S E D

H A R B O R

U T I L I Z A T I O N

E X I S T I N G

E N T I R E

F T H I S

A V E N U E ,

N O R T H

L I E V E

F R E E W A Y

F O U R

DO

G R E A T E R

U N I O N

F R E E W A Y

G I V E

T O

B A N K

O F T H E E A S T

I N T E R C E P T I N G

R I V E R

O F

E A S T

L O C A T I O N

LANES
NO.

GRADING &
PAVING

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

($)

($)

($)

($)

7 , 200 . 0 0 0

7 , 200 , 000

3 . 500 , 0 0 0

7 , 200 , 000

7,200,000

3 . 500 . 000

TOTAL
($)
"1
1

10,700.000
10,700.000

T
1

-j

1
L
-84-

WILLAME TTE

RIVER

N.

WILLIAMS
AVE

-85-

F l l - EAST BANK FREEWAY

THE

C A S C A D E

L I N E

O F N O R T H - S O U T H

T I O N

O FP O R T L A N D .

D R I V E

S O U T H E R L Y ,

S T O N E ,

T O A N

P A C I F I C

F R E E W A Y

T R A V E L

S E R V E S

T E X T E N D S

I N T E R C H A N G E
E A S T ,

S E C O N D A R Y

8 2 N D

A V E N U E

C O N N E C T I O N

U S 9 9 E ,

F R O M

M O N T

T H E R E

G L A D -

O F

T H E P R E S E N T

S T R E E T )

I N

A N D B A N F I E L D

T U N N E L

M A R I N E

T H R O U G H

W I T H

( W A T E R

D E S I R E

E A S T E R L Y P O R -

O N T H EN O R T H

P A R A L L E L I N G

H I G H W A Y

I N T H EE X T R E M E

SO N E S E C T I O N

F R E E W A Y

S H O W N

F R E E W A Y S

O NT H E

T I

SN E C E S S A R Y

S OA S T OM A I N T A I N

T H EJ O H N S O N

T H E

O R E G O N

S E C T I O N

C R E E K

T H A T

S O N V I A D U C T

E X P R E S S W A Y ,

S D E P R E S S E D
O P P O S I T E

O RA

T OD E V E L O P

A NO P T I M U M

W H I L E

T G R A D E .

G R A D E

L I N E .

I N T H E

V I C I N I T Y

S O U T H

T H E R E O F

A C C E S S

A S

P A G E .

C I T Y .

TRAFFIC
C L E S

T H I S

H I G H W A Y

VOLUMES

RANGING

P E R D A Y I N T H E M A R I N E

S E C T I O N

T OA

S E C T I O N

M A X I M U M

B E T W E E N

B O U L E V A R D .
M A D E

B EA
T R I P S

A R E A

L I N K

T H A T

O R E G O N

S A L S O

D E V E L O P S ,

I N T E G R A T E D

F E L T

T H A T

S U C H

I N T O

T H I S

F12 - CASCADE FREEWAY (0RE13)


MARINE DRIVE - OREGON CITY

I S P L A N N E D

B U T

T O P L A N

T H E

C E N T R A L

B I A

E X P R E S S W A Y

P O R T I O N S

THE ENTIRE

A R I S E S .

G E N E R A L L Y ,

T O P O G R A P H Y

I N T R A -

C E N T R A L

F L O C A L

F R O M

G L A D -

V A L L E Y
T H A T

A R E A S .
F

D E M A N D

R I V E R
I

O F T H I S

LENGTH

O N L Y

F O U R

C O U L D

T I

S T U D Y

C R E E K

F O R A D D I T I O N A L
T H EF R E E W A Y

D I C T A T E S

OF THIS
L A N E S

N O T
T H A T

B E T W E E N

L A N E S

I S D E P R E S S E D ;

I N T H EV I C I N I T Y

T R A F F I C
S O

T H A T

T H E C O L U M -

E X P R E S S W A Y

T R A F F I C

FREEWAY,

O F

F A C I L I T I E S

O F T H E F R E E W A Y

A N D J O H N S O N

T O CARE

W H E R E

P E R I O D

C O N N E C T I N G

H O W E V E R ,

O F W A Y A N D O T H E R

E X P A N D E D

V O L U M E

A I R P O R T

F R E E W A Y ;

T O C O N S T R U C T

R I G H T

A N D
T H E

D I R E C T

T H E R E

B E N E C E S S A R Y .

THROUGHOUT
I T

F R E E W A Y

O F T H EC O L U M B I A

T H ET I M E

W O U L D

L A R G E
A S A

A N DS O L O C A T E D

C R O S S I N G

D U R I N G

C R O S S I N G

A S A

T H E

P O W E L L

N A M E L Y .

T O B Y P A S S

A N D M I D - W I L L A M E T T E

D E S I G N E D
A N O T H E R

A N DS . E .

U S ET H I S

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

C I T Y ,

B O U L E V A R D

O F I N T E R - C I T Y

S E R V E

H A V E

VEHI-

P E RD A Y I N

C O M P O N A N T S ;

F R E E W A Y

A L S O

T O T H EP O R T L A N D

S T O N E .

W O U L D

A S W E L L

T W O U L D

V E H I C L E S
S T R E E T

V O L U M E

S U C H

O FP O R T L A N D

T R A F F I C .

B E

U S I N G

O F5,000

D R | V E - C O L U M B I A

D I F F E R E N T

C O N S I D E R A B L E

B Y 1 9 7 5T O

A MINIMUM

B U R N S I D E

T R A F F I C

W O U L D

S E X P E C T E D

O F4 0 . 0 0 0

E .

U PO FS E V E R A L

S T A T E

I T

FROM

C O U L D B

A S D E M A N D
H O W E V E R

O F T H E

F R E -

S E C TION

C O S T

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)

N.E.

M A R I N E

C O L U M B I A

D R I V E

E X P R E S S W A Y

F O S T E R

K I N G

R O A D

C R E E K

E X P R E S S W A Y

R O A D

C L A C K A M A S

TOTAL

($)

560 . 000
1 . 020.000

3 . 600 . 0 0 0

4.620.000

1.100. 000

H A S S A L O

S T R E E T

0.79

25 . 0 0 0

5 10. 000

1 . 200 , 000

1.710.000

850.000

0.51

35 . 000

340 . 000

1.75

40.000

1.320,000

3 10. 000

1.0 1

35 . 0 0 0

760,000

1 50 . 000

1.10
1 . 38

30 . 0 0 0
20,000

4
4

800.000
7 20 .000

230.000
300 , 0 0 0

1 . 030 . 0 0 0
370 . 000
1 . 0 20 . 0 0 0
1.020,000

1.400.000
2 . 040 . 000

2.76

1 5 , 000

440 , 000

1 , 540 , 000

740 . 0 0 0

2.280.000

3 , 49

1 8 . 000

1 , 580 . 000

370 . 000

E X P R E S S W A Y

B U R N S I D E

M T .

H O O D

S.E.

F O S T E R

J O H N S O N
K I N G

W A T E R

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y
R O A D

C R E E K

E X P R E S S W A Y

R O A D

C L A C K A M A S
H I G H W A Y

($)

E.

S.E.

TOTAL

S T R E E T

J O H N S O N

($)

5 . 000

H A S S A L O

F R E E W A Y

R/W

($)

20 , 000

N.E.

H O O D

CONSTR.

($)

1 . 60

N.E.

M T.

STRUCTURES

S T R E E T

S T R E E T

S T R E E T

&

PAVING

S T A N T O N

C O L U M B I A

S T A N T O N

B U R N S I D E

GRADING

N.E.

N.E.

E.

LANES
NO.

H I G H W A Y

S T R E E T

E X P R E S S W A Y

1.83

1,100. 000
9 20.000
8 . 050,000

16.22

-86-

'

420 .000

230.000

660.000
7 . 540 . 0 0 0

980 . 000

570 . 0 0 0
1.630, 0 0 0
9 10. 0 0 0

80 . 0 0 0

830 . 0 0 0

1 ,060, 000
5.7 20. 0 0 0
2,560,000
1 . 400 , 0 0 0

1 . 980 . 000

3.610. 000

1 . 260.000

2.170. 000

1 5 . 590 . 0 0 0 8 . 6 0 0 . 0 0 0

1 .9 50 . 0 0 0
24,190,000

FI2-CASCADE FREEWAY
-87-

(ORE 213)

F12-CASCADE FREEWAY (ORE 213)


-88-

OREGON

PORTLAND

FI2 - CASCADE
-89-

TRACTION

FREEWAY

CO.

(ORE 213)

CITY

T H E
P O R T L A N D
M A T I N G

S T R E E T .
T

EI

B U S I N E S S

O F T HE

F R O M

3 0 . 0 0 0

V O L U M E S

W I T H
I

R O U T E

C I R C U M F E R E N -

W I T H

T H E

E X P R E S S W A Y

S O U T H

O F T H E C E N T R A L P O R -

P O R T I O N

B O U L E V A R D
W E S T E R L Y

F R E E W A Y

H O M E - T O - W O R K

A N D A
A S A

T H R O U G H

T H E

S E R V E S
T H ES O U T H

O T H E R

F R E E W A Y

M O D I F I E D
N O R T H

T O 1 5 , 0 0 0
P O R T I O N .

I S

I N

H I G H - L E V E L

P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

O S W E G O

H I G H W A Y

A V E N U E S .

R I G H T
MATE

A T

TO

S E L L W O O D

A R E A S

O F

T H EF R E E W A Y

I S

B E T W E E N

T H I S

OSWEGO
S . E .

M C L O U G H L I N
TOTAL

E X P R E S S W A Y

F R E E W A Y

C R E E K

1
1

A N D
T H E

W I T H

T O C A R E

S I X T H

L A U R E L -

E X P R E S S W A Y .

T H R O U G H O U T

A N D
R O A D .

THE

S U F F I C I E N T
F O R

U L T I -

L A N E S .

S I X T H

L A U R E L H U R S T

LANES
No.

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

($)

($)

($)

($)

1.21

15,000

2 . 3 4 0 . 000

260 . 0 0 0

2 . 600 . 0 0 0

A V E N U E

30 . 0 0 0

60 . 0 0 0

2 . 6 6 0 . 000

2 . 7 2 0 . 000

E X P R E S S W A Y

0 . 98

30 , 0 0 0

740.000

830 . 000

1 . 570 . 000

1 . 00

24,000

490 . 000

470 , 000

3 , 6 3 0 . 000

4 . 2 2 0 . 000

F R E E W A Y

3.64

TOTAL

PAVING

0.45

H I G H W A Y

M C L O U G H L I N

O N A
J U S T

F E R R Y

A N D W I T H

A T T H E O U T S E T

T O S I X

I S

C R O S S I N G

O F S . E . N I N T H

B O U L E V A R D

T T H E J O H N S O N

O F W A Y A C Q U I R E D

A N D I T

R l V E R

S . W .T A Y L O R ' S

L A N E S

W H E R E

B R I D G E .

A R E M A D E

F R E E W A Y .

B E F O U R

D E V E L O P M E N T

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

A V E N U E

I N D U S -

C O S T

FROM

H I G H W A Y

O F

C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L

S E C T I O N

S I X T H

T H A T
C O U -

C E M E T A R Y

S E C T I O N ,

I N T H E V I C I N I T Y

W I L L

O F I T S L E N G T H
T H ER L V E R V I E W

T U N N E L

S . E .M C L O U G H L I N

F R E E W A Y

F R E E W A Y

S . E .

P E R

T R A F F I C

A M O U N T

N A

1 3 T H

V E H I C L E S

R E S I D E N T I A L

W I L L A M E T T E

O F T H E P R E S E N T

H U R S T

OSWEGO

V A R Y

S . E .

N E I G H B O R H O O D

M I N I M U M
L I N K

C E N T R A L

M O S T

T H A N

C O N N E C T I O N S
T H E

F R E E W A Y

G I V E S

F R E E W A Y

B E T W E E N

I S P R I M A R I L Y

T A L S O

T H R O U G H O U T

P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

M U L T N O M A H

C R E E K

R T L A N D .

D E P R E S S E D

F13 - SELLWOOD FREEWAY


PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY - LAURELHURST FREEWAY

A P P R O X I -

B R I D G E A N D

O F T H E C E N T R A L

B Y 1 9 7 5O N T H I S

N T H EC E N T R A L

T H E E X T R E M E

T R I A L .

PC

U S E T H I S

P L E D

F O R A

S O U T H

C O U P L E D

R O U T E

A N DM C L O U G H L I N

I N

S O U T H W E S T

L I N E

C l T Y .

T R A F F I C

W O U L D

S E L L W O O D

C A R E S

S Y S T E M

A N D W H E N

C R O S S - T O W N

T I O N

D A Y

R O U T I N G

A N D T H E J O H N S O N

C O N T I N U O U S

A L O N G

O F T H EP R E S E N T

T H I S

A R E A

C O N N E C T S

P O R T L A N D

N T H E F R E E W A Y

E X P R E S S W A Y

A V E N U E

F R E E W A Y

S O U T H E A S T

T H E L O C A T I O N

T A C O M A
T I A L

S E L L W O O D

W I T H

200 . 0 0 0

($)
i

2 . 800 . 000

_j

80 . 0 0 0

2 . 800 . 000

740.000

2.310.000

960 . 000

360 . 000

1.320.000

7.850.000

1 . 380 . 000

9 . 230 . 000

r
i

90-

TERWILLIGER
BLVD.

- 91 -

FI3-SELLWooD FREEWAY

T H E
G R O W I N G
W I T H

S I D E

C E N T R A L

O N E - W A Y

S T R E E T S
WAY.

U N D E R

B O U L E V A R D

THE

IN

THE

T H I S

THE

MATELY

FREEWAY

I S

P E R D A Y A N D I S

SUNSET

I N T E R S E C T I O N

T W O - L A N E

CONGESTED

I N

C R E S T

OF

! N

O F

G L E N C U L L E N .
D I R E C T L Y

THROUGH

TO CARRY
D E V E L O P I N G

FREEWAYS

THROUGH

A T

S E C T I O N

TRAFFIC

GLENCULLEN.

EXPECTED

V I T A L

T U N N E L

T U N N E L

A N DC O N N E C T S

HIGHWAY

F R E E W I T H

A N DL E A V E S T H E

N O R T H E A S T

A N DP O R T L A N D - S A L E M

BECOME

T W I N

A V E N U E

COMMUNITY

A R T E R I A L
D R I V E

A T A N

M I L E

S . W . 4 5 T H

T O T H E W E S T

A N D H A R B O R

A N DC O U N C I L

O N EH A L F

R A P I D L Y
D I R E C T L Y

A N DB Y O T H E R

A N DR E M A I N S

BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE

INTERCHANGE

V E H I C L E S

S T A R T S

T H E

O F P O R T L A N D

C O N N E C T I N G

B R I D G E

A N DE N T E R S

H I L L

U N D E R C R O S S E S

WITH

C O U P L E T
D I S T R I C T

B O U L E V A R D

S E C T I O N

C O N N E C T S

S O U T H W E S T

I S L A N D

F R E E W A Y

M A R Q U A M

T U N N E L
I T

S T R E E T

B U S I N E S S

T E R W I L L I G E R

F R E E W A Y

A R E A

T O T H ER O S S
T H I S

B A R B U R

G L E N C U L L E N

R E S I D E N T I A L

WHICH

TRAFFIC

SOME

1 5 , 0 0 0

R E L I E F
W I L L

F O R
U L T I -

DEMAND.

F14 - GLENCULLEN FREEWAY


BARBUR BOULEVARD - BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HIGHWAY

S E C T I O N

C O S T

TO

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

BARBUR

BOULEVARD

TOTAL

GLENCULLEN

1 5,000

2 . 54
2.54

-92-

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

PAVING

($)

($)

400 , 000

1 8 , 1 0 0 , 000

18 , 500 . 0 0 0

500 , 0 0 0

19. 000,000

400 . 0 0 0

1 8 , 1 0 0 , 000

18,500,000

500 . 0 0 0

19. 000.000

- 93-

FI4-GLENCULLEN FREEWAY

EXPRESSWAYS

95-

T H I S

C A P A C I T Y

F A C I L I T Y

A N D WILL

TION
THE

S E C T I O N S

BETWEEN

T O T A L

R A I S E D

R E E D W A Y

COUPLET

S T R E E T A N D

M E D I A N

A T

S . E .

A L LOTHER

MAJOR
T R A F F I C

R O U T I N G S .
W I L L

PER

D A Y I N 1 9 7 5 .

WAY

AND FREEWAY
GREATER

P E N D I N G

C O M P L E T I O N

MCLOUGHLIN
OF

I N T R A -

T O SOME

SUCH

FREEWAY A N D
A N D I N T E R -

2 5 , 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S

O F THESE

BOULEVARD

A S

T H A T ,

I N T H EA R E A

T H EL A U R E L H U R S T

AMOUNT

ROUTES.

