Clatskanie to Delena
US 30
1953
US 30: Clatskanie to Delena
v.2020.03.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 15, 2008
v.2020.03.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 15, 2008
Michael C. Taylor, Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway
Michael C. Taylor, Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway
Construction money and materials were difficult to come by during the Great Depression and World War II. Consequently, highway routes changed very little in Oregon, with most work restricted to maintenance. But when the Interstate Highway System began in the 1950s, the federal government pumped money into road and bridge construction programs. Oregon leapt at the chance to revitalize its major highways, straightening and widening them.
By October of 1955, major relocation projects were underway on the Lower Columbia Highway, including a 7.2-mile section from Clatskanie to Delena, eliminating the curves and multiple bridge route along Beaver Creek.
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The Beaver Falls Corridor, stretching from the Delena exit to Clatskanie, was abandoned by a resolution of the State Highway Department in May of 1953, when the recently completed new alignment of Highway 30 superseded it. Then it became a county road.
The Beaver Falls Corridor, stretching from the Delena exit to Clatskanie, was abandoned by a resolution of the State Highway Department in May of 1953, when the recently completed new alignment of Highway 30 superseded it. Then it became a county road.
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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.
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.
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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