NW Vaughn Into Portland

US 30

1926 - 1988

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1926 Columbia River Highway Route Through Portland:

...in 1926, the Columbia River Highway became U.S. 30.

...the official route of the highway through Portland, west to east, became St. Helens Road to Wardway, thence via N.W. Vaughn to N.W. 19th. The highway followed 19th to Burnside, thence east on Burnside to S.W. Washington Street, which took the traveler to milepost 0.0 at S.W. Broadway.

Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. (51 - 52)

EASTBOUND TO MILEPOST ZERO:

St. Helens Road to NW Wardway
NW Wardway turns into NW Vaughn
NW Vaughn to NW 19th
NW 19th to Burnside
Burnside to Washington

WESTBOUND FROM MILEPOST ZERO:

Washington to Burnside
Burnside to NW 19th
NW 19th to NW Vaughn
NW Vaughn turns into NW Wardway
NW Wardway to St. Helens Road

Oregon State Archives - A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

US 30 leaves PORTLAND, 0 m. [West of Portland]. on NW. Vaughn St. and St. Helens Road, a part of the Lower Columbia Highway, and passes through a busy industrial district along Portland's lower harbor. Wharves line the Willamette River bank (R) and factories and warehouses occupy the river flats.