B EM A I N T A I N E D

IMPROVEMENTS

H O M E - T O - W O R K

S T I L L

VOLUME

W I L L

A N D I T I S E X P E C T E D

E X P R E S S -

WILL

CARRY

TRAFFIC.

C O S T

TO

C O U P L E T

I N T E R -

ONE-WAY

STREET

TRAFFIC

LENGTH

(1975)
(MILES)

A V E N U E

AVENUE

FROM

U N I O N - G R A N D

O F T R A F F I C

EXPRESSWAY.

T H EE A S T S I D E

EVEN

I N T E R -

A L LM I N O R

(US99E)

AVENUES- REEDWAY

L A N E S

I N E X I S T E N C E

AS

AN

F E W MAJOR

O F S . E .D I V I S I O N

O F T H EP R E S E N T

N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G

C I T Y

O F A

LENGTH.

O F T R A F F I C

S T R E E T .

FOUR

BOULEVARD EXPRESSWAY

T H EU N I O N - G R A N D

O V E R - T A X E D

T H E CONSTRUC-

I T S ENTIRE

TO C R O S S - T R A F F I C

I N T H EV I C I N I T Y

P R E S E N T L Y

O T H E R

THROUGH

T H E I N S T A L L A T I O N

A N DT H EC H A N N E L I Z A T I O N

T E R M I N A T I O N

T O I N C R E A S E T H E

A L R E A D Y

THROUGHOUT

A N D C L O S I N G

ARE

MCLOUGHLIN

MEDIAN

O FP A R K I N G .

S I G N A L S .

REEDWAY

BE ACCOMPLISHED

S E C T I O N S

THE

E1

I S N E C E S S A R Y

O N A N E X I S T I N G

OFA RAISED
P R O H I B I T I O N

T E R M I N U S

STEPHENS-UNION-GRAND

P R O J E C T

T R A F F I C

S T R E E T

(ADT)
25.000

2.25
2.25

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

ft

($)

($)
250 . 000
250 , 0 0 0

-96*

STRUCTURES

PAVING

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

250.000

250,000

250.000
-

250.000

VANCOUVER

MCLAUGHLIN BOULEVARD
EXPRESSWAY

MULTNOMAH CO^
CLACKAMAS~~~CO.

WEST LINN!

-97 -

T H I S
HOOD
I S

O N V I R G I N

J U N C T I O N

I S

A L I G N M E N T

U S 2 6 .
I S

O F

TWO LANES

E X T E N D I N G

W E S T

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

S E P A R A T E D

ALTHOUGH

I S

R E Q U I R I N G
N E C E S S A R Y

SOME

T H E USAGE
TO

E V E N

THOUGH

FULL

CONTROL

O F

B U I L D

O F

I N

T H I S

I T

TO

T H E C I T Y

FOUR

I S

G R A D E .

I T

V E H I C L E S

F E L T

BE

T H A T

P E R

WOULD

FREEWAY

WAY W I L L

WITH

I M P O R T A N T

TO 8 , 0 0 0

I T

T H I S

LANES

A N D WITH

C O M P L E T E

S O U T H -

M T . HOOD

O F S A N D Y .

TO

M T .

A N D

L L N N E M A N

THE EXISTING

EXPRESSWAY.

O F

FROM

A N D T H E N C E

S E P A R A T E D

5 , 0 0 0

A L L R I G H T S
O F

WITH

O F T H E

D E S C R I B E D ,

E A S T E R L Y

P R O P E R

TO BE CONSTRUCTED

P H Y S I C A L L Y

THERE

C O N T I N U A T I O N

P R E V I O U S L Y

G R E S H A M

J U S T

PLANNED

H A S BEEN

TO A N I N T E R S E C T I O N

H I G H W A Y .
HIGHWAY

WHICH

S O U T H

EASTERLY

THE

E X P R E S S W A Y

F R E E W A Y ,

D A Y

N O TB E

S T A N D A R D S

A C Q U I R E D

W I T H

ACCESS.

E2 MT. HOOD EXPRESSWAY (US26)


LlNNEMAN JUNCTION - SANDY

S E C T I O N

C O S T

TO

FROM

TRAFFIC
(197 5)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

L I N N E M A N
H O G A N

J U N C T I O N

R O A D

TOTAL

H O G A N
"

M T .

R O A D

H O O D

H I G H W A Y

LANES
NO.

4 . 30

5 , 000

7 . 70

8 .000

1 2 . 00

GRADING

&

PAVING
($)

1.040,000

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

1 , 340,000

380,000

1.720,000

300.000

1.825.000

150.000

1,975,000

250.000

2. 2 2 5 . 0 0 0

2 , 8 6 5 , 000

450.000

3,315,000

630.000

3 . 945.000

L
_.._

98-

STRUCTURES

1
i

_j

N
VANCOUVER

MT HOOD

-99-

EXPRESSWAY

T H I S
1 6 T H

A V E N U E

F R E E W A Y
WAY

S O U T H E R L Y

A T

R E E D W A Y

R I G H T S

O F

L E D ,
OF

I T
T H E

O F

HOOD

TO

A R E

A C C E S S

M A J O R

S T R E E T S

G R A D E .

SOME

IZED.
T H E I R
LY
AND

I T S

O F

T H E

B E

M A J O R

M A D E

I T S

I S

P A C I F I C

E N T I R E

F A C I L I T Y

D E V E L O P

S T R E E T S .

P E R
T H I S

D A Y

T R A F F I C

N O R T H

F A C I L I T Y

W I L L

T H R O U G H

B E

BE

WOULD

C L O S E D

B E T W E E N

COMPANY

1 9 7 5 .

C O N T R O L L E D
T O

B E

OR

M O S T

H A V E

S O U T H E R B O U L E V A R D

S E C T I O N

BROOKLYN

I N

S I G N A L -

W I L L

T H E

P O W E L L

E L E V A T E D

O F T H E
BY

S E P A R A T I O N

R E S T R I C T E D .

ON

L E N G T H

TO

B U T C O N N E C T I O N S

W I L L

E X P R E S S W A Y

B A N F I E L D
E X P R E S S -

C O N T R O L -

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

E X P R E S S W A Y

T H E 1 5 T H -

T H E

A N D A C C E S S E S

F A C I L I T Y

M O V E M E N T S

SOUTHERN

ON

L E N G T H

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

O F

T H E

T H I S

W I L L

M C L O U G H L I N

SOUTH

TO

C R O S S - T R A F F I C

P O R T I O N

V E H I C L E S

O F

B O U L E V A R D

E X I S T I N G

E X P E C T E D

E N T I R E

FOUR

M I N O R

O N

3 0 , 0 0 0

FREEWAY

T H R O U G H O U T

A C Q U I R E D

I M P R A C T I C A B L E

R E Q U I R E D

SOME

B E T W E E N

NORTH

T H R O U G H O U T

BEEN

B E

J U S T

T H E M C L O U G H L I N

S T R E E T .

WOULD

C O N N E C T S

C O U P L E T

WAY HAVE

L E V E L

V O L U M E S
M T .

I M P R O V E M E N T

O N E - W A Y

J U S T

Y A R D .

E3 - EASTS IDE EXPRESSWAY


MULTNOMAH STREET - MCLOUGHLIN EXPRESSWAY

S E C T

COST

ON

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

N . E .
M T .

MULTNOMAH
HOOD

TOTAL

STREET

F R E E W A Y

M T .

HOOD

M C L O U G H L I N

F R E E W A Y
E X P R E S S W A Y

TRAFFIC
( 1975)
(ADT)

LANES
NO.

2.10

30 , 0 0 0

1 . 80

1 5 , 000

3 . 90

-1 00-

GRADING

&

PAviNG

($)
52 5 , 0 0 0

STRUCTURES

($)
735.000

450.000

950,000

97 5 . 0 0 0

1.685,000

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

1 , 260,000

3,360.000

4,620,000

1.400.000

1.530.000

2 , 930 , 000

2 . 660 . 000

4 , 890 . 000

7 , 550 , 0 0 0

N
VANCOUVER

EASTSIDE

-1 01 -

EXPRESSWAY

THE
CARE

I N D U S T R I A L

FOR RECONSTRUCTION

US3O.

THROUGH

CONNECTION
WAY.

THECOMMUNITY

TO T H E S T . J O H N S

A N DT U A L A T I N

IT
E V E N
R I V E R
PER

T H O U G H
S I D E ,

EXPRESSWAY

I S EXPECTED

W I L L

OF LLNNTON
BRIDGE.

VALLEY-ST.

B Y P A S S I N G
S T I L L

I S

OF THECOLUMBIA

JOHNS

THAT

BY

TO

HIGHWAY,

A N DMAKE

DIRECT

THE INDUSTRIAL

F R E E-

EXPRESSWAY.

1975

T H EL l N N T O N
B E U S E D

D E S I G N E D

RIVER

THIS

EXPRESSWAY.

C O M M U N I T Y

B Y SOME

1 5 , 0 0 0

O N

T H E

V E H I C L E S

D A Y .

E4 - INDUSTRIAL EXPRESSWAY (US30)


BURLINGTON - ST. JOHNS BRIDGE

S E CT 1 ON

COST

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC
(197 5)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

BURLINGTON
TOTAL

ST.

JOHNS

BRIDGE

4 . 25
4 . 25

-1 02-

1 5 . 000

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

PAviNG

($)

($)

900 . 0 0 0

225 . 0 0 0

1,125.000

1,675.000

2 . 800 . 000

900 . 000

225.000

1 , 1 2 5 , 000

1 .675.000

2,800.000

INDUSTRIAL

-103-

EXPRESSWAY

T H E
TO

C O N N E C T

U P P E R

L E V E L

M C L O U G H L I N
BE

H O U S E

H A V E

N A L I Z E D

T O F O U R

C O N T R O L

W E S T

S T R U C T U R E
A N D
THE

LOWER

LEVEL

PER

W O U L D

D A Y .

GESTED

I N C R E M E N T S
EGRESS

A L S O

B E T W E E N

B R I D G E

N W E S T

A V E N U E .

S U C H

W I T H

T H E

F O R S O M E

1 0 , 0 0 0

O F OREGON

S T R U C T U R E

O F T R A F F I C

W O U L D

W H I C H

I N T E R - C I T Y

T H E I N D U S T R I A L

HAVE

VOLUME

V E H I R l V E R

P E R

W E S T

L L N N

9 , 0 0 0
F R O M

O F O R E G O N
N O D E S I R E

N E W
D A Y

W I T H

BUSINESS
V E H I C L E S
T H E

C I T Y

C O N -

T H O S E

F O R I N G R E S S

D I S T R I C T .

A N DE X C H A N G E

A R E A S

1 9 , 0 0 0

W I L L A M E T T E

V E H I C L E S

R E M O V E

B U S I N E S S

A N D A C O N S I D E R A B L E

W I T H S I G -

AND ITS CENTRAL

D I S T R I C T

C E N T R A L

M E D I A N A N D

T H E

F O R T H ER E M A I N I N G

B U S I N E S S

T H E

W O U L D

A N D T H A T

C O N N E C T I N G

CiTY

T H E

O F

P O I N T S .

B Y 1 9 7 5 S O M E

C I T Y

C A R E

R A I S E D

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

T OCROSS

S T R U C T U R E

S P L A N N E D
W I T H

B R I D G E

A T I T S T E R M I N A L

T H A T

L I N N

NT H E V I C I N I T Y

A N DO R E G O N

C A R E

T OSUCH

S E R V E

T R A F F I C

S U C H

C E N T R A L

L A N E S

D E S I R E

L I N N

T H E E X I S T I N G

C H A N N E L I Z E D

S E X P E C T E D

W I L L

D I S T R I C T

C I T Y

P R O V I D E D

P E RD A YW I L L

B E T W E E N

H I G H - L E V E L

H I G H W A Y

A TS E V E N T H

A D E Q U A T E

I T
C L E S

C I T Y

O FO R E G O N

C O N S T R U C T E D

W O U L D

OR

O R E G O N

T H E0 S W E G 0

| T WOULD

O F N E I G H B O R H O O D

O F H O M E - T O - W O R K

O FW E S T

L l N N

T R I P S

A N D O R E G O N

C| T Y .

E5 - OREGON CITY BRIDGE EXPRESSWAY (0RE43)


WEST LINN - OREGON CITY

E C T

O N

C O S T

FROM

TO

LENGTH

WEST

OREGON

L I N N

C I T Y

TRAFFIC

0.31

(ADT)
1 0 . 000

0.3 1

TOTAL

LANES

(1975)
(MILES)

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

($)

($)

- 1 04-

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

50,000

2 , 700 , 000

3 , 200,000

300 , 000

3 , 500

50.000

2 , 700 . 000

3,200,000

300,000

3 , 500,000

1
,., , ,

CONSTR.

PAviNG
NO.

.000

N
VANCOUVER

OREGON

CITY

BRIDGE

EXPRESSWAY

-1 05-

T H I S
C L A C K A M A S
OF

T E N T H

M E D I A N .

A T

M A J O R

I N

O R E G O N

I T

A L S O

C H A N G E

C A L L S

C A S C A D E

F R O M

T H I S

R O U T E .

S U C H

I T A L S O

T O T H E O R E G O N
AREAS

S T A T U S T O
C O N O F

S T R E E T S

N G L A D S T O N E .

O F A T R A F F I C

I N T E R -

AND THE B E G I N N I N G
C O N S T R U C T I O N

S E W A G E

ALONG

THE RIVER

L A N E S

O F T R A F F I C

D I S P O S A L
SUCH

R E F U G E S

A N D 1 4 T H
I

C O N -

B O U L E -

T H E P A R T I A L

S T R E E T

T H E

T H E

O F L E F T - T U R N

R E Q U I R E S

C I T Y

S T R E E T

A S T E N T H

EXPRESSWAY

O F

I N T E R S E C T I O N

T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N

F O R T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N
THIS

N O R T H

( M C L O U G H L I N

R E Q U I R E

A N D A T A R L I N G T O N

F R E E W A Y .

RECREATIONAL

E A S T
M A J O R

WOULD

I N T E R S E C T I O N S
C I T Y

J U - S T

T O T H E

A N DG E N E R A L L Y

A N D T H E D E V E L O P M E N T

BETWEEN

N E C T I O N S

C I T Y

S U C H

A L O N G

F R O M

H I G H W A Y

S T R E E T )

S T A T U S .

O F A C C E S S

R A I S E D

OFTHE
O F

C O N -

P L A N T A N D

THAT

LEFT

TURNS

E LI M l N A T E D .

T H E
U T I L I Z E D
S O M E

P A T E D .

F O U R

A L O N G

A R E A S

AREA.
USE

I N O R E G O N

A N D W A T E R

T R O L

R U N S

I N G L A D S T O N E

O F T H E P A C I F I C

E X P R E S S W A Y

ARE

B R I D G E

S T R E E T

V E R S I O N
V A R D

P R O J E C T

R I V E R

H A V E

U S 9 9 E

W O U L D

C U R B S

C O N S T R U C T E D .

N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G
THAT

T H I S

B Y 1 9 75

SECTION

OF

A S P R E S E N T L Y

B E M A I N T A I N E D ,

A L L OTHER

SOME

2 2 , 0 0 0

A N D I

TI S

I M P R O V E M E N T S

V E H I C L E S

B E I N G

T W O U L D I

A N T I C I I N

P E R D A Y

T H E

WOULD

U S 9 9 E .

E6 - WATER STREET EXPRESSWAY (OREGON CITY, US99E)


GLADSTONE - OREGON CITY

S E C T I O N

C O S T

TO

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

(MILES)
GLADSTONE

TOTAL

TENTH

STREET

1 . 20

22 . 0 0 0

1 . 20

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

PAVING

($)

($)
200.000

200 . 0 0 0

200 , 000

- -

200 . 0 0 0

200 . 000

- -

200,000

1
- 1 06-

N
VANCOUVER

WATER

-107-

STREET

EXPRESSWAY

T H E

ROUTING
(CEDAR
AND

M U L T N O M A H

CONNECTING

E X P R E S S W A Y

A NOUTER

H I L L S - T U A L A T I N )

I N I T SC O U R S E

H I G H W A Y
M U L T N O M A H
F E E D E R

A R E A

R O U T E

WITH

M A J O R

A N

E A S T - W E S T

EXPRESSWAY

S E R V E

FREEWAY

B Y T H ES C H O L L S

S T R E E T S .

A N D WOULD
T O B A R B U R

T H EP O R T L A N D - S A L E M

I S I N T E R S E C T E D

A N DO T H E R

C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L

A S A

B O U L E V A R D

FERRY

B I S E C T S T H E

D I S T R I B U T I O N A N D

A N DP 0 R T L A N D - SA L E M

FREEWAY.

