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Old Pavement on the Double Docks FragmentPhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
Double Docks Fragment and the north end of the Wilbur Road Fragment (v.008)Google Earth Imagery Date: June 18, 2021
Start of the Double Docks fragment at the bright spot on the east side of the modern highwayGoogle Street View Imagery Date: July 2018
North end (westbound) of the Double Docks FragmentPhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
Westbound toward Goble
Photo by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
Pavement and TreePhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
The old highway, westbound toward GoblePhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
The old highway, eastbound toward ReubenPhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
"Property of Oregon Department of Transportation"Photo by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
Patches of exposed pavement on the old highway, looking northPhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
Old highway cut by ODOT fence near where the original road crossed the modern highway to the Wilbur Road FragmentPhoto by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
A. F. Litt, November 18, 2022
A. F. Litt, November 18, 2022
There is a lot going on at this point with the road. For some time, this appears to have been used as an access road for the River Queen moorage, but has been abandoned again since the state revoked the lease, removed the old ferry, and cleaned up the site. In the 2012 image, below, tire tracks from this use almost completely obscure where the original pavement originally veered to the west to connect with the north end of the Wilbur Road Fragment. This old curve is more visible in the 2018 photo, though when we were out there in August, grass was starting to grow over this section, once again obscuring the route of the pavement.
Past this point, continuing south, I believe the existing road was a temporary shoefly used while the cut was being made for the modern highway.
South end of the Double Docks Fragment, 2012Google Earth Imagery Date: July 5, 2012
South end of the Double Docks Fragment, 2018Google Earth Imagery Date: July 15, 2018
Looking from the Double Docks Fragment to the Wilbur Road Fragment, cut where the lone tree and the rocks are across modern US 30Photo by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
The original route in green and yellow and the later temporary detour in orange at the south end of the Double Docks Fragment.Google Earth Imagery Date: June 15, 2021
Gate on the temporary shoefly at the south end of the Double Docks Fragment, which was the access road to the River Queen moorage at one point.Photo by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
The modern highway cut being detoured by the shoefly at the south end of the Double Docks Fragment is visible on the left.Photo by A. F. Litt, August 3, 2022
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