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Interstate 205 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States. The north–south freeway is 37 miles (60 km) long and serves as a bypass route of I-5 east of Portland. Such a highway was conceived in 1943 plan for the area, and in the 1950s was included in preliminary plans for the Interstate Highway System. Construction began in 1967 with work on the Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River, which opened in 1970. By 1972, I-205 was extended west to Tualatin and north to Gladstone but the Portland section was delayed by opposition until 1977. The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, spanning the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, opened on December 15, 1982. The remaining 6.6 miles (10.6 km) in Portland opened on March 8, 1983. From Oregon City to Vancouver, the corridor is paralleled by a multi-use bicycle and pedestrian trail, as well as portions of the MAX Light Rail system. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that Maine State Route 102 (pictured) was previously a lasso-shaped route in which one could be traveling due north on a road signed "south"?
- ...that Highway 95 and Highway 96 were the only King's Highways in Ontario not connected to the rest of the network by a fixed link?
- ...that U.S. Highway 23 in Michigan was the proposed site for a General Motors bid to develop an electronic highway in 1961?
- ...Utah State Route 279 was a finalist in a competition by Parade Magazine to name the most scenic highway to open to traffic in 1963?
- ...that a second segment of Arkansas Highway 341 was created when residents appealed to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to buy and maintain a private ferry, which was closing?
In the news
- October 10: A section of US 17 / US 92 in Orange City is washed out by the flooding aftermath from Hurricane Milton.
- October 3: Caltrans announces that October 7, they will begin shifting traffic along US 395 to a new bypass of Olancha.
- September 27: Flooding from Hurricane Helene causes extensive damage to several highways in the region including a section of Interstate 40 near the North Carolina–Tennessee state line.
- September 24: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announces that an ongoing project to retrofit open road tolling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will include improvements, and a possible rebuild to the interchange with Interstate 70 in Breezewood.
- September 16:Two new sections of Quebec Autoroute 85 near Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata open to traffic.
- September 13: NCDOT announces they will sign a freeway bypass around Goldsboro, North Carolina as Interstate 42.
- September 5: KDOT closes the eastbound Lewis and Clark Viaduct, which carries Interstate 70 across the Kansas River for urgent repairs, after bridge inspectors noticed failing gusset plates in the structure.
Ongoing: I-405 expansion (WA), I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- Nov. 1, 1973 – The final section of Interstate 75 in Michigan is completed between Alger and Roscommon and is dedicated by Governor William G. Milliken.
- Nov. 2, 1972 – The final section of Interstate 94 in Michigan is completed at the Indiana state line and is later opened to traffic after Indiana completes its part of the section.
- Nov. 3, 2022 – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation finishes renumbering Interstate exits from sequential exit numbers to mileage based exit numbers.
- Nov. 4, 1991 – In Oklahoma, U.S. Route 412 is rerouted onto the recently completed Cherokee Turnpike, with the old route becoming US-412 Scenic.
- Nov. 5, 2004 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held in Hughesville, Maryland, for the construction of a limited access bypass of Maryland Route 5.
- Nov. 6, 1927 – The first section of the Southern State Parkway opens near the Nassau County line with Queens, on Long Island in New York State.
- Nov. 7, 1940 – The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (pictured) in Washington State, carrying Primary State Highway 14 over Puget Sound, collapses following a structural failure during high winds.
- Nov. 7, 1957 – The final section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between PA 315 near Pittston and US 6/US 11 in Clarks Summit
- Nov. 8, 1915 – Construction begins on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway in Ontario, which is a predecessor to Ontario Highway 2 and Ontario Highway 401.
- Nov. 9, 1921 – President Warren G. Harding signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 into law, which will provide federal funding to improve state-maintained highways across the United States.
- Nov. 10, 2009 – A large rockslide in Tennessee occurs on the Ocoee Scenic Byway near Ocoee Dam No. 2, closing the highway for several months.
Selected pictures
An animation of the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 1, 2007
A single building settlement called Middlegate, Nevada, at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and Nevada State Route 361, that has served as a stopover for travelers since the pony express era of the 1800's. This portion of US 50 is colloquially known as "The Loneliest Road in America".
New York State Route 258 passing through fields in rural Livingston County, New York. This portion of NY 258 serves as a boundary between two towns; the town of Groveland is on the left and the town of West Sparta is on the right.
Interstate 5 southbound (top, left) and its express lanes (bottom, left) seen at the Mercer Street offramp in Downtown Seattle, Washington
The Parks Highway on the way to Fairbanks, Alaska
Interstate 93 southbound in the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel in Boston, part of the Big Dig
Looking down upon South Dakota Highway 10 from a scenic overlook west of Sisseton
The New Jersey Turnpike in Robbinsville Township, with separate lanes for cars only and cars, trucks, and buses
A switchback along Utah State Route 143
New Mexico State Road 124 (old U.S. Route 66) westbound past exit 104 of Interstate 40 in Cibola County
Pennsylvania Route 33 northbound past the Pennsylvania Route 512 interchange in Wind Gap, approaching Blue Mountain
Interstate 40 eastbound in Arizona near the New Mexico border
Interstate 68 passing through the Sideling Hill road cut in Washington County, Maryland
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