T H I S ,
BE

CONSTRUCTED

I T S

W E S T E R L Y

A S WOULD
TO FOUR

P O R T I O N S

B E A V E R T O N - AuRORA
10,000

VEHICLES

APPROXIMATELY
W A Y

TION

I T S L E N G T H .

ATED

I N GRADE

I M P O R T A N T
NOT

E7 - MULTNOMAH EXPRESSWAY
CEDAR HILLS-TUALATIN EXPRESSWAY - PORTLANDSALEM FREEWAY

H I L L S - T U A L A T I N

O L E S O N

H I G H W A Y
ROAD

TOTAL

P A R T

O F A

LENGTH

TO

E X P R E S S W A Y

S C H O L L S
O L E S O N

TO

A N D ,

WHEN

C R E E K

COUPLED

D E V E L O P

W I L L

S I G N A L I Z E D

O F

W I L L

P O S S I B L E .

LATE

A N

RATHER

T R A F F I C
MOST

B E SEPAROTHER

B EC H A N N E L I Z E D
U N T I L

I S

THROUGHOUT

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

P O R -

WITH T H E

E X P R E S S W A Y ,

A N D W I L L

I N T E R C H A N G E

C O N T I N U O U S

O N T H ES O U T H E R L Y

F O R A N I N T E R C H A N G E

I N T E R S E C T I O N S
B E

INCREASE

L E S S

B U T W I L L

I N T H E

2 0 - Y E A R

O FP L A N N I N G .

COST
TRAFFIC

H I G H W A Y
ROAD

P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

LANES

(1975)
(MILES)

S C H O L L S

WITH

1 9 7 5 F O R SOME

E C T I O N

FROM

C E D A R

I N

WOULD

A N D NEIGHBORHOODS.

A L L MAJOR

N E C E S S A R I L Y

PERIOD

I S A

A R T E R I A L

O FS E R V I C E

COMMUNITIES

I N

O F T H E E X I S T I N G

F R E E W A Y .

A N DJ O H N S O N

E A S T - W E S T

WOULD
THAT

PER DAY AS THE EXPRESS-

R O U T I N G

O F P O R T L A N D

F R E E W A Y

L E V E L

BETWEEN
OF

E X P R E S S W A Y

CARE
VOLUME

VEHICLES

C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L

E X C E L L E N T

H I G H

WOULD

T H E P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

O F T H EC I T Y

S E L L W O O D

H I G H W A Y

PER D A Y , WHICH

T H I S
E A S T - W E S T

E X P R E S S W A Y S ,

A N D I T I S E X P E C T E D

I N T H EV I C I N I T Y

1 8 , 0 0 0

I N T E R S E C T S

A L L O T H E R

L A N E S

F R E E W A Y

(ADT)

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

(I)

PAviNG
NO.

(!)

($)

1 . 50

10 , 0 0 0

375 , 000

1 50 . 000

525,000

1 20.000

645.000

1.10

1 5,000

250.000

1 00 . 000

350.000

90.000

440.000

2 . 70

1 8 . 000

450,000

7 5 , 000

525.000

2 1 0 , 000

1,075,000

325 . 000

5 . 30

1 , 400.000

420.000

1.820.000

-1 08-

735.000

N
VANCOUVER

MULTNOMAH

EXPRESSWAY

TROUTDALE
WOOD VILLAGE

109-

T H I S
B R I D G E
A N D

E X P R E S S W A Y

A N DF O L L O W S

F E S S E N D E N

T H E N

S T R E E T S .
THE

N . E .

AND

FROM

S O U T H

T O
A T

P O R T L A N D

B O U L E V A R D ;

U T I L I Z E D
TRACKS

J U S T

S O U T H

A N D NORTH

O F

S T R E E T

THEN

O F

P A R K R O S E

O F C U L L Y

R O A D

A L O C A T I O N

J U S T

L I N E

T H E U N I O N
TO

N I N T H

R E C O N S T R U C T

T O A P O I N T

V I R G I N

C O L U M B I A

A N D

T O

T OF O L L O W

L O U I S

A R E A A N D

O F

T O T H EV I C I N I T Y

J O H N S

S T .

L O M B A R D

I S P L A N N E D

E A S T E R L Y

O FK I L L I N G S W O R T H

C O L U M B I A

S O U T H

N . E .

I T

H I G H W A Y

P O I N T

J U S T

N E A R

P O I N T

T H ES T .

T H E S T . J O H N S

L I N E

P O I N T

W I T H

A P P R O X I M A T I N G

A R O U N D

V I R G I N

A
S U C H

T H I S

C O N N E C T S

L O C A T I O N

S T R E E T S

T R A V E R S E S

B O U L E V A R D

J U S T

A G A I N

B E Y O N D

WOULD

P A C I F I C

B E

R A I L R O A D

C O N N E C T I O N

WITH

1 2 2 N D

A V E N U E .

T H I S
R O U T E

A L O N G

MAJOR

STREETS

THE

C A S C A D E

U N I O N
AND

N O R T H E A S T

P O R T L A N D

T H I S

W I L L

IN

GRADE

D E L A W A R E

B R I D G E
F R E E W A Y

L A U R E L H U R S T
C A S C A D E

FREEWAY

F R E E W A Y

TOTAL

A L O N G

T H E
N O R T H

I N D I R E C T

A I R P O R T

A N D

3 0 . 0 0 0

A V E N U E

C O N N E C T I O N S

W I L L

W I L L

O F

I T I S

P E RD A Y

S E C T I O N

E A S T

SOME

1 0 . 0 0 0

MADE

EXPRESSWAY
S E P A R A T I O N

P O S S I B L E .

L O C A T I O N S

B U TT H R O U G H O U T

V E H I C L E S

I N T E R S E C T I N G

THROUGH

T R A F F I C

WILL

O F T H E

I N T E R C H A N G E

A N D OTHER

I N SOME

WILL

F O U R

P O R T I O N

F R E E W A Y S

T H E FREEWAYS

BE

T O

T H E

VEHICLES

STREETS

I N T E R C H A N G E

C R O S S - T R A F F I C

A N D I N

F A C I L I T Y .

WITH

MAJOR

CONTROL.

T H E

SUCH

MADE

A T

C O N S T R U C T E D

MOST

SOME

B E UNDER

O F I T S L I N E A L

B E R E S T R I C T E D .

C O S T '
TO

D E L A W A R E

F R E E W A Y

L A U R E L H U R S T
CASCADE
122ND

TO

A N

O N

FROM

J O H N S

BE

B E

L E N G T H

I N

1 2 2 N D

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

S I G N A L I Z E D
PORTION

A F F O R D S

A N DC A S C A D E

W H I L E

TO

WILL

W I T H

W I L L

E N T I R E

U T I L I Z E

EXPRESSWAY.

M I N O R

I N D U S T R I A L ,

B O U L E V A R D

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

B Y 1 9 7 5 SOME

FREEWAY

L O C A T I O N S .

ST.

I T S

S E C T I O N .

C O N N E C T I O N S

E X P R E S S W A Y

THAT

D A Y

T H E

O F

A N D

S T O C K Y A R D S .

T H EL A U R E L H U R S T

C A S C A D E

A L S O

O F T H E

C E R T A I N

L A U R E L H U R S T

S E R V I C E S

I T

EXPECTED
T H I S

C O N N E C T I N G

A N D I N T E R - T I E S

A N D C O L U M B I A

B E T W E E N

U S E

S E V E R A L

E S T A B L I S H M E N T S

T H E P O R T L A N D

T H R O U G H O U T

P E R

E C T

A L S O

P O R T L A N D .

TO

THE

R A I L R O A D

O F

( D E L A W A R E .

A N D M A N U F A C T U R I N G

P A C I F I C

L A N E S

I T

G I V E S

T E R M I N U S

F R E E W A Y S

F R E E W A Y S ) .

C O N N E C T I O N
THE

L O C A T I O N

A N D EXPRESSWAYS

N O R T H - S O U T H

W H O L E S A L E

E8 - COLUMBIA EXPRESSWAY (US3O-BYPASS)


ST. JOHNS BRIDGE - 122ND AVENUE

O V E R - A L L

T H E N O R T H E R N

FREEWAY

FREEWAY

AVENUE

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)
3 . 80

LANES
No.

GRADING
&
PAVING
($)

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

2.230.000

2.100.000

4.330.000

1. 980.000

1 . 950.000

3 . 9 3 0 . 000

20.000

1 . 330 . 000

900 . 000

3 . 50

17 . 0 0 0

1 . 230 . 000

. 7 5 0 . 000

2 . 40

30 . 0 0 0

940.000

2 .00

1 0 . 000

800.000

11.70

4 . 300 . 000

-110-

1 . 650 . 000

940 . 0 0 0

1 . 350 . 0 0 0

2 . 290.000

800 . 0 0 0

1.280.000

2 . 080.000

5,950,000

6 , 680 . 000

12.630.000

N
VANCOUVER

COLUMBIA

111-

EXPRESSWAY

THE
DESIGNED
THE

SUNSET

SECTION,

CONGESTED
V I C I N I T Y

T H E A P P R O X I M A T E

A N D I T

CLES

PER

TO

R O U T E

U N T I L
WAY

DAY

WILL

USE

FREEWAY

A P P R O A C H E S

T H E SECTION
REACHES

SOME

AS

IN T H E C A N Y O N

THE

RESIDENTIAL

G R O W S .

L O C A T I O N

I S A N T I C I P A T E D

T H E S U N S E T

THE

ESPECIALLY

H I L L S

ROAD

IS S O L O C A T E D A N D
ROAD

IF O T H E R A L T E R N A T E R O U T E S A R E N O T

BECOME

C E D A R

FOLLOWS

EXPRESSWAY

A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RELIEFFOR

FREEWAY,

WHICH WILL,

IMPROVED.
T H E

BARNES ROAD

AS TO AFFORD

T H I S

O F T H E E X I S T I N G

THAT

BY

THE

SECTION

W I T H

THESE

1975 SOME
IMMEDIATELY

VOLUMES

T H E C E N T R A L

BETWEEN
3 0 . 0 0 0

23RD

P E R

IN

BARNES

8 , 0 0 0

VEHI-

ADJACENT

I N C R E A S I N G

B U S I N E S S

AVENUE

V E H I C L E S

AREA

E X P R E S S W A Y

A S

D I S T R I C T

A N D S T A D I U M

FREE-

D A Y .

E9 - BARNES ROAD EXPRESSWAY


SUNSET FREEWAY - STADIUM FREEWAY

S E C T I O N

FROM

C O S T

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

S U N S E T
S K Y L I N E

F R E E W A Y
B O U L E V A R D

TOTAL

LANES
No.

GRADING

&

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($1

($)

($)

($)

($)

S K Y L I N E

B O U L E V A R D

2 . 50

8 . 000

750.000

S T A D I U M

F R E E W A Y

2 . 00

1 2.000

940.000

4 . 50

STRUCTURES

PAVING

670 . 000

1 . 4 2 0 , 000

7 50.000

940 . 000

1 , 600,000

2.540.000

670 . 000

2 . 360 . 000

2,350,000

4,710.000

1 . 6 9 0 . 000

2 . 170 . 0 0 0

r
i
!

-112-

N
VANCOUVER

BARNES

-113-

ROAD

EXPRESSWAY

THE

TION
ING

JOHNSON

OF THE S O U T H E R L Y
COMPOSED

FREEWAY,

OF

AND

MAKES

DIRECT

AND

L A U R E L H U R S T

A P P R O X I M A T I N G
P A R A L L E L I N G
THE
WITH

122ND

SOME

1 5 , 0 0 0

O F 122ND

AVENUE

P E R

AND

W I L L

I N

BECOME

I N D U S T R I A L

D I S T R I C T S

OF

I S

I N T E G R A L

D E V E L O P M E N T

THE PORTLAND

L I N E

C R E E K A N D

COMPANY

L I N E

T O

I N

CONNECTION

OF

BY

1975

THE SECTION

FREEWA.YS

E A S T E R L Y

ALONG

I T MAKES

EXPECTED

AN

H I G H -

FREEWAY

FREEWAY.

I N

T H E

T H I S

O F J O H N S O N

WHERE

ROUT-

SELLWOOD

THE S E L L W O O D

T R A C T I O N

P E R DAY

A N D CASCADE

D A Y

BANK

EXPRESSWAY

CONTINUA-

THE

A N DI S L O C A T E D

HOOD

EXPRESSWAY.

WITH

AVENUE

AND M T .

V E H I C L E S

L A U R E L H U R S T

ROUTE

FREEWAY

I S

CIRCUMFERENTIAL

EXPRESSWAY.

CREEK

CONNECTION

T H ENORTH

T H I S

C L E S

JOHNSON

T H EP O R T L A N D

V I C I N I T Y

EXPRESSWAY

THE MULTNOMAH

THE

WAY

CREEK

CROSS-TOWN

A N D SOME

S E C T I O N
PART
T H E

8 , 0 0 0

T H E R E O F .

OF

T H E

EAST

METROPOLITAN

TO

SERVE

BETWEEN

T H E

V E H I T H I S

R E S I D E N T I A L

A N D

S O U T H E A S T

AREA.

E10 - JOHNSON CREEK EXPRESSWAY


LAURELHURST FREEWAY - MT. HOOD FREEWAY

COST

S E C T I O N

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

L A U R E L H U R S T
C A S C A D E

FREEWAY

F R E E W A Y

TOTAL

C A S C A D E
M T .

HOOD

F R E E W A Y
F R E E W A Y

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
NO.

GRADING
&
PAVING
($)

STRUCTURES

($)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

2 . 30

1 5,000

57 5 . 0 0 0

190 . 000

76 5 , 0 0 0

1 . 27 5 . 0 0 0

2 . 40

8 . 000

600 . 000

2 1 0 , 000

8 1 0 , 000

1.290.000

2 . 1 0 0 . 000

1,17 5 , 0 0 0

400 , 000

1 , 575 , 0 0 0

2 , 56 5 , 000

4 . 1 4 0 . 000

4 . 70

1 14-

2,040.000

N
VANCOUVER

JOHNSON CREEK

-115 -

EXPRESSWAY

T H I S
FOR

PATED

E V E N

D E V E L O P
T H I S

SUNSET
THIS

OF

ORENCO

IT

H A S A S I T SO B J E C T I V E

H I G H W A Y ,

AND

WILL

TEND

FELT

THE

ROAD:

FREEWAY,

BE A V A I L A B L E

I T I S

O F THIS
B E I N G

NORTH

SUNSET

THUS,
AND

THE

OF

IN 1 9 7 5 W O U L D

BARNES

AMOUNT

THE
THE

IMPROVED

FOR USE BY THIS

REPORT,

I T . T o

H l L L S B O R O A N D

FREEWAY

THE

R E L I E F
A N T I C I -

I M P R O V E D ,

T O C O N G E S T

B E T W E E N

ADVISABLE.

GENERALLY

INTERSECTS

IS E X P E C T E D

OF STUDY

L O C A T I O N

WAS
IS

CORNELL

THE SUNSET

WOULD

W H I C H

FREEWAY

TO

W H I C H

I TI SC U R R E N T L Y

A NA L T E R N A T E

EXPRESSWAY

PROXIMITY
ROAD,

T H O U G H

C A P A C I T I E S

E N D

OF

WAY

V A L L E Y

BY THE END O F THE PERIOD

W I L L .

THE

E X P R E S S W A Y

T H ET U A L A T I N

ROAD

LOCATION
COMMUNITY
IN

EXPRESS-

TRAFFIC.

TO 8,000

CLOSE

CORNELL

WHICH

VEHICLES

PER DAY.

E11 - HlLLSBORO EXPRESSWAY


WHEELER AVENUE - SUNSET FREEWAY

S E C T I O N

FROM

C O S T

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

W H E E L E R

A V E N U E

TOTAL

S U N S E T

F R E E W A Y

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

1 . 25

8 . 000

1.25

LANES
No.
4

GRADING

ft

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

225,000

155,000

380,000

350 . 0 0 0

730 . 000

225 , 0 0 0

155,000

380 . 000

350 , 0 0 0

730,000

STRUCTURES

PAVING
($)

- 1 1 6-

N
VANCOUVER

HILLSBORO

EXPRESSWAY

TROUTVILLAGE

-117-

THE
P A R T

O F

M E T R O P O L I T A N
BYPASS
WAY,

AREA

I T S

T I O N ,

AND SPOKANE.
I T

V I C I N I T Y
WEST

MAKES
OF

COMMUNITY

FREEWAY
ROAD

WITH

FREEWAY
AFFORD

I S

OF

THE

PER

AND

THE

PER

OF

THAT

AND

AND

THESE

BETWEEN

6.000

SUNSET

TO T H E

P O R T I O N

OF T H E
R A I L R O A D

UPPER

BOONES

OF

FERRY

ROUTING,
THE

EXPRESSWAY,

1 9 75
BE

WOULD

CIRCUMFERENAREA.

