U.S. Route 30 in Oregon

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For the unsigned Highway 30, see Willamina-Salem Highway.

U.S. Route 30

Length:

477.02 mi^[1] (767.69 km)
(using the entire Huntington Highway through Lime)

Oregon highways (lists: Routes - Highways)
< OR 27		OR 31 >

In the U.S. state of Oregon, U.S. Route 30, a major east-west U.S. Highway, runs from its western terminus in Astoria to the Idaho border east of Ontario, Oregon. West of Portland, US 30 generally follows the southern shore of the Columbia River; east of Portland the highway has largely been replaced with Interstate 84, though it is signed all the way across the state, and diverges from the I-84 mainline in several towns, as a de-facto business route. (The state of Oregon does not sign Interstate business routes; instead it uses the designations US 30 and Oregon Route 99 (along the Interstate 5 corridor) for this purpose.)

1 Route description
2 Communities passed through
3 Major intersections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Astoria to Portland

1937 sketch including Columbia River Highway (now U.S. Route 30) as it passes west of Sauvie Island, northwest of Portland

The western terminus of US 30 is in Astoria, at an intersection with U.S. Route 101. US 101 southbound from the intersection goes down the length of the Oregon Coast, northbound US 101 crosses the Astoria-Megler Bridge into Washington state. US 30 proceeds east through the intersection, through downtown Astoria, and then along the southern bank of the Columbia.

East of Astoria, US 30 is known as the Lower Columbia River Highway No. 2W (see Oregon highways and routes), a designation which it carries until Portland.

Between Astoria and Portland, the highway passes through (or by) numerous Columbia River towns, such as Svensen, Knappa, Wauna, and Westport. In Westport, one can use the Wahkiakum County Ferry to cross the Columbia to Puget Island and Cathlamet, Washington.

Continuing east, the highway passes through the communities of Woodson and Clatskanie. East of Clatskanie, the highway runs inland from the river a bit, approaching the town of Rainier, Oregon.

Just before Rainer is an interchange providing access to the Lewis and Clark Bridge, which crosses the Columbia to Longview, Washington. After Rainier, the highway turns south, following a bend in the river, and runs parallel to Interstate 5 (which is across the river on the Washington side). Towns along the way include Goble, Deer Island, Columbia City, and St. Helens.

South of St. Helens, US 30 becomes an expressway, known locally as St. Helens Road. The highway proceeds through the towns of Warren, Scappoose, and Burlington (as well as passing by the access road to Sauvie Island) before entering Portland. East of Scappoose is the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.

[edit] Portland area

In northwest Portland, US 30 is sandwiched between Forest Park on the east and the Willamette River. South of the Linnton area, U.S. Route 30 Bypass heads east across the St. Johns Bridge. US 30 continues south along St. Helens Road, then later on Yeon Avenue through an industrial area as it approaches downtown. On the edge of downtown Portland, US 30 briefly becomes a freeway, utilizing part of the route of the cancelled Interstate 505, until its interchange with I-405 at the western end of the Fremont Bridge.

US 30 crosses the Fremont Bridge (along with I-405), on the Stadium Freeway No. 61; at the eastern end of the bridge it joins Interstate 5 south for approximately one mile on the Pacific Highway No. 1 and then joins the Banfield Expressway (I-84), where it becomes the Columbia River Highway No. 2. For the remainder of its route in the Portland area, US 30 shares an alignment with I-84. I-84 passes through the eastern Portland suburbs of Fairview, Wood Village, Gresham, and Troutdale in this fashion.

US 30 Bypass is the Northeast Portland Highway No. 123. It runs along the following streets before rejoining US 30 in Fairview:

N.W. Bridge Street, N. Philadelphia Avenue, N. Ivanhoe Street, N. Richmond Avenue, N. Lombard Street, N.E. Lombard Street, N.E. Killingsworth Street, N.E. Columbia Boulevard, and N.E. Sandy Boulevard.

U.S. Route 30 Business is a spur from US 30 Bypass northeast of downtown southwest across I-84/US 30 to Oregon Route 99E east of downtown, just east of the Burnside Bridge. It has not rejoined US 30 on its west end since US 30 was moved onto I-405 and I-5 around downtown.

