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• Route 2: Lower Prescott Point / Jack Falls

Michael C. Taylor, Road of Difficulties: Building the Lower Columbia River Highway

The Prescott Point portion of the highway was truly a high point of the auto tourist's Lower Columbia River Highway trip. Built along a steep hillside, it included two waterfalls. beautiful arched masonry walls to rival those at Crown Point, and an undulating, reinforced concrete viaduct. The view is still spectacular.

Because it was prettier than it was safe or easy to navigate, the Prescott Point-Little Jack Falls segment was only in use from 1915 to about 1948, when it was abandoned and the road relocated to water grade.

...it is an excellent candidate for reclamation and betterment as a public walking or cycling path. Such recovery projects have already occurred on the upper highway [HCRH]...

...because the state still owns the abandoned roadway at Prescott Point-Little Jack Falls, Oregon should seriously consider developing and restoring it for the use of tourists, walkers, and bicyclists.

That's one phoenix that those who love the old road would pay to see rise from the ashes.

Recent moves to restore easy access to the Prescott Point and Little Jack Falls areas are being considered. The main question mark is to gain acceptance of the people living along Little Jack Falls Road. Possibly, the lower section of the road could give public access and leave the upper end closed off.

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

https://meaderingthroughtheprologue.com/lower-columbia-river-highway-magic-in-the-remains Accessed: November 15, 2022

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