T R A F F I C

USING

THIS

VOLUMES

AND

PER

VOLUMES
F A C I L I T Y

WILL

TLGARD

VEHICLES

WHEN

LAURELHURST

METROPOLITAN

BY

LOCAI N T H E

BEAVERTON

SOUTHERLY

WOULD

MOST

P A C I F I C

RAILWAY

HIGHWAY

PORTLAND

DAY

OREGON

T H E P 0 R T L A N D - SA LEM

THE

AND

DAY

FOR THE

T H E E X I S T I N G

WITH

J O H N S - S U N S E T

WESTERLY

BEAVERTON

FREEWAY

TO

EXTENSION

EXPECTED

VEHICLES

LAND-SALEM
BEAVERTON

S T .

VEHICLES

SOUTH

8 . 0 0 0

THE

H I G H -

FREEWAY

CENTRAL

T H I S

SOUTHERLY

AROUND

I T

TO

U T I L I Z A T I O N

COMPLETE

ROUTING

P A R A L L E L

CONNECTION

FREE-

R I V E R

T H E SOUTHERN

BYPASSES

T H E

THROUGHOUT

T H E SUNSET

T H E

INTERCHANGE.
THE

AND
A

1 5 , 0 0 0

JUST

T I G A R D

THROUGH

I T

THROUGH

C E R T A I N

AND SEATTLE

TO

M I L L .

AND MAKES

T R A F F I C

COUPLED

TIAL

CEDAR

O F

PORTLAND

AFFORDS

DESTINED

O F

O F

C O L U M B I A

FOLLOWS,

R O U T I N G

CONNECTION

A N D TRAVERSES

LOCATION

T R I P S

HIGHWAY

T H E

T I M E

FORMS

R O U T I N G

THE P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

A N D LOWER

VALLEY

T H I S

D I S T A N C E ,

COMPANY

T H E SAME

BETWEEN

FREEWAY

A R E A S .

EXPRESSWAY

C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L

A N D A T

FOR WILLAMETTE

COASTAL
OF

H I L L S - T U A L A T I N

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S

THE SUNSET

WAY

OF

CEDAR

W E S T E R L Y

D I M I N I S H
THE

DAY

PORT-

BETWEEN

FREEWAY.

E12 - CEDAR HILLS-TUALATIN EXPRESSWAY


SUNSET FREEWAY - PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY

COST

S E C T I O N

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)
SUNSET

FREEWAY

M U L T N O M A H
S C H O L L S

E X P R E S S W A Y
H I G H W A Y

T I G A R D

TOTAL

2 . 35

BEAVERTON
M U L T N O M A H

BEAVERTON

S C H O L L S

E X P R E S S W A Y
H I G H W A Y

T I G A R D
P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

FREEWAY

6 . 000

LANES
NO.

GRADING
&
PAVING

($)

STRUCTURES

($)

500 . 0 0 0

1 . 57

15.000

3 10. 000

1 . 66

1 0 . 000

350.000

1 . 42

9 . 000

340 . 0 0 0

2.10

8 . 000

490 , 0 0 0
1 , 990 . 000

905 , 0 0 0

9.10

-118-

225,000

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

(!)

7 25.000

950 , 000

3 10. 000

1 60 . 0 0 0

470.000

470 . 0 0 0

90 , 0 0 0

560 , 0 0 0

1 70 . 0 0 0

510. 000

220 . 0 0 0

7 30,000

390 , 0 0 0

880 , 000

500 , 0 0 0

1 . 380.000

1 20 , 0 0 0

2,895.000

1 . 920.000

1 . 675 . 000

4,815,000

N
VANCOUVER

CEDAR .HILLS - T U A L A T I N
EXPRESSWAY

TROUTDALE
WOOD VILLAGE

-119-

T H E
A P P R O X I M A T E
L Y I N G

J U S T

L E N G T H .

O A T F I E L D
L O C A T I O N

T OT H ES O U T H

P A C I F I C
B E T W E E N

H I G H W A Y

C O N V E R T

T H E P R E S E N T

M A J O R

U S A G E

THEREOF

SN O T F E L T

S T R E E T

B E T W E E N

O R E G O N

N E C T I O N

C I T Y
T W O U L D

N O R T H
T O C A R E

L O C A T I O N

O F

M C L O U G H L I N

1 0 , 0 0 0

T H R O U G H
F R E E W A Y

W I T H

T H I S

D I R E C T C O N -

A N DT O

S U C H

O A K

B O U L E V A R D

B U T

C O U P L E D
T OM A K E

FREEWAY

G R O V E .

F O R S O M E

B O U L E A N D

O FT H E C A S C A D E

B EP O S S I B L E

I T S
T H E

B EP R A C T I C A L T O

S T A N D A R D S ,

A N D G L A D S T O N E

O FO A K

( M C L O U G H L I N

T W O U L D

R O A D
O F

F O R

O FG L A D S T O N E

P O R T I O N

T OT H EL A U R E L H U R S T

B O U L E V A R D
E X P E C T E D

T H A T

MOST

A SA R E L I E F

U S 9 9 E ,

T OE X P R E S S W A Y

O FT H E S O U T H E R N

E X P R E S S W A Y ,

T OS E R V E
E A S T .

I SA L O N G T H E
O A T F I E L D

THROUGHOUT

T H EC O M M U N I T I E S

G R O V E .

F R O M

TI

E X P R E S S W A Y

F T H EE X I S T I N G

I T I S D E S I G N E D

P R E S E N T
V A R D )

R O A D
O

M C L O U G H L I N

E X P R E S S W A Y

V E H I C L E S

P E R D A Y

S
B Y

1975.

E l 3 - OATFIELD ROAD EXPRESSWAY


LAURELHURST FREEWAY - CASCADE FREEWAY

FROM

C O S T

TO

TRAFFIC

LENGTH
(MILES)

M C L O U G H L I N
TOTAL

B O U L E V A R D

C A S C A D E

FREEWAY

LANES

(1975)
(ADT)
1 0 , 000

3.10
3.10

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

No.

($)

($)

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

975 . 000

165 , 0 0 0

1 . 1 4 0 . 000

760.000

1 . 900.000

97 5 , 0 0 0

165.

1 . 1 4 0 . 000

760.000

1 . 900

-120-

CONSTR.

PAviNG

000

. 000

AT
i

VANCOUVER

OATFIELD

- 121 -

ROAD EXPRESSWAY

T H I S
TION
OF

OF
ITS

LENGTH

B R I D G E

AND

TERMINUS
AS

ITS

OUTER

EXPRESSWAY

GERMANTOWN

WITH

I T

C O N N E C T S

FUNCTION

OF

M A K I N G

C I R C U M F E R E N T I A L
COLUMBIA

T H I S

THESE

ROUTING

PER

DAY

R E S I D E N T I A L

AT

TO

AND

ROUTE

V I A

THE

ROAD

COMPLETES
THE

AN

PORTLAND

H I L L S - T U A L A T I N

LINK

ST.

JOHNS

NORTHERN

CORNELL

IN

CEDAR
SIDE

S T .

I T S

AND

CONNECTION

THIS

IS

BY

TO

HAS
A

JOHNS

GROWTH

TIME

T O FOUR

INTERCHANGES

A T

ITS

A T I T SCROSSING

EXPECTED

1 9 7 5 .

INCREASE.

C O N S T R U C T E D

AND

DIRECT

EXPRESSWAY

VOLUMES

CIPATED

THE
WEST

THE

AT

LOCA-

PORTION

DUAL

NORTHERLY
BRIDGE

AND

EXPRESSWAY.

V E H I C L E S

SUBURBAN

THE

WITH

EXPRESSWAY

SIDE

W I T H

COMPLETING

GREATER

FREEWAY

THE

WEST

APPROXIMATE

THE

FREEWAY

SUNSET

TERMINUS.

CIRCUMFERENTIAL

A R E A .

5 , 0 0 0

THE

THE

D I R E C T L Y

I N D U S T R I A L

SOUTHERN

EXPRESSWAY

FOLLOWS
THROUGHOUT

CONNECTING

THE

AND

ROAD

IN
I T

THAT

THEY

L A N E S
TERMINAL

YET
T H I S
I S

TO
AN

AREA

NOT.

WILL.

P O I N T S .

FOR

SOME

COULD

CAUSE

HOWEVER.

A N T I -

T H E HIGHWAY

T H R O U G H O U T

O F T H EC O R N E L L

CARE

UNPRECEDENTED

W I T H

S K Y L I N E

IS

T R A F F I C
BOULEVARD

ROAD.,

El4 - ST. JOHNS-SUNSET EXPRESSWAY


SUNSET FREEWAY - INDUSTRIAL FREEWAY

S E C T 1

COST

ON

TO

FROM

LENGTH
(MILES)

S T .

J O H N S

S U N S E T

B R I D G E

FREEWAY

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)
5 , 000

10. 50
10 . 50

TOTAL

. 122-

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

&

PAVING
($)

STRUCTURES

($)

CoNSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

200.000

3.240.000

360 . 0 0 0

3 . 600 . 000

3 . 240 , 0 0 0

360 . 0 0 0

3.600.000

200.000

3 . 800.000
3 , 800.000

N
VANCOUVER

ST. JOHNS SUNSET


EXPRESSWAY

TROUTWOOD VILLAGE

-123-

MAJOR

STREETS

-1 25-

T H A T
B O U L E V A R D
R A T H E R
THE

H I G H

L A N D - S A L E M

V O L U M E S
SUCH

I N

F R E E W A Y

A L T H O U G H
1 0 , 0 0 0

B E R T H A

T H E F I R S T

VOLUMES

WOULD

S H O U L D

O F T H E

S E C T I O N

T R A F F I C

B O U L E V A R D

B E R T H A
O N E

O F
I N

W A S H I N G T O N

O F T H E P O R T .

V O L U M E S

I N 1 9 7 5

P E RD A Y I N

S E C T I O N ,

WOULD

A S H I G H

I S

B E A C C O M P L I S H E D

V E H I C L E S

F E WY E A R S

RANGE

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y

T H EC O N S T R U C T I O N

T O O N L Y

H I G H W A Y -

P R O J E C T

- S A LE M

I T

D R I V E

F R E E W A Y .

A M O U N T

C A P I T O L

A S

A W A I T I N G

L I N E - H A R B O R

W O U L D

O F T H I S

P R I O R I T Y

I N T E R I M

C O U N T Y

P O R T I O N

A N D T H EP O R T L A N D

B E

T H E

T R A F F I C

C O N S I D E R A B L E .

A S 3 0 . 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S P E R

DAY.

THE
B R I N G I N G
CONTROL
IN

OF

WORK

W O R D S .

W I T H

T R A F F I C

ANTICIPATED

K E Y I N T E R S E C T I O N S

A N D D E V E L O P I N G

O T H E R

S Y S T E M

TYPE

C E R T A I N

C H A N N E L I Z E D

E S T A B L I S H I N G

O R D E R L Y

C O N T R O L

M O V E M E N T S

WOULD

U N D E R

L E F T - T U R N

W I T H

TO

M O V E M E N T S ;

P R O G R E S S I V E

O F L E F T - T U R N I N G

C O U P L E D

AMOUNT

S I G N A L I Z E D

C O N T R O L

S I G N A L

A N D C R O S S -

O F

S H O U L D E R

PARK I N G .

T H E
W E S T

F R E E W A Y

T H R O U G H
T A I N

W A S H I N G T O N

C O U N T Y

L I N E

W A S H I N G T O N
'

T I G A R D

C O U N T Y

L I N E

3.65
1 . 20
4.85

T O T A L

T H A T

I N

B E S E R V I C I N G

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

B O U L E V A R D

A T S T R A T E G I C

B E N E C E S S A R Y

S I G N A L I Z E D

W I L L

1 9 7 5 T H I S

M E D I A N

S E C T I O N
S O M E

C O N T R O L

A C C E S S

A N DI N S T A L L I N G C E R P O I N T S

I N T H I S S E C -

T O P U TC E R T A I N

C O N T R O L .

I T I S

O F T H EP A C I F I C

2 0 . 0 0 0

H I G H W A Y

P O R T L A N D - S A L E M

V E H I C L E S

H I G H W A Y

P E R

I N T E R -

A N T I C I P A T E D
W E S T

D A Y .

COST

(MILES)

B E R T H A

U N D E R

T O P A R T I A L L Y
R A I S E D

P A C I F I C

A N D T H E

FROM

S . W .

I S L A N D S

T M A Y A L S O

O F T H EP R E S E N T
T I G A R D

S N E C E S S A R Y

C O N S T R U C T I N G

S E C T I O N S

B E T W E E N

L E F T - T U R N

T I O N ,

Ml - BARBUR BOULEVARD
BERTHA BOULEVARD - TlGARD

C O N V E R S I O N

( U S 9 9 W )

-126-

LANES
NO.

GRADING

&

PAVING
($)

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

(*)

(I)

- -

1 30 . 0 0 0

1 30 . 0 0 0

200 . 0 0 0

200.000

200 . 0 0 0

330 . 0 0 0

330 . 0 0 0

330 . 000

8 . 000

130 . 0 0 0

20 . 0 0 0

T H I S
T H A T

U N I O N

I T S
A N D

P R O J E C T

A V E N U E

P R A C T I C A L
(

C A P A C I T Y .

H A W T H O R N E

B R I D G E

OPEN

TO T R A F F I C ,

ERLY

P O R T I O N

A N DO N C E

I T W I L L

I N

B E Y O N D

T H EM O R R I S O N

T O MAKE

P R O J E C T

A P P R O A C H E S

T R A F F I C

M E R I T

T R A F F I C

B R I D G E

A R E R E C O N S T R U C T E D A N D

B E N E C E S S A R Y

O V E R - A L L

T H E B R I D G E

T O S E R V I C E

C A R R Y I N G

A P P R O A C H E S

O F T H I S

I M M E D I A T E L Y .
S I G N E D

I S O N EO F C O N S I D E R A B L E

I S P R E S E N T L Y

O N U N I O N

T H E SOUTH-

O N E - W A Y

H A V E

C O U P L E T

B E E N

A N DG R A N D

S O

D E -

A V E N U E S

A S

B E N E C E S S A R Y

T O

O N E - W A Y .

AT
P U T

T H E S E

L A T E R

T H E O U T S E T

S T R E E T S

DATE

I T

N O R T H E R L Y

S E R V I C E

T R A F F I C

CARE

T I M E
W H I C H

W I L L

STREET.
IN

WILL

THE

FREMONT

BE

WILL

F R E M O N T
N . E .
E A S T

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y

BROADWAY
B U R N S I D E
TOTAL

S T R E E T

A D E Q U A T E L Y
N O R T H -

R E L I E V E

| T

I S

SOME

T R A F F I C

INSTALLED

ON

INSTALLED
A N D FLOW

AND ACQUIRE

NORTHERLY

SIGNALS

OF

RIGHT

PORTIONS

AVENUE

WIDEN
OF

WHERE

ONE-WAY

OF

COULD
SOME

AN

THOSE

ORDERLY

ACCOMMODATED.

PORTIONS

OF

GRAND

WAY F O R N E W C O N S T R U C T I O N
GRAND

AVENUE

OF

PER DAY

WITH

THAT
BE

COUP-

SOUTH

N E C E S S I T Y ,

P A I R I N G
SO

M A J O R

CONSTRUCTED

P E R DAY

WOULD.

O F

F R E E W A Y S

VEHICLES

AVENUE

TRAFFIC

TO

THIS

20,000

GRAND

ON U N I O N

NECESSARY

THAT

I S

H A V E

P E R I O D

O N T H I S

SYSTEM

VEHICLES

A N D SOME

W I L L

O F C E R T A I N

T H E L O A D

EXPECTED

3 0 , 0 0 0

A R T E R I A L

I S

NOT

I N

PRES-

IMPROVED.

C O S T

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)

L O M B A R D

A T A

T H E O N E - W A Y

I M P O R T A N T

FROM

N . E .

T H A T

C O N S I D E R A B L E

THE FREEWAY

FREEWAY

BE

T H I S

F O RA

C O N S T R U C T I O N

THOUGH

SERVICE

PROGRESSION

AVENUE

T H A T

T R A F F I C

F I N A L

THEREOF.
TO

ENTLY

R E A L I Z E D

OPERATION.

PRESENTLY

THE

F E L T

S O A S T O

T O U S E T H I S

U L T I M A T E L Y

LET

I T

I S

TO C O N T I N U E

B R O A D W A Y

D E S I R I N G

I S

EVEN

AND

NORTH

- UN ION-GRAND AVENUE ONE-WAY COUPLET


LOMBARD STREET - D I V I S I O N STREET

O N L Y
| T

B E N E C E S S A R Y
B E Y O N D

F O RH E A V Y

A W A I T I N G

HAVE

WOULD

O N E - W A Y .