[edit] East of Portland

US 30 runs mostly along I-84 in Oregon east of Portland, only leaving onto several short pieces of the old surface route to act as a business route or scenic route for I-84:

Historic Columbia River Highway No. 100 1 mile (2 km) through Cascade Locks (also designated the Cascade Locks Highway)
Mount Hood Highway No. 26 3 miles (4 km) through Hood River
Historic Columbia River Highway No. 100 and Mosier-The Dalles Highway No. 292 20 miles (32 km) from Mosier to The Dalles
Pendleton Highway No. 67 7 miles (11 km) through Pendleton
La Grande-Baker Highway No. 66 5 miles (9 km) through La Grande
La Grande-Baker Highway No. 66, 22 miles (36 km) from North Powder to Baker City
Huntington Highway No. 449 8 miles (13 km) through Huntington
Ontario Spur of the Olds Ferry-Ontario Highway No. 455, 1 mile (1 km) from Ontario to the Idaho state line

The sections concurrent with I-84 are part of the Columbia River Highway No. 2 west of U.S. Route 730 at Boardman and part of the Old Oregon Trail No. 6 east of U.S. Route 730.

There is also a U.S. Route 30 Business signed in the Ontario area. This is comprised of part of the Olds Ferry-Ontario Highway No. 455.

[edit] Communities passed through

The highway passes through the following cities and communities in Oregon:

[edit] Major intersections

Note: US 30 uses many different highways (see Oregon highways and routes); the milepoint column shows mileage along these highways, not adjusted for equations, with the highway number in front. The mile column shows the exact distance from the beginning of the road. Not all interchanges on I-84 east of I-205 are shown. For a complete list of interchanges, see the Interstate 84 exit list.

