Beaver Falls to Rainier Hill

Columbia County Section 3

Route 2

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The photo below does not look like it is on Rainier Hill, so it probably belongs in this section someplace. However, that may be as accurate as I can ever get it!

Lower Columbia River Highway west of RainierTaylor, Michael C. Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway. Wallowa, Oregon: Bear Creek Press. 2008. 72.

Benson, Simon. W. L. Thompson, R. A. Booth, and Herbert Nunn. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918. Salem: State Printing Department. 1919 (Reprinted by Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35344/35344-h/35344-h.htm) 87

Benson, Simon. W. L. Thompson, R. A. Booth, and Herbert Nunn. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918. Salem: State Printing Department. 1919 (Reprinted by Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35344/35344-h/35344-h.htm)

mtncorg, "Lower Columbia River Highway - Magic in the Remains," Meandering through the Prologue. January 30, 2022

Back on US 30 [after Alston], you quickly turn off to the right onto Beaver Falls Road, a long stretch of the former LCRH using the Beaver Creek canyon to drop down to Clatskanie over a ten-mile course. The Beaver Creek section was replaced in 1953 by the steeper and straighter stretch of seven miles dropping down from the upper Beaver Valley directly to Clatskanie, without the bridges, twists and turns.

After getting on the former LCRH section as it drops down through the forested Beaver Creek canyon, you cross over the two bridges definitely dating to 1918. Those two are the first bridges you cross the stream on after leaving US 30. Others downstream are later remodels, and the 1918 bridges are also planned for replacement soon.

mtncorg, "Lower Columbia River Highway - Magic in the Remains" Meandering through the Prologue. January 30, 2022https://meaderingthroughtheprologue.com/lower-columbia-river-highway-magic-in-the-remains Accessed: November 15, 2022

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LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY - MAGIC IN THE REMAINS - Meandering through the PrologueWhile the Gorge section takes the hype, the lower Columbia River Highway was/is fascinating in its development, as well. Here is its story.