A R T E R I A L .

I T
TO

M2

W I L L

C O U P L E T

S O U T H

| T

U N D E R

F R E M O N T

F R E E W A Y

17 , 0 0 0

2 .08

LANES
NO.

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

PAVING

($)

($)

350.000

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

(*)

($)

- -

350.000

300.000

6 50.000

400 . 0 0 0

535.000

0.82

30 . 0 0 0

135.000

135. 000

E A S T

B U R N S I D E

S T R E E T

0 . 83

30 . 0 0 0

85,000

85.000

S . E .

D I V I S I O N

S T R E E T

1.14

30 . 0 0 0

50 . 000

N . E .

BROADWAY

620,000

4 .87

8 5,000

500 . 000

550,000

95 000

645.000

500 . 000

1 . 1 2 0 , 000

79 5 . 0 0 0

1 . 9 1 5 . 000

-1 2 7 -

THIS

PROJECT

BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE
BARBUR
M A J O R

BOULEVARD
S T R E E T

CONSTRUCTED
L A N E S .
T R A F F I C
DAY

AS WELL

S T A N D A R D S .

VOLUMES

F O RT H E IMPROVEMENT
BETWEEN

BEAVERTON

A S S.W. B E R T H A
P R O J E C T S

L A T E

I NT H E P E R I O D

DEMANDS

A M O U N T I N G

U N T I L

O F STUDY
T OSOME

H I G H W A Y - BERTHA
T H E GLENCULLEN

M A Y DOUBLE

A N D W I L L

OF

AND

HIGHWAY
O F T H I S

1 0 , 0 0 0

REQUIRE

AND P R O H I B I T I O N

THE

B E I N G

I SB U I L T ,

P A R T I A L

ALONG

R E P O R T ,

T U A L A T I N

V A L L E Y

S E L L W O O D

F R E E W A Y

P E R

T A N T

A R E

T R I P S

T H E F A C I L I T Y .

C O N N E C T I O N

T H E S U N S E T

A N DE A S T E R L Y .

H I G H W A Y

N E I G H B O R H O O D

A N D A S A

H I G H W A Y ,

I N T H EO V E R - A L L

METROPOLITAN

THESE

O FT H I S

I NS E R V I C I N G

H O M E - T O - W O R K

SECTION

O FPARKING

I M P O R T A N C E

O V E R E M P H A S I Z E D

T O FOUR

V E H I C L E S

BOULEVARD

FREEWAY

ACCESS

THE
S.W.

BOULEVARD TO

A R E P R E S E N T L Y

O N T H E B E AV E R T O N - H I L L S D A L E

I NT H E SCHOLLS

EXPECTED.

CALLS

HIGHWAY

T H U S ,

ACCOMMODATION

C A N N O T B E
T R A F F I C A N D

B E T W E E N

F R E E W A Y ,
I

T H E

A N D

T B E C O M E S

O FT R A F F I C

T H E

I M P O R -

I N

T H E

AREA.

CONTROL O F

M3 - BEAVERTON-HILLSDALE HIGHWAY (ORE10)


AND BERTHA BOULEVARD
BEAVERTON - BARBUR BOULEVARD

SLAVIN RD . -BARBUR BLVD. INTERSECTION


S E C T I O N

C O S T

FROM

TRAFFIC

LENGTH

TO

(1975)
{MlLES)

B E A V E R T O N
W A S H I N G T O N
B E R T H A

W A S H I N G T O N
C O U N T Y

B O U L E V A R D

L I N E

'

S E C T I O N

B A R B U R

C O U N T Y

B O U L E V A R D

L I N E

(ADT)

NO.

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

350.000

250 , 000

600.000

PAVING
($)

($)

2.94

1 0 . 000

350.000

3 . 36

1 0 . 000

410.000

190.000

600 . 000

7 5 . 000

67 5 , 0 0 0

0.91

1 0 . 000

1 6 0 . 000

1 20 . 000

280.000

40.000

320 . 000

9 20 . 0 0 0

3 1 0 . 000

7.21

TOTAL

LANES

'

-128-

1 , 230 . 000

36 5 , 0 0 0

1.595,000

IT
LANE
OF

I SD E S I R E D

STANDARDS

A PRESENTLY

O S W E G O

DEFICIENT

H I G H W A Y

C A R R I E S

WORK

TRIPS AND WILL

TANT

LINK

PORTLAND
W O O D
1975
DAY.
TAKE

AREA

F R E E W A Y

WHEN

A VERY

SOME
PLACE

CAPACITY

O FSTREETS

T H E OSWEGO

CARE

PORTION

LOAD

T H E

INCREASINGLY

IMPOR-

A N D HIGHWAYS

I N

I N T H I S

THAT B Y

VEHICLES P E R

P R O J E C T
THROUGH

A N D

T H E

A N D T H E SELL-

2 5 , 0 0 0

E X P E N D I T U R E

3 6 F T . T O4 4 F T . )

O F

O F H O M E - T O -

I T I S E X P E C T E D

F O R SOME

A HEAVY

THIS

EXPRESSWAY

O F T H EI M P R O V E M E N T

(FROM

T O FOUR-

BECOME AN EVER

WILL

W I T H O U T

THIS

HEAVY

A R EC O M P L E T E D .

STREET

STREET

T H E CARRYING

ARTERIAL.

IN T H E NETWORK

THIS

W I D E N I N G

T O IMPROVE

S OA S T O INCREASE

C O U L D
N O M I N A L

P R O H I B I T I O N O F

P ARK I N G .

M4 - MACADAM STREET
HAMILTON STREET - SELLWOOD BRIDGE

S E C T

1 ON

FROM

C O S T

TO

LENGTH

S.W.

H A M I L T O N

T O T A L

S T R E E T

S E L L W O O D

B R I D G E

TRAFFIC

LANES

( 1975)
(MILES)
1.85

(ADT)
2 5,000

NO .
4

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

PAVING

($)

($)
3 50 , 0 0 0

'

3 5 0 . 0 0 0

1.85

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

350,000

350 . 000

350,000

350,000

"1
1

- 1 29-

CONSTR.

T H I S

ERLY

P R O J E C T

APPROACH

T H E

E X T E N S I O N

O F

M A D I S O N

S T R E E T S

TO

F O R T R A F F I C

C A R E

2 5 , 0 0 0

LET

C O N S I D E R S

TO T H E H A W T H O R N E
O N E - W A Y

T H R O U G H O U T

V E H I C L E S

C O U P L E T
M O S T

D E S I R I N G

EAST

OF GRAND

E X P E C T E D

T H A T

T H EH A W T H O R N E

3 0 , 0 0 0

BE

V E H I C L E S
U N T I L

IT
F I C

S I G N A L

THE

P R O J E C T

WOULD

BY

O N H A W T H O R N E
S I D E

B R I D G E .

P E RD A Y , T H E T R A F F I C

| T

S E R V E

O N T H I S

BRIDGE

I S

A R E A

C O U P -

WHILE

WOULD

A N D

S O M E

T O U S E T H I S

1 9 7 5 .

B R I D G E

FREEWAY

EAST-

VIADUCT AND

O F T H E E A S T

D E S I R E

AVENUE

T H EM T . HOOD

CONSIDERABLY

ON A

T O U S E T H I S

P E RD A Y W O U L D

JUST

W I L L .

T H ER E C O N S T R U C T E D

BRIDGE

I S

SOME
B R I D G E

CONSTRUCTED.

H I G H E R .

W I L L

B E NECESSARY

CONTROL

O N T H E

S O THAT

TO A D DA D D I T I O N A L

O N E - W A Y

A N ORDERLY

C O U P L E T

P R O G R E S S I O N

TRAF-

P O R T I O N
O F

O F

T R A F F I C

RESULT.

M6 - HAWTHORNE BRIDGE APPROACH AND HAWTHORNEMADISON STREET ONE-WAY COUPLET


WILLAMETTE RIVER - 50TH AVENUE

S E C T i O N

C O S T

TO

FROM

LENGTH
(MILES)

W I L L A M E T T E

R I V E R

S . E .

G R A N D

A V E N U E

S . E .

2 0 T H

S . E .

3 9 T H

T O T A L

LANES
NO.

GRADING

&

PAVING

STRUCTURES

($)

($)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

1 , 800 . 000

1 . 000,000

2 . 800 , 000

0 . 38

25,000

A V E N U E

0.79

25.000

140 , 0 0 0

1 40 . 0 0 0

3 9 T H

A V E N U E

1.15

15,000

215 .000

2 15,000

125,000

5 0 T H

A V E N U E

0 . 48

1 5 . 000

105.000

105,000

50,000

155,000

2 , 260.000

1,17 5 . 0 0 0

3,435,000

S . E .

G R A N D

S . E .

2 0 T H

A V E N U E

S . E .

A V E N U E

S . E .

'

TRAFFIC
( 1975)
(ADT)

A V E N U E

2 . 80

460 . 0 0 0

' 1,800.000

1,800,000

1 40 , 0 0 0
340 , 000

-131 -

T H I S
D I V I S I O N

I M P R O V E M E N T
S E R V E

P R O J E C T

S T R E E T
W O U L D

T H E F A S T

Y O N D

T H E C O R P O R A T E
T I M E

WAY

STREET

5 O T H

S U C H

P R E S E N T L Y
H I G H W A Y

IT
W I T H I N

2 0 , 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S

T H I S

FOR
OF

U N T I L

E A S T

M A J O R

I N I 9 6 0

F L A N K I N G

BETWEEN

T R A F F I C
W O U L D

T H A T

T H I S
S T R E E T S ,

WOULD

A N D 1 9 6 5 THAN

T H E
O

F AO N E -

W I T H O U T

S T A G -

F O R

T H E

A N DM T . H O O D

F A C I L I T I E S .

T H EP O R T I O N S

S T R E E T .

B E T T E R

A R E A B E -

R E L I E F

ROAD

WOULD

O F T H ECORPORATE

2 1 S TA V E N U E A N D

A F F O R D

P A R A L L E L I N G

P R O P E R

FREEWAYS

)T O

A N D ( 2 )A T

T OM O V E

V A L L E Y

S U C H

T H E W I D E N I N G

O F T H I S

A C C O M M O D A T E

P E R D A Y B Y 1 9 75 A N D T H A T

V O L U M E .

T H EO T H E R

V O L U M E S

P O R T L A N D

S T R E E T

A L E S S E R

T H R O U G H

P O W E L L

A SO T H E R

R T H E E S T A B L I S H M E N T

I SE X P E C T E D

S T R E E T

OF

I M P R O V E M E N T

A S WELL

R E S I D E N T I A L

O FP O R T L A N D ,

I N T E R N A L

O V E R C R O W D E D

L E N G T H .

N S C O P E :

I N T H EA R E A

F O R

S E N T I R E

S I D E

E I T H E R

P R O P E R

COUPLET

A V E N U E ,

N A T I O N .

L I M I T S

T
I

E A S T

T O A R R A N G E ,
S T R E E T

F O R T H E I M P R O V E M E N T
I

B E T W O F O L D

G R O W I N G

S A M E

D I V I S I O N

C A L L S

T H R O U G H O U T

L I M I T S

WOULD

CARE

W I T H

MANY

I NCOMMON
HAVE

T H E Y

H I G H E R

W O U L D

A N DE X P R E S S W A Y S

SOME

T H E S E C T I O N S

T R A F F I C

I N 1 9 7 5

O R

A R E CONSTRUCTED.

M7 - DIVISION STREET
21ST AVENUE - POWELL VALLEY ROAD

S E C T I ON

C O S T

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC

LENGTH

(1975)
(MILES)

E A S T S I D E

E X P R E S S W A Y

L A U R E L H U R S T
S . E .

6 0 T H

C A S C A D E
1 2 2 N D
S . E .

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

1 6 2 N D

G R E S H A M

A V E N U E

R O A D

TOTAL

L A U R E L H U R S T

'

S . E .

6 0 T H

C A S C A D E
1 2 2 N D
S . E .

F R E E W A Y
A V E N U E

1 6 2 N D

G R E S H A M
P O W E L L

F R E E W A Y

A V E N U E

A V E N U E

R O A D
V A L L E Y

R O A D

(ADT)

LANES

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

PAVING
No.

($)

1.12

20.000

200 , 000

0 . 98

20.000

17 5 , 0 0 0

1.12

20 , 0 0 0

1 90 , 0 0 0

2 . 00

1 5.000

3 50 , 0 0 0

2 . 00

1 0 . 000

330.000

330 . 000

330.000

3 . 20

8 . 000

530.000

530.000

530 . 0 0 0

1.30

5 . 000

2 1 0 . 000

2 10,000

2 10,000

1 , 9 8 5 , 000

1.985,000

11.72

-132-

200 . 000

200 , 0 0 0

17 5 , 0 0 0

17 5 , 0 0 0

1 90,000

3 50 , 0 0 0

1.98

5,000

1 90 , 0 0 0
3 50 . 0 0 0

T H I S
OF

L E F T - T U R N

I M P R O V E M E N T
R E F U G E S

R I G H T - T U R N I N G
S E C T I O N S

D O N E

R I G H T

W I D E N I N G

W I T H I N

O F

W A Y

A V E N U E

O F

WILL

A N DEVEN

THIS

VERY

VEHICLES
THE

O F

I S

I N S T A L L A T I O N

O F

A D D I T I O N A L

C E R T A I N

K E Y

8 2 N D

A V E N U E .

O F

P L A C E ,

A S

I N T E R N O

A L L WORK

T H E P R E S E N T

N E C E S S A R Y

F O RU S A G E

C O M P L E T E D ,
E A S T

STILL

SERVE

SOME

C U R B

WOULD

L I N E

H A N D L E

F R E E W A Y .

S T R E E T

22,000

STREET

O R

P E RD A Y BY 1 9 7 5 .

E V E N

E V E R -

P E N D I N G
W I T H

P O R T I O N

T H E

O F

A N D M T . H O O D

TO 2 5 , 0 0 0

A N DSOUTHERLY
WOULD

A N

A R T E R I A L

T H E C E N T R A L

T H ENORTHERLY

A D T ON T H I S

T O

O FT H I S

B U R N S I D E

IMPORTANT

1 9 5 5 - 1 9 6 0

ABLY

T A K E

T H E C A S C A D E

B E T W E E N

DAY

A T

T H E L E N G T H

W O U L D

WORK

F R E E W A Y

WAY

C E T E R A ,

T H E L I M I T S

D E M A N D

C O M P L E T I O N

F O R T H E

L I N E .

S U C H

I N C R E A S I N G

C A S C A D E

E T

T H R O U G H O U T

A D D I T I O N A L
BE

L A N E S .

C A L L S

A N D T H E P R O V I S I O N

CARE

VEHICLES PER
PORTIONS OF

F O RSOME

1 5 . 0 0 0

I T I S TO BE UNDERSTOOD
ARTERIAL

WOULD

8 2 N D
F R E E -

THAT

BE C O N S I D E R -

HIGHER.

M8 - 82ND AVENUE
SANDY BOULEVARD - DUKE STREET

COST

S E C T I O N

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

S A N D Y

B O U L E V A R D

($)

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

1 5 , 000

50,000

S T R E E T

0.75

20.000

30 . 0 0 0

30 . 0 0 0

30.000

1.72

22,000

6 5 . 000

65.000

6 5.000

1.45

20 , 0 0 0

50 , 0 0 0

50,000

50 . 0 0 0

B U R N S I D E

S T R E E T

S . E .

P O W E L L

S . E .

D U K E

TOTAL

PAviNG

1 . 27

B U R N S I D E

B O U L E V A R D

GRADING

F R E E W A Y

F R E E W A Y

P O W E L L

LANES
NO.

B A N F I E L D

B A N F I E L D

S . E .

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

B O U L E V A R D
S T R E E T

5.19

195,000

'

- -

50 , 0 0 0

50 . 0 0 0

19 5 , 0 0 0

19 5 . 0 0 0

- 133-

T H I S
D E M A N D
B E T W E E N
W E S T

A R E A

T H I S

V I S I O N E D ,
S Y L V A N

MAJOR

D E V E L O P M E N T

I N G

W O U L D

O F A D D I T I O N A L

I T

D A Y ;

D O U B L E

S E C T I O N
H O W E V E R .
P E R I O D
U N T I L

E X P R E S S W A Y .
A R T E R I A L S

S E X P E C T E D
W I L L
I

T R A F F I C

I N T E R C O N N E C T I O N
T O P R O H I B I T

B Y 1 9 7 5 T H E

N T H E F I R S T

1 5 , 0 0 0

1 0 - Y E A R

T H E S E

C O N T R O L
S I G N A L I Z -

O F T H E S E C T I O N .