County	Location	Milepoint^[1]	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Clatsop	Astoria	2W 99.34	0.00		US 101 – Seaside, Ilwaco, Long Beach
Clatsop	Westport	2W 70.66	26.81		Westport Ferry Road – Wahkiakum County Ferry
Columbia	Clatskanie	2W 61.70	35.77		OR 47 south – Mist, Vernonia, Jewell
Columbia	Rainier	2W 48.67	47.72		Longview, Seattle (via Lewis and Clark Bridge)	Interchange
Multnomah	Portland	2W 6.93	89.34		US 30 Byp. east (St. Johns Bridge)
		2W 1.97	93.91		Nicolai Street – Montgomery Park
		2W 1.97	93.91	West end of freeway All overlaps with Interstates are freeways
		2W 1.69	94.19		Vaughn Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2W 1.36 61 3.08	94.52- 94.81		I-405 south to US 26 – Portland City Center, Beaverton, Salem	West end of I-405 overlap
		61 3.32	95.05	Fremont Bridge over the Willamette River
		61 3.57	95.30		Kerby Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		61 4.00 1 302.91	95.30- 95.73		I-5 north – Seattle	East end of I-405 overlap; west end of I-5 overlap
		1 302.35	96.29	302A	Broadway, Weidler Street – Rose Quarter, Portland City Center
		1 302.04	96.60		Oregon Convention Center, Rose Quarter	Westbound exit only
		1 301.91 2 0.00	96.73		I-5 south – Beaverton, Salem, Portland City Center	East end of I-5 overlap; west end of I-84 overlap
		2 0.46	97.19		OR 99E	Eastbound entrance only
		2 0.92	97.65	1	Lloyd Center	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2 2.16	98.89	1	33rd Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2 2.55	99.28	2	39th Avenue, 43rd Avenue	Former US 30 Bus.
		2 3.69	100.42	3	58th Avenue	No westbound exit
		2 4.26	100.99	4	68th Avenue	Eastbound exit only
		2 5.01	101.74	5	OR 213 (82nd Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2 5.76	102.49	6	I-205 south – Salem	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2 5.86	102.59	7	Halsey Street – Gateway District	Eastbound exit only
		2 6.59	103.32	8	I-205 north – Seattle, Portland Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2 6.74	103.47	9	102nd Avenue – Parkrose	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2 7.10	103.83	9	I-205 – Seattle, Salem	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Fairview	2 14.41	108.81	14	Fairview Parkway (to US 30 Byp. west)
	Dodson	2 35.14	129.54	35	Historic Columbia River Highway west – Ainsworth State Park
Hood River	Cascade Locks	2 43.38 100 30.00	137.78		I-84 east – The Dalles	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of I-84 overlap
		100 30.46	138.24		Bridge of the Gods – Stevenson
		100 31.28 2HX 44.50	139.06		Forest Lane (Historic Columbia River Highway east)
		2 45.33	139.89		I-84 west – Portland	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of I-84 overlap
		2 47.31	141.87	47	Forest Lane (Historic Columbia River Highway west) – Herman Creek	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Hood River	2 61.81 100 48.68	156.37		I-84 east – The Dalles	East end of I-84 overlap
	Hood River	100 50.12	157.81		13th Street (OR 281)
		100 51.26 2DU 64.07	158.95		OR 35 / Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail east – Odell, Parkdale, Mount Hood
	Hood River	2DU 64.39 2 64.43	159.27- 159.53		I-84 west / Hood River Bridge – Portland, Bingen, White Salmon	West end of I-84 overlap
Wasco	Mosier	2 69.63	164.47		I-84 east – The Dalles	East end of I-84 overlap
	Mosier	2IA 70.00 100 57.53	164.84		Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail west
	Rowena	100 66.52	173.83		To I-84 – The Dalles, Hood River, Mayer State Park
		100 72.24	176.55		To I-84 – Port of The Dalles
	The Dalles	292 16.77	181.19		I-84 – Pendleton, Portland, Port of The Dalles	Interchange
		292 18.74	183.16		To I-84	Interchange
		292 20.24 4 0.93	184.66		US 197 south – Dufur, Bend	West end of US 197 overlap
		4 0.69 2 87.23	184.90- 185.15		I-84 west / US 197 north – The Dalles, Portland, Yakima	East end of US 197 overlap; west end of I-84 overlap
		2 97.14	195.06	97	OR 206 – Celilo Park, Deschutes State Park
Sherman		2 104.56	202.48	104	US 97 – Yakima, Bend
Gilliam	Arlington	2 137.82	235.74	137	OR 19 – Arlington, Condon
Gilliam	Heppner	2 147.35	245.27	147	OR 74 – Ione, Heppner
Morrow		6 167.95	265.87	168	US 730 – Irrigon
Umatilla		6 179.45	277.37	179	I-82 west – Hermiston, Umatilla, Kennewick
		6 182.86	280.78	182	OR 207 – Hermiston, Lexington
		6 188.84	286.76	188	US 395 north – Stanfield, Echo, Hermiston	West end of US 395 overlap
		6 193.53	291.45	193	Echo Road (Lexington-Echo Highway) – Echo, Lexington
	Pendleton	6 207.10 67 -0.03	305.02		I-84 east / US 395 south – La Grande	East end of I-84 overlap
		67 2.08	307.13		OR 37 north – Holdman
		67 2.61	307.66		To US 395 south – Pilot Rock, John Day
		67 3.92	308.97		OR 11 south to I-84 / US 395 – Portland, La Grande	West end of OR 11 overlap
		67 4.62	309.67		OR 11 north – Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla	East end of OR 11 overlap
		67 5.33	310.38		Mission Road – Mission, Indian Agency, Gibbon	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		67 6.60 6 213.37	311.65		I-84 west – Portland	West end of I-84 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		6 216.05	314.33	216	Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla (OR 331)
Union		6 252.83	351.11	252	OR 244 – Starkey, Ukiah
		6 259.19 66 -0.08	357.47		I-84 east – Baker City, Ontario	East end of I-84 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	La Grande	66 2.19	359.74		OR 82 to I-84 – Elgin, Wallowa Lake
		66 5.73 6 265.26	362.86- 363.27		I-84 west / OR 203 south – Pendleton, Union	West end of I-84 overlap
	North Powder	6 285.69 66 32.32	383.52- 383.70		I-84 east / OR 237 – Baker City, North Powder	East end of I-84 overlap
Baker	Baker City	66 51.79	403.17		OR 7 north to I-84 – Richland, La Grande, Hells Canyon	West end of OR 7 overlap
	Baker City	66 52.04	403.41		OR 7 south – Salisbury, Unity, John Day	East end of OR 7 overlap
		66 54.46 6 306.78	405.84		I-84 west – La Grande	West end of I-84 overlap
		6 342.52 449 0.00	441.58		I-84 east – Ontario	East end of I-84 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		449 3.26	444.84		I-84 – Baker City, Ontario	Interchange
Malheur		449 11.09 6 353.29	452.67		I-84 west – Baker City	West end of I-84 overlap
		6 356.17	455.55	356	OR 201 – Weiser	Former US 30N east
		6 374.55	473.93	374	OR 201 (US 30 Bus. east) to US 20 / US 26 – Ontario, Weiser, Vale
	Ontario	6 376.90 455Y 27.65	476.02- 476.28		I-84 east / US 30 Bus. west to US 20 / US 26 – Boise, Ontario, Vale
	Ontario	455Y 28.39	477.02	Bridge over the Snake River (state line)