F O R S O M E

O F S T U D Y

E N -

B E A V E R T O N -

A N DT H E

A N DT H E

T H A T

C A R E

I N

A S

I M P R O V E M E N T - - T H E

B EN E C E S S A R Y

M O S T

R E S U L T

I N T H E

C H A N N E L I Z E D

T H R O U G H O U T

H I G H W A Y

T H E WORK

T O M I N O R

A L S O

T H E

R E S I D E N T I A L

WOULD

K E Y I N T E R S E C T I O N S

| T W I L L

P A R K I N G

2 0 - Y E A R

W H I C H

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

A L L S I G N A L S .

S Y L V A N

A M O U N T

A N I M P R O V E M E N T O N

IMPROVEMENT.

O FC E R T A I N

A TC E R T A I N

S H O U L D E R

S E C T I O N

O R E 6 .
I

T H E S T A T E

B U TY E T T OB EP R O G R A M E D

S E C T I O N ,

F E A T U R E S

G R O W I N G

H A S P R O G R A M E D

STREET

I N C R E A S I N G

H I G H W A Y .

A N DE S P E C I A L L Y

A R T E R I A L .

C U R R E N T L Y

R E E D V I L L E - B E A V E R T O N

FOUR-LANE

O F

A N DS Y L V A N ,

T H E E V E R
V A L L E Y

D U ET OT H E R A P I D L Y

F L A N K I N G

D E P A R T M E N T

R E C O G N I Z E S

O N T H ET U A L A T I N

R E E D V I L L E

S L O P E

A R E A S

THE

P R O J E C T

F O RU S A G E

B E A V E R T O N -

V E H I C L E S P E R

P E R I O D

V O L U M E S

W I L L

T H EB E A V E R T O N - H I L L S D A L E

H I G H W A Y .

H I L L S B O R O

A N DO T H E R

E X P R E S S W A Y

O F

T H E

A L M O S T
M U L T N O M A H
R E L I E F

A R E C O N S T R U C T E D .

M9 - TUALATIN VALLEY HIGHWAY


REEDVILLE - MULTNOMAH COUNTY LINE

S E C T I O N

C O S T

LENGTH

TO

FROM

R E E D V I L L E

B E A V E R T O N

B E A V E R T O N

M U L T N O M A H

TOTAL

COUNTY

TRAFFIC
(1975)

(MILES)

L I N E

(ADT)

LANES

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

4.76

8 . 000

3.35

1 5,000

($)

($)
660 . 000

19 5 . 0 0 0

TOTAL

($)

($)

1 9 5 . 000
8 55.000

I
1

- 134-

R/W

($)
660 . 000

8 55,000

8.10

CONSTR.

PAvING
No.

6 10. 000

6 10. 000

1 , 270 . 0 0 0
19 5 . 0 0 0
1.465,000

T H I S
R I G H T S

I T
S T R E E T
TWEEN
WITH

H I G H W A Y

O F WAY O N 1 2 2 N D

W I L L

F A C I L I T Y

SE X P E C T E D

CARE

T H E SOUTHERLY

AND

T H E M T . HOOD

PER

D A Y I N 1 9 7 5 .

T H A T

F O R SOME

T H E B A N F I E L D

U T I L I Z E S

T H E

E X I S T I N G

A V E N U E .

F R E E W A Y
SECTION

FREEWAY

B Y 1 9 7 5

2 0 . 0 0 0

T H I S

V E H I C L E S

A N D E A S T
BETWEEN

S E R V I N G

F O U R - L A N E

P E R D A Y

B U R N S I D E

S . E . D I V I S I O N
SOME

8 , 0 0 0

B E -

S T R E E T ,
STREET
V E H I C L E S

M10 - 122ND AVENUE


SANDY BOULEVARD - JOHNSON CREEK EXPRESSWAY

C O S T

S E C T I O N

FROM

LENGTH

TO

(1975)
(MILES)

C O L U M B I A

B A N F I E L D

E X P R E S S W A Y

TRAFFIC

F R E E W A Y

0 . 80

(ADT)
1 5,000

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

PAVING

tfl
1 2 0 . 0 0 0

B A N F I E L D

F R E E W A Y

B U R N S I D E

B U R N S I D E

S T R E E T

S . E .

S . E .

D I V I S I O N

S T R E E T

M T .

S T R E E T

D I V I S I O N
HOOD

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y

1 . 80

20 . 000

2 7 0 . 0 0 0

1 .70

15,000

2 5 0 . 0 0 0

(l

'240.000

|j

1 . 60

8 . 000

880 . 000

5 . 90

TOTAL

C&M1STR.

1
1
I

1!

'

TOTAL

If)

1 2 0 . 0 0 0

R/W

tfl

<*)

2 7 0 , 0 0 0
I

7 5 , 0 0 0

1 95.000

6 0 0 . 0 0 0

870 . 000

ii

2 5 0 , 0 0 0

2 4 0 . 0 0 0

II
f

8 8 0 . 0 0 0

Ii

4 5 0 . 0 0 0

6 50.000
490 . 000

2 5 0 . 0 0 0
1 . 3 2 5 . 0 0 0 -

2 . 2 0 5 . 0 0 0

1!
||

1
1

II

I
!

- 1 35-

1
f

1
:
i

T H I S
L A N E S

O F T R A F F I C

ACCOMPLISHED
OF

T H E WORK

TION

I N

THROUGH
WOULD

SIGNALS
CARE

C A L L S

F O R T H E C R E A T I O N

T H R O U G H O U T .

S O M E

WIDENING

I T WOULD

F O RT H E SOME

T H E P O R T I O N

O F T H ES T R E E T
THROUGH

BE NECESSARY

A N D DO A N O M I N A L
2 0 . 0 0 0

O F

O F T H E WORK

B EA C C O M P L I S H E D

O FPARKING.

FIC
TO

P R O J E C T

AMOUNT

W O U L D

STREETS.

B E

ENTLY

AND OTHER

PLANS

A S W O U L D

B E E X P E C T E D

B Y

W E S T

PER

O F T H E

IT
1 2 2 N D

DAY

C A S C A D E
E.

L A N D
A T

F R E E W A Y

B U R N S I D E

ALONG

E L E C T R I C

B E C O M E
S E R V I C E

U T I L I Z E

C A S C A D E

O F P O R T L A N D

I N C R E A S I N G L Y
O F T H I S

L I N E

T O

O F

E X T E N D E D

O N

T H E

E N D . B U T

O U T S K I R T S
T O G R O W .

T O U P - G R A D E

O F
I

T H E L E V E L

A V E N U E

W I L L

B EP R E D O M I N A T E L Y

THE

BETWEEN
F A C I L I T Y

PERIOD

A T I O N A L

A S

T O

E X P R E S S W A Y

S T A N D A R D S

E A S T

T O B U I L D
O F 8 2 N D

T H I S

A V E N U E

A N D G R E S H A M

R E Q U I R E

PRES-

O FW A Y

T O

BETWEEN

82ND

AVENUE A N D

P E R D A Y B Y 1 9 7 5

B E T W E E N

1 2 2 N D

P E R D A YW I L L

W I L L

A V E N U E A N D

W H I L E

D E M A N D

I NT H E P O R T I O N

S E R -

R O A D

9 . 0 0 0

T H E U S E O FT H I S

O NWEEKENDS

T H E S E

T H ED E M A N D S O N

B EC O N S I D E R A B L E

TRAVEL

T R I P S

A N D I N T E R C H A N G E O F

H O W E V E R .

W I L L

O FR E C R E A T I O N A L

V E H I C L E S

F A C I L I T Y .

H O M E - T O - W O R K

N E I G H B O R H O O D S :

BETWEEN

D U R I N G

T OT H E M T . HOOD

RECRE-

A R E A .

T H E

H E R E

W I L L

U N T I L

O F

SUCH

F R E E W A Y

B E P O S S I B L E

THAT

V E H I C L E S

F A C I L I T Y ;

W I L L

T H I S

R O U T E .

W O U L D

RIGHTS

OF CONSTRUCTION.

V E H I C L E S

R O U T E .

1 2 . 0 0 0

T H I S

B A N F I E L D
I T

2 0 . 0 0 0

U S E T H I S

A V E N U E .

FROM

T R I P S

G R E S H A M .

M A D E

A T T H E E A S T

C O N T I N U E S

N E C E S S A R Y

S O M E

T O

1 6 2 N D

T H E

OF THE PORT-

A R E B E I N G

I N T H E E A S T E R L Y

O F

L O C A T I O N

S T R E E T

ROUTING

R A I L R O A D

P O R T I O N

A R E A

E A S T

T H E E X I S T I N G

I M P R O V E M E N T S

S E C O N D A R Y

L I M I T S

I M P R O V E M E N T

B U R N S I D E

C O M P A N Y

STANDARDS

CROSS

COUNTY

1 9 7 5 .

O F AN ABANDONED

T I M E ,

R E S I D E N T I A L

S T R E E T

A N D E .

P O W E R

T H EP R E S E N T

C O R P O R A T E

OREGON CITY

W O U L D

S T R E E T

THE LOCATION

F E D E R A L - A I D
T H E

B U R N S I D E

A TM A J O R

MULTNOMAH

S U F F I C I E N T

I S EXPECTED

A V E N U E

D E S I R E

V I C E
T H E

THAT

TRAF-

1 6 2 N D
F R E E W A Y

S E P A R A T I O N S

T OA C Q U I R E
EXPRESSWAY

O F CHANNELIZATION
VEHICLES

O FGRADE

I T I SUNDERSTOOD

ACCOMPLISH

THE P R O H I B I -

TO INSTALL

TO 4 0 , 0 0 0

O F T H E I M P R O V E M E N T

C O N S T R U C T I O N

F O U R

E R A B L Y

P R O J E C T

LY

T H R O U G H

A G A I N ,

T I M E
N

B EB O R N E

I NM I N D

T H A T

F R E E W A Y .

T H E M T .

HOOD

D O T H E R

F R E E W A Y ,

I N EXCESS

DURING

I TS H O U L D

A ST H E F R E M O N T
R E L I E F
T H I S

O F THOSE

T H EF I R S T

R O U T E S

S T R E E T

PREDICTED

10-YEAR

E D E V E L O P E D

M A Y C A R R Y

PERIOD

F O R

V O L U M E S

F O R1 9 7 5 .

C O N S I D -

ESPECIAL-

O F THE STUDY.

M11 - EAST BURNSIDE STREET


UNION AVENUE -GRESHAM ROAD

S ECT I O N

C O S T

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

U N I O N
2 0 T H

A V E N U E

L A U R E L H U R S T
S T A R K

16

'
F R E E W A Y

S T R E E T

C A S C A D E

1 2 2 N

20

A V E N U E

2ND

F R E E W A Y

A V E N U E
A V E N U E

TOTAL

T H

L A U R E L H U R S T
S T A R K

F R E E W A Y

S T R E E T

C A S C A D E

F R E E W A Y

1 2

2 N D

A V E N U E

1 6

2 N D

A V E N U E

F A I R V I E W

40,000

0.79

A V E N U E

A V E N U E

LANES

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

10 . 000

PAviNG
No.
4

($)
10 . 000

'

1 0.000

1.15

30.000

20 . 000

20 . 0 0 0

1 . 38

25,000

20 . 000

20 . 0 0 0

20 . 000

0.7 1

25 . 000

45.000

45.000

45 . 000

2 . 00

20 . 000

500 . 0 0 0

500 . 0 0 0

2 . 00

12.000

400 . 000

400 , 000

200 . 0 0 0

600 . 000

3 . 20

9 . 000

6 50.000

6 50, 000

250.000

900.000

1.645.000

11.23

1,645.000

-136-

20 . 000

200.000

6 50 . 0 0 0

700 . 000

'

2.295.000

T H I S
OF

WEIDLER
AND

103RD

1 2 2 N D
OF

OF

HALSEY

AVENUE

AND

THE

WELL
TO

THROUGH

AVENUE

FOR

SERVICE

AS

SHOPPING

102ND

CARE

SO

1O3RD

STREET

AS

T H I S

TO

THE

VERY

THE

AN

DEMANDS

ACCOMMODATE

VERY

UPON

R E S I D E N V I C I N I T Y

EARLY
OF

AND

AND

MOVEMENT

THE

ALL

SHOPPER

FREEWAY

AVENUE

GROWING
IN

AND

AVENUE

BANFIELD

ORDERLY

RAPIDLY

AT

112TH

112TH

IMPROVEMENTS

D I C T A T E D

S T R E E T

AND

BETWEEN
FOR

ESTABLISHMENT

H A L S E Y

AVENUE

CARE

E X C E S S I V E

STREETS

FOR

BETWEEN
AS

AREA.

ARE

CALLS

U T I L I Z I N G

BETWEEN

AVENUE

T R A F F I C

T I A L

C O U P L E T .

STREET,

WIDENING

AND

IMPROVEMENT

O N E - W A Y

DATE

THE

TO

LOCAL

HOME-TO-WORK

TR|PS.

BY

IT

I S EXPECTED

10,000

VEHICLES

P E RDAY I N

COMPLETION

O F OTHER

FLANKING

SOME

ING
WILL

BE EXCEEDED

THAT

SECTION

REACH

OF 15,000

IT

HALSEY
SUCH

WOULD

A T ARATA

WERE

THIS

HIGHWAY

SHORT

OF 102ND

TO EXTEND

PEND-

PER

THIS

G L I S A N

B U TESTIMATES

VOLUME

ESPECIALLY

WILL

VEHICLES

A N D CONNECT

N O T A V A I L A B L E

BE USED

THIS

SECTIONS.
AVENUE.

TO 2 0 . 0 0 0

ROAD.

WILL

1 9 7 5 : HOWEVER,

F A C I L I T I E S

BE D E S I R A B L E

TO TROUTDALE

STREET
WORK

ANDCERTAIN

TO T H EWEST

VOLUMES

EASTERLY

THAT

NO

DOUBT

DAY.

PROJECT

STREET

TO

OF COST FOR

F O R I N C L U S I O N

I N

T H I S

REPORT.

Ml2 - HALSEY STREET


BANFIELD FREEWAY - 122ND AVENUE

S E C T I O N

C O S T

LENGTH

TO

FROM

(MILES)
B A N F I E L D

F R E E W A Y

N.E.

1 2 2 N D

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
No.

1 6 , 000

1 . 35

A V E N U E

1 . 35

TOTAL

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

PAviNG

($)

($)
4 15,000

'

TOTAL

($)

(*)

($)

415.

- 137-

R/W

4 15, 000

4 15.000

CONSTR.

000
r

9 0 0 . 000

1.315,000

900,000

1.315,000

T H I S
C E R T A I N
T I O N

O F

CREASE'
WAY.

P R O J E C T

S T R A T E G I C

T H E P A C I F I C

T H E C A R R Y I N G

H I G H W A Y

S I G N A L S .

WOULD

O FA NOMINAL

C H A N N E L I Z I N G

T H E N E E D

ALONG

E A S T ,

C A P A C I T Y

T H E I M P R O V E M E N T

INSTALLATION

R E C O G N I Z E S

I N T E R S E C T I O N S

U S 9 9 E .

O F T H I S

CERTAIN

C R I T I C A L

INTERCONNECTING

SIGNALS

CAL

INTERCONNECTION

O F T H ES I G N A L S

VOLUME

G R E S S I O N

DENSITY

CLES
OF

EITHER

SIGNAL

1 9 7 5T R A F F I C

A R EE S T I M A T E D

VOLUMES

3 0 . 0 0 0

T H E

TRAFFIC

I N T E R S E C T I O N S ,

THROUGH

ACTUAL

PHYSI-

ORT H E I N S T A L L A T I O N
CONTROL

VOLUMES

SO THAT P R O -

EXPRESSWAY

I N THIS

T O3 5 . 0 0 0

O N THIS

T O B EAPPROXIMATELY

P E RD A Y B U T I N T H EP E R I O D

PARALLELING

F I C

T R A F F I C

K E Y HIGH-

THROUGH

M A Y B E A C C O M P L I S H E D .

THE
HIGHWAY

I M P O R T A N T

LOCAT O I N -

O FA D D I T I O N A L

AND

OF

I M P R O V E

SO A S

BE A C C O M P L I S H E D

NUMBER

TO

T H E P R E S E N T

SECTION

VEHICLES

PRECEDING

A N DFREEWAY

SECTION
2 0 , 0 0 0

CONSTRUCTION

F A C I L I T I E S ,

C A NB E EXPECTED

P E R

O F

V E H I -

TRAF-

T O REACH

D A Y .

M13 - MCLOUGHLIN BOULEVARD


MILWAUKIE - GLADSTONE

S E C T

O N

FROM

C O S T

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

MILWAUKIE
L A U R E L H U R S T

TOTAL

L A U R E L H U R S T
F R E E W A Y

G L A D S T O N E

F R E E W A Y

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
No.

20 . 000

3.05

20 . 000

- 1 38-

&

PAVING

2.15

5 . 20

GRADING

($)
80.000

'

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

<$)

($)

($)

- -

80 , 0 0 0

1 20 .000

1 20 . 0 0 0

200 . 000

200.000

80.000

1 20 . 000
-

200 . 0 0 0

THE

Ross

WALK

T H I S

P R O J E C T

I S L A N D

B R I D G E

ON T H E S O U T H E R L Y

F T .

O F

B R I D G E

R O A D W A Y
TO

SOME

TO

C O N S T R U C T I O N

B R I D G E

C O N N E C T I O N ,

B R I D G E

M A Y

V E H I C L E S

EVEN

THE

THE

THE

OTHER

OF

T H E
P E R

I N

ON

IMPROVEMENTS

P R I O R
F R E E W A Y
I S L A N D
4 5 . 0 0 0

ROAD,

I S

WHICH

VEHICLES

PER

MEDIAN.

RAISED

BOULEVARD

ROAD

CALL FOR

KEY INTERSECTIONS AND

DAY

AND

WHICHEVER

I S

A C C O M P L I S H E D .
I T

I S

U S I N G

EXPECTED

I T ,

CALL

CHANNELIZATION

THE

THE
WILL

FOR
OF

THE

MORE

F E A S I B L E

IMPROVEMENTS
HAVE

SOME

ON

25.000

INSTALLATION

CERTAIN

C R I T I C A L

OF
I N -

S I G N A L I Z A T I O N .

82ND AVENUE

COST

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

TOTAL

A N T I -

FOSTER ROAD

FROM

F R E E W A Y

1 9 7 5

T H E

ON POWELL

S E C T I O N

P O R T L A N D- S A L E M

T H I S

R O S S

O F

42

O F

D A Y .

T H E

E X C E S S

O F

S I D E -

TO D E V E L O P

H O O D - S U N S E T

V O L U M E S

F I G U R E

T R A F F I C .

PROJECT

TERSECTIONS

M T .

T H E

OR T H E P R O H I B I T I O N O F P A R K I N G SO A S TO D E V E L O P

LANES

FOSTER

POWELL BOULEVARD -

D A Y .

V E H I C L E S

SI G N A L I Z A T I O N O F C E R T A I N

FOUR

T R A F F I C

R E A C H

O F

C A P A C I T Y

MCLOUGHLIN BOULEVARD AND FOSTER

WIDENING

PORTLAND-SALEM FREEWAY

T H E

T H E

P E R

4 5 . 0 0 0

O F

R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

REMOVAL

AND WIDENING

V E H I C L E S

SOME

T H E

T H E

P E R D A Y .

BETWEEN

Ml4

4 0 , 0 0 0
I S

F O R

I N C R E A S I N G

T R A F F I C

T H E

SIDE

T H U S

C I P A T E D

AS

C A L L S
THROUGH

C A S C A D E

F R E E W A Y

4.80

30.000

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING
&
PAVING

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

<$)

($)

($)

100.000

1 00.000

4 . 80

400.000

500.000

400.000

500.000

500 . 0 0 0
500.000

i
. 139-

T H I S
OF

SOUTH

ARTERIAL

VARD.

MENT

CONTROL

THAT

SUCH

I S POSSIBLE

COUPLET

SOUTHERLY

TANT

LINK

DEVELOPED

OF

I S

SOME

BOULE-

COUPLET

STUDY

PROGRAM

COULD

OF

SIGNALS

PRESCOTT
OF THIS

I N T H E IMPLEMIGHT

BETTER
3OTH

I N T H EFINAL

TO IMPROVE

DICTATE

B E CONS-

AVENUE.

I F

A N A L Y S I S .

I T

T H E15TH-16TH

AVENUE

OR KI L L I NGSWORTH
COUPLET

SHOPPING

I S

CENTER

STREET.

VERY

IMPOR-

AS WOULD BE

CORPORATION.

EXPECTED

2 5 , 0 0 0

T H E IMPROVE-

THE E X T E N S I O N

FUTURE

20-YEAR

SIDE

I S

O FTRAFFIC

A P P R O X I M A T I N G

BY T H E L L O Y D

THE FREMONT

SOUTH

BEYOND

PORTION

TO THE E A S T

IT
SERVICE

THAT

B E D E T E R M I N E D

N O T BENECESSARY

ONE-WAY

NORTH-

TO M C L O U G H L I N

O F T R A F F I C

FREEWAY

O NA LOCATION

EXTENSION

COMPLETE

SURFACE.

MOVEMENT

O FTHE OVER-ALL

SHOULD

MIGHT

ON T H I S

WEARING

T H EL A U R E L H U R S T

TRUCTED

STREET

A S AN

AND THE INSTALLATION

A NORDERLY

IT
MENTATION

THE

REQUIRED

SERVES

AND GIVES

LOMBARD

OF THE P R E S E N T
STREETS

COUPLET

EXPRESSWAY
FROM

T H E WORK

CERTAIN
TO

ONE-WAY

THE EASTSIDE

THAT

VEHICLES

FREEWAY

THIS

COUPLET

P E R DAY I N

A N D 3 5 , 0 0 0

BY

1975

T H E AREA

V E H I C L E S

WILL
NORTH

P E R

DAY

THEREOF.

Ml5 - 15TH-16TH AVENUE ONE-WAY COUPLET


LOMBARD STREET - MULTNOMAH STREET

E C T

O N

FROM

C O S T

TO

LENGTH

TRAFFIC

(MILES)

N . E .

LOMBARD

F R E M O N T

S T R E E T

F R E E W A Y

TOTAL

F R E M O N T
i

E A S T S I D E

F R E E W A Y
E X P R E S S W A Y

LANES

(1975)
(ADT)

GRADING

&

NO.

($)

(!)

2 . 02

20.000

720 . 0 0 0

1 .08

35.000

390.000

3.10

STRUCTURES

PAVING

1 . 1 1 0 . 000

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

<$)

($)

($)

720 . 000

500.000

390.000

1 . 1 1 0 . 000

1.220.000

390.000

500.000

1 . 6 1 0 . 000

- 140-

THE

TION

OSWEGO

FROM

I T S

WITH

PRESENT

RAISED

LENGTH,

THREE

MEDIAN.

OF MAJOi.

CLES

P E R D A Y WOULD

THE

IS

FOR

THE

OF

T H I S

LAURELHURST
CENTRAL

RECONSTRUC-

WILLAMETTE

RIVER

OSWEGO

VOLUMES

ON

THE
THIS
WAY
SUCH

TO

USE

BE

LANES

BY

T H I S

CASCADE

T H I S

I N

CONSIDERABLY

I S

HIGHER

SOME

15,000

VEHI-

BE

GROWTH

SOMEWHAT

CONSTRUCTION
SOUTH

WOULD

I T S

OF

THE

TO

OSWEGO
THE

MCLOUGHLIN
THE

T H E

ARE PRIMARILY

I N
THE

ACROSS

RELIEVE

EXPRESSWAY.

OF

TRAF-

T R A F F I C

HOME-TO-WORK

CHARACTER.

FREEWAY-WEST

AT

SOME

OF

7 . 0 0 0

HOWEVER

THIS

L I N N

PORTION

THE PRESENT

I N C I D E N T A L

C R I T I C A L

VEHICLES
SUCH

TRAFFIC

OF

HIGH-

I M P R O V E M E N T

L O C A T I O N S .

U N T I L

CONSTRUCTED
ON

OF

SIGNALIZA-

T H E NORMAL

CONNECTING

A N D OTHER

H I G H W A Y ;

FREEWAY

AND

WOULD

THE WIDENING

1 9 7 5 THAT

TRAFFIC

ROADS.

1975

THE

POINT

ROUTE

C H A N N E L I Z A T I O N

EXPECTED

TO

OF
MOST

AND T H E NEW BRIDGE

T H I S

TRIPS

AND

THE

EXPRESSWAY,

WOULD

FOUR

AS

JUST

LAURELHURST

PROJECT

BY

BUT

T H E OSWEGO

U T I L I Z I N G

RECREATIONAL

LANES

HIGHWAY.

HIGHWAY

D I S T R I C T

BOULEVARD-OATFIELD
DEMANDS

THAT

VOLUME

AT

FOUR

THROUGHOUT

STREETS

U S E SUCH

FREEWAY

BUSINESS

TO

CHANNELIZATION

EXPECTED

E X I S T I N G

EXCESS

F I C

LANES

INTERSECTING

IT

AND

CALLS

NO P A R K I N G

AND THE ADEQUATE

TION

OF

HIGHWAY

BETWEEN SELLWOOD FREEWAY AND LAURELHURST FREEWAY

I T

P E R DAY
T I M E

VOLUMES

I S

WILL

AS T H E
WILL

BE

LOCATION.

M16 - OSWEGO HIGHWAY (0RE43)


SELLWOOD BRIDGE - WEST LINN

S E C T I ON

C O S T

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

L A U R E L H U R S T
SELLWOOD

TOTAL

F R E E W A Y
B R I D G E

W E S T

3 . 90

L l N N

L A U R E L H U R S T

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

FREEWAY

4.00
7 . 90

LANES
No.

7 . 000

15,000

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

PAVING

($)

($)
660.000

'

660.000

150.000

8 10.000

1.000.000

500,000

1.500.000

750 . 0 0 0

2 . 250.000

1 .660 .000

500.000

2.160.000

900.000

3 . 060.000

J
I

1
-141 -

IT

THE

PROVED

TO

T H I S

F R E E W A Y .

I T

M T .

PROVED
SARY

L A N E S .

W I T H

A M O U N T

A R T E R I A L .

I S
T O

I N
HOOD

T H I S

T H E M T .

T H I S

TO CARRY

I S THE D I R E C T

122ND

THAT

BY

E A S T

O F

EARLY

8 2 N D

DATE.

P O R T I O N

SOME

15,000

O F T H E M T . HOOD

B Y

A N D T H E

C A S C A D E

T R A F F I C

V O L U M E S

P E R D A Y O N
P O R T I O N

A V E N U E

I S

IT MIGHT

O F

T H I S

T H I S
O F

N O T I M -

BE N E C E S -

F O U R - L A N E

AND GRESHAM

VEHICLFS
LINK

FREEWAY

A S TO

E A S T E R L Y .

JUNCTION

CONNECTING

BE I M -

SO

S E R V I C E D

T H E E A S T E R L Y

I M P R O V E M E N T

LlNNEMAN

1975

V E H I C L E S

THAT

SHOULD
A V E N U E

A R E A

FREEWAY

2 0 . 0 0 0

E A S T E R L Y

BETWEEN

TO

HOOD

E X P E C T E D
SOME

N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G

FREEWAY

T H E R E S I D E N T I A L

F R E E W A Y

T H E

H I G H W A Y ,

L E A S T

T H E E V E N T

EXTEND

PROVEMENT

POINT

A T

AT A REASONABLY

TO

PECTED

THAT

O F T H E M T . HOOD

C O N N E C T

S T R E E T

W I L L

AND

F E L T

FOUR

A D E Q U A T E L Y

T H E

I S

IMPROVEMENT

I M -

IS EX-

P E R D A Y BY 1 9 7 5

BETWEEN

AND THE C l T Y

THE TERMINAL
OF GRESHAM.

OREGON CITY

Ml 7 - POWELL VALLEY ROAD


82ND AVENUE - GRESHAM

S E C T

COST

1 ON

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC

LENGTH
(MILES)

C A S C A D E
1 2 2 N D

FREEWAY
A V E N U E

L I N N E M A N

TOTAL

J U N C T I O N

1 2 2 N D

A V E N U E

L I N N E M A N

GRESHAM

LANES

(1975)
(ADT)

20.000

2 .00

($)

15.000

- 142-

($)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

<*)

($)

($)

360 . 0 0 0

1 40 . 0 0 0

500 . 000

IMPROVEMENT

330 . 0 0 0
690 . 000

4.10

STRUCTURES

360 . 0 0 0

4
No

2.10

&

PAviNG

NO.

J U N C T I O N

GRADING

- -

330,000

150.000

480 . 000

690.000

290.000

980 . 000

T H I S
I T S

T R A F F I C

THE

R A P I D

T A K I N G
W I L L
AND

H I G H W A Y

V O L U M E S
GROWTH

P L A C E

BECOME

I N
AN

M E N T S

B E I N G

CALLY

A T

O F
M A D E

FOUR
A T

VERY

T H E P A S T

R E S I D E N T I A L
A R E A ,

I S

W I T H

S T R A T E G I C
H I L L S

S E R V I N G

A N D

I S
T H I S

H O M E - T O - W O R K

K E Y

I N T E R S E C T I O N S .
WITH

THE M U L T N O M A H

I N
W I T H

T H A T

T H A T

C A L L S

C E R T A I N

I N T E R S E C T I O N

THE CEDAR H I L L S - T U A L A T I N

I N C R E A S E

E X P E C T E D

T H E I M P R O V E M E N T

L A N E S

HIGHWAY.

R A P I D

F E W Y E A R S

D E V E L O P M E N T

I T

A R T E R I A L

T R I P S .

T H E R A L E I G H

TON-HILLSDALE
WITH

O F
T H I S

I M P O R T A N T

N E I G H B O R H O O D

C O N S T R U C T I O N

H A S H A D A

D U R I N G

F O RT H E
I M P R O V E S P E C I F I -

T H E

BEAVER.

EXPRESSWAY

AND

EXPRESSWAY.

OREGON CITY

Ml 8 - SCHOLLS FERRY HIGHWAY


RALEIGH HILLS - PROGRESS

COST

S E C T I O N

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LANES
NO.

1 .70

10 . 0 0 0

250,000

1 .80

8 .000

270.000

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)
BEAVERTON -H I L L S D A L E
MULTNOMAH

H I G H W A Y

M U L T N O M A H

EXPRESSWAY

C E D A R

E X P R E S S W A Y

H I L L S - T U A L A T I N

E X P R E S S W A Y

PAVING

ft

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

($)

($)

50.000
-

520.000

3 . 50

TOTAL

GRADING

50.000

r
-

143-

300 . 0 0 0
._.,..,,...

t 40.000

440 . 0 0 0

270.000

150.000

420 . 0 0 0

570 . 0 0 0

390 . 0 0 0

860.000

IT
OF

CORNELL

T H I S

I S PLANNED

ROAD

F O U R - L A N E

THE

E A S T E R L Y

STREET
W I L L

DUSTRIAL

TO IMPROVE

M A J O R

P R O J E C T

O F T H I S

P R O J E C T

FREEWAYS

I S

O N E - W A Y

STREETS

T O T H E S T A D I U M

A N D T H EN.W.

1 8 T H - 1 9 T H

WHEN

C O N S U M M A T E D .

U T I L I Z E S

A N DS A V I E R

C O N N E C T I O N

L O C A T I O N

A N D G R A D I E N T

S T R E E T

ON N . W . R A L E I G H

D I R E C T

T H EP R E S E N T

A S T O A L I G N M E N T

P O R T I O N

R O U T I N G

AFFORD

BOTH

WHICH

A N D

AVENUE

I N -

ONE-WAY

COUPLET.

T H I S
R E L I E F

P R E S S W A Y ,
AND

A S I T W I L L

SUNSET

MAJOR

A R T E R I A L

F O R T H E S U N S E T

HIGHWAY

W I L L

AFFORD

FREEWAY
A L L O W

AREAS

T R A F F I C

EAST

C E R T A I N

A N D T H E BARNES
FROM

OF CEDAR

AMOUNT O F
ROAD E X -

T H E H l L L S B O R O

MILL

TO U S E

THIS

STREET.

Ml 9 - CORNELL ROAD
SUNSET FREEWAY - STADIUM FREEWAY

COST

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

S U N S E T
S K Y L I N E

FREEWAY
B O U L E V A R D

TOTAL

S K Y L I N E

B O U L E V A R D

4 . 30

S T A D I U M

FREEWAY

2 . 84

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)
5 , 000
10.000

7.14

-144-

LANES
NO.

GRADING

ft

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

PAVING
($)

($)

7 50 , 000 '

750,000

350,000

6 50 . 000

600,000

- -

1,250,000

150.000

1 . 4 0 0 . 000

1 . 400.000

600,000

2.000.000

500 . 0 0 0

2 . 500 . 0 0 0

1.100.000

THE
OF

O N L Y

H I G H W A Y ,

R E S I D E N T I A L

T R A F F I C
P R O P O S E D
WOULD
THE

I M P R O V E M E N T

T H E C L A C K A M A S

B E

F R O M

WOULD

A F F O R D E D

R O A D ,

F E L T

N E C E S S A R Y

C L A C K A M A S

C O N N E C T I O N

F R E E W A Y

A N D O N

THAT

FOUR-LANE

W H I C H

B U T C O M M E R C I A L

D E V E L O P M E N T

I T I S E X P E C T E D
U S E THIS

L A K E

I S

E A S T E R N

I N D U S T R I A L

L A U R E L H U R S T

K I E .

T R A F F I C

B O T H

O F

SOME

MAJOR

I N

A N D

P A R T

T H A T

8 2 N D

A N DT H E

O F

V E H I C L E S

STREET

B Y

A R E A

A V E N U E

T H E C I T Y

5 , 0 0 0

N O T

I N D U S T R I A L

C O U N T Y

T H E C L A C K A M A S

B E T W E E N
I N T O

I S

S O

A N D

M L L W A U -

P E R

D A Y

1 9 7 5 .

M20 - LAKE ROAD


LAURELHURST FREEWAY - CASCADE FREEWAY

COST

S E C T I O N

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

L A U R E L H U R S T

TOTAL

F R E E W A Y

C A S C A D E

F R E E W A Y

2 . 35

1 0 . 000

LANES

GRADING

NO.

STRUCTURES

($)

($)
350 . 0 0 0

350,000

2.35

&

PAVING

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

350 . 000

125.000

47 5 0 0 0

350.000

1 25.000

475 0 0 0

L
-145

T H I S
4 , 0 0 0

V E H I C L E S

P R O V E M E N T
T R I A L
TO

THERE

I S

HIGHWAY

I S

ALREADY

AN

T R A F F I C

O N L Y

1 9 7 5 .

I N

DEVELOPMENT
I M P O R T A N T

AN

T H E AREA
T H E R E

I N

ARTERY

W I L L

SOME

I M P O R T A N T

C O N S I D E R A B L E

R E S U L T ,

W H I C H

S E R V I C I N G

I S

A N T I C I P A T E D

A S

R E S I D E N T I A L

L O G TRUCK

BY

DEVELOPMENT

F A C I L I T I E S .
I N

A L T H O U G H

D A Y

A N D WAREHOUSING

R A I L

INCREASE

OF

AS

R O U T E ,
P E R

I N

A D J A C E N T

W I L L

T H I S

BE

AREA.
T H E

C O N T I N U E

TO

I M -

I N D U S -

AN

T H I S

H A N D L I N G
U S E

SUCH

F A C I L I T Y .

M21 - CLACKAMAS HIGHWAY


CLACKAMAS CUTOFF - CARVER

S E C T

COST

O N

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

CLACKAMAS
TOTAL

CARVER

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)
4 . 000

2 . 55
2 . 55

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

&

PAviNG

($)

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

(*)

($)

400.000

50 . 0 0 0

450.000

125. 000

57 5 . 0 0 0

400 , 000

50 . 0 0 0

450 , 000

125,000

575.000

146-

STRUCTURES

T H I S

NORTH-SOUTH
NECTS

T H E

GRESHAM
DAY

B A N F I E L D

AND

WOULD

I M P R O V E M E N T

ARTERIAL

IT

USE

C O M P L E T E S

STUDIED

F R E E W A Y

IS

EXPECTED

SUCH

IN

T H E

THIS

M O S T

REPORT.

W I T H

E A S T

B U R N S I D E

THAT

SOME

4 , 0 0 0

FOUR-LANE

E A S T E R L Y

|T

VEHICLES

CR0SS- CONNECTING

CON-

S T R E E T

I N

PER

HIGHWAY.

M22 - GRESHAM ROAD


FAIRVIEW - GRESHAM

S E C T I O N

C O S T

FROM

TO

LENGTH
(MILES)

F A i R v i Ew

GRESHAM

3 . 40

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)
4 , 000

3 . 40

TOTAL

LANES
NO.
4

GRADING

($)
5 55,000
555,00

-147 -

ft

PAVING

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($}

($)

555,000

175,000

730 , 000

555 , 0 0 0

175,000

730 , 000

'

T H I S
A N T I C I P A T E D
F R E E W A Y ,
A N D

SANDY

O T H E R

P A C I F I C

F R E I G H T

F O U R

T O

L A N E S

V E H I C L E S

M O S T

O F

A N D

I T

BROUGHT

1 2 2 N D

W H I C H
I T S

D I S T A N C E .

P E R D A Y WOULD

F E L T

O F

S A N D Y

T H I S

SOME
F A C I L I T Y

AVENUE^

T H E

U N I O N

B O U L E V A R D

P R O J E C T

6 , 0 0 0

T H E

B A N F I E L D

A N D 1 6 2 N D

T H R E E - L A N E

T H A T

U S E T H I S

THROUGH
T H E

N O R T H

P A R A L L E L S

T H E P R E S E N T
I S

A B O U T

BETWEEN

A V E N U E

I M P R O V E M E N T S

L I N E

W I D E N I N G

I S

D E V E L O P M E N T

B O U L E V A R D ,

I N D U S T R I A L

T H R O U G H O U T
A M O U N T

I M P R O V E M E N T

I N D U S T R I A L

W O U L D

H I G H W A Y
T O

T O

8 . 0 0 0

I N1 9 7 5 .

M23 - SANDY BOULEVARD


122ND AVENUE - F A I R V I E W

S E C T I O N

C O S T

FROM

TO

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH
(MILES)

1 2 2 N D
N . E .

A V E N U E
1 6 2 N D

TOTAL

A V E N U E

N . E .
'

1 6 2 N D

F A I R V I E W

A V E N U E

LANES
NO.

GRADING
&
PAVING

($)

($)

2.10

8 . 000

3 25.000

3.10

6 , 000

5 . 20

STRUCTURES

'

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

($)

($)

($)

325 . 000

20.000

47 5 . 0 0 0

47 5 . 0 0 0

30.000

505,000

800 . 000

800.000

50.000

850 . 0 0 0

-148-

345.000

T H I S
B I S E C T I N G

I M P R O V E M E N T

T H E R A P I D L Y

AREA

A N DSERVES

E A S T

B U R N S I D E

VARD

A N D THUS

A S

A S A

A D I S T R I B U T O R

I M A T E L Y

5 , 0 0 0

D I V I S I O N

N O T ONLY

A S W E L L .

V E H I C L E S

N O R T H - S O U T H

E A S T

CONNECTION

S T R E E T .
ACTS

I S A

G R O W I N G

S I D E

BETWEEN
S T R E E T

AS

SANDY

BOULEVARD,

A N DPOWELL

CONNECTOR

T R A F F I C

A R T E R I A L

R E S I D E N T I A L

V O L U M E S

P E R D A YA R EE X P E C T E D

BOULE-

STREET
O F

BUT

A P P R O X -

T OU S E T H I S

ROAD .

M24 - 162ND AVENUE


SANDY BOULEVARD - POWELL VALLEY ROAD

SECTION

C O S T

FROM

TRAFFIC
(1975)
(ADT)

LENGTH

TO

(MILES)

N . E .

S A N D Y

B U R N S I D E

B U R N S I D E

B O U L E V A R D

P O W E L L

S T R E E T

TOTAL

S T R E E T

V A L L E Y

R O A D

LANES
NO.

1.95

5 . 000

1.90
3.85

5 , 000

GRADING

&

STRUCTURES

CONSTR.

R/W

TOTAL

<*>

($)

($)

($)

PAVING
($)

320 . 0 0 0

120,000

320 . 000

335 , 0 0 0

335,000

125,000

460 . 000

6 55,000

655.000

145.000

900 . 000

L
-...., ...

r
-149-

440 . 000

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T e s t s

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S h o r t - s p a n

Highway

B r i d g e

C o m b i n i n g

C o n c r e t e and Timber
in F l e x u r e , by B a l d o c k and M c C u l l o u g h .
1933.
( R e v i s e d May, 1 9 4 1 ) .
2* A p p l i c a t i o n of F r e y s s i n e t M e t h o d of C o n c r e t e A r c h C o n s t r u c t i o n to the
R o g u e R i v e r B r i d g e in O r e g o n by Gemeny
and M c C u l l o u g h .
1933.
3* L o a d i n g Tests
on S t e e l Deck
P l a t e Girder
B r i d g e with
Integral Concrete
F l o o r , by P a x s o n .
1934.
4* D e s i g n of Waterway
A r e a s for B r i d g e s and C u l v e r t s , by M c C u l l o u g h .
1934.
5 * The E f f e c t of H i g h w a y D e s i g n on Vehicle
S p e e d and Fuel
C o n s u m p t i o n , by
Beakey.
19 37.
6 The E f f e c t of Heavy
M o t o r T r a n s p o r t on H i g h w a y B r i d g e S t r e s s e s , by
M c C u l l o u g h and P a x s o n .
19 37.
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1937.
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1938).
8 D e t e r m i n a t i o n of H i g h w a y S y s t e m S o l v e n c i e s , by M c C u l l o u g h .
1937.
9 The M e r i t S y s t e m for E n g i n e e r i n g P e r s o n n e l , by B a l d o c k and M c C u l l o u g h .
1938.
10* An A n a l y s i s of the H i g h w a y Tax S t r u c t u r e in O r e g o n , by M c C u l l o u g h , B e a k e y ,
and Van S c o y .
1938.
11 An E c o n o m i c A n a l y s i s of S h o r t - s p a n S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e s for M o d e r n H i g h w a y
L o a d i n g s , by M c C u l l o u g h , P a x s o n and S m i t h . 1 9 3 8 .
12 L i g h t - r e f l e c t i n g C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of P a v e m e n t S u r f a c e s , by P a x s o n and
Everson. 1 9 3 9 .
13 R a t i o n a l D e s i g n M e t h o d s for S h o r t - s p a n S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e s for M o d e r n
H i g h w a y L o a d i n g s , by M c C u l l o u g h , P a x s o n , and S m i t h .
1940.
14* The D e r i v a t i o n of D e s i g n C o n s t a n t s for S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e A n a l y s i s , by
M c C u l l o u g h , P a x s o n and S m i t h .
1940.
15 The E x p e r i m e n t a l V e r i f i c a t i o n of Theory
for S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e A n a l y s i s ,
by M c C u l l o u g h , P a x s o n and R o s e c r a n s . 1 9 4 2 .
16 TransCo I u m b i a R i v e r I n t e r s t a t e B r i d g e S t u d i e s , a J o i n t R e p o r t , by the
W a s h i n g t o n D e p a r t m e n t of H i g h w a y s and the O r e g o n S t a t e H i g h w a y D e p a r t m e n t .
1944.
17 The E f f e c t of S u r f a c e Type,
Al ignment,
and Traffic
Con ge s t i on of V e h i c u l a r
Fuel
C o n s u m p t i o n , by B e a k e y , C r a n d a l I , K l e i n , and H e a d .
1944.
18 M u l t i p l e - s p a n S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e s , D e v e l o p m e n t and E x p e r i m e n t a l
Verification
of T h e o r i e s , by M c C u l l o u g h , P a x s o n and R o s e c r a n s . 1 9 4 4 .
19 M a n u a l of I n s t r u c t i o n s for C o n s t r u c t i o n D e p a r t m e n t E m p l o y e e s , by S m i t h and
Libby.
1946.
St a n d a r d H i g h w a y S p i r a l s , by L i b b y . 1 9 4 9 .
20
H i g h w a y Guard
F e n c e , by F i n k b i n e r .
1950.
21
S i g n L e g a b i l i t y Study,
by T r a f f i c E n g i n e e r i n g D i v i s i o n . 1 9 5 4 .
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An Inventory of City Streets in Oregon, by Beakey, Van Scoy, and


Walton. 1938.
38-1A Addenda to an Inventory of City Streets in Oregon, by Beakey,
Van Scoy, and Walton. 1938.
38-2 Rural Road Inventory of the State-wide Highway Planning Survey, by
Beakey, Van Scoy, and Walton. 1938.
38-3 Motor Vehicle Allocation and Road Use Surveys of the State-wide
Highway Planning Survey, by Beakey, Van Scoy and Myers. 1938.
38-4 Fiscal Survey of the State-wide Highway Planning Survey, by Beakey,
Van Scoy, and Keef. 1938.
38-5 Rural Traffic Survey of the State-wide Highway Planning Survey, by
Beakey, Glenn, and Manning. 1938.
38-5A* Annual Daily Traffic Density Tables of the Rural Traffic Survey,
State-wide Highway Planning Survey (report accompanied by traffic
station maps--price $5.00), by Beakey, Glenn, and Manning. 1938.
38-6 Urban Traffic Survey (part I and part II), by Beakey, Glenn, and
Manning. 1938.
39-1 Data Supplementary to Interim Committee Report of January 1, 1937,
by Beakey and Myers. 1939.
A
State-wide Survey of Aggregates, by Finkbiner, 1939.
39-2
39-3* Notes on the Application of Soil Mechanics to Highway Excavations
and Embankments, by Paxson and Smith. 1939.
39-4 Offset Tables for Vertical Carves, by Swart. 1939.
39-5 Skid-resistant Characteristics of Oregon Pavement Surfaces by Beakey,
Klein and Brown. 1939.
39-6* Record of Road Costs and Earnings on the Oregon State Highway System
for the Calendar Year 1937, by Probert and Bonnett. 1939.
40-1 Traffic Density Tables for 1940, by Beakey and Manning. 1940.
40-2 A Study of Expansion Joint Behavior in a Typical Western Oregon
Pavement, by McCullough, Smith, and Webber. 1940.
40-3 Data Supplementary to Interim Committee Report of January 1, 1937,
by Baldock, Beakey, and Myers. 1941.
41-1 Traffic Density Tables for 1940, by Beakey and Manning. 1941.
42-1 Traffic Density Tables for 1941, by Beakey and Manning. 1942.
42-2 Data Supplementary to Technical Bulletin No. 10, by McCullough and
Myers. 1942.
42-3 The Fees and Taxes Paid by the Road Users for the Highway Facilities
Provided, by Baldock and McCullough. 1942.
43-1 Manual of Standard Practice for Paving Inspectors, by Finkbiner and
O'Neil. 1943.
43-2 Manual of Standard Practice for Sampling Construction Materials, by
Finkbiner. 1943.
43-3 Traffic Density Tables for 1942, by Crandall and Stein. 1943.
43-4 The Geometric Design of Highway Alignments and Highway Intersections,
by Baldock. 1943.
44-1 Traffic Density Tables for 1943, by Crandall and Stein. 1944.
44-2 Effect of Expansion Joint Spacing in Typical Concrete Pavements of
Western Oregon, by Paxson and Richards. 1944.
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A Study of Rural Sidewalks, by Beakey, Crandall, and Head. 1944.


Log Scale Measurements vs. Weight as a Measure for Load Regulations,
by Paxson and Spaulding. 1944.
Traffic Density Tables for 1944, by Crandall and Stein. 1945.
Traffic Density Tables for 1945, by Crandall, Stein, and Gately. 1946.
Traffic Density Tables for 1946, by Crandall and Stein. 1947.
Traffic Density Tables for 1947, by Crandall and Stein. 1948.
Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Analysis Coding Manual, by Crandall,
Head, and Taylor. 1948.
Traffic Density Tables for 1948, by Crandall and Manning. 1949.
1946 Portland Metropolitan Area Traffic Survey 0-D Study. 1949.
1946 Portland Metropolitan Area Traffic Survey Parking Study. 1949
Traffic Density Tables for 1949, by Crandall and Gately. 1950.
1948 Traffic Accidents and Accident Rates, by Crandall, Johnson, and
Taylor. 1950.
Traffic Volume Tables for 1950, by Crandall and Gately. 1951.
1949 Traffic Accidents and Accident Rates, by Crandall, Johnson, and
Taylor. 1951.
Traffic Volume Tables for 1951, by Crandall and Gately. 1952.
1950 Traffic Accidents and Accident Rates, by Crandall, Johnson, and
Taylor. 1952
Eugene-Springfield Area Origin-Destination Study and Route Analysis.
October, 1952.
Eugene Parking Study. October, 1952.
Traffic Volume Tables for 1952, by Traffic Engineering Division,
Planning Survey Section. July, 1953.
1951 Accidents and Accident Rates, by Traffic Engineering Division.
May, 1953.
Traffic Volume Tables for 1953, by Traffic Engineering Division,
Planning Survey Section. May, 1954.
1952 Accidents and Accident Rates, by Traffic Engineering Division,
February 1954.
Traffic Survey Report, City of Albany, by Traffic Engineering Division,
May, 1954.
Traffic Study, City of Medford, by Traffic Engineering Division.
September, 1954.
1953 Traffic Accidents and Accident Rates, by Traffic Engineering
Division. November, 1954.
Traffic Volume Tables for 1954, by Traffic Engineering Division,
Planning Survey Section.
1954 Traffic Accidents and Accident Rates, by Traffic Engineering
Division.
Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Analysis Coding Manual, by Traffic
Engineering Division. January, 1955.
Traffic Survey Roseburg and Vicinity, 1954, by Traffic Engineering
Division. February, 1955.
Freeway and Expressway System, Portland Metropolitan Area, 1955, by
Traffic Engineering Division. June, 1955.

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