[4]Indicates that contract price on culvert pipe is for hauling and placing only, the pipe to be furnished to the contractor.
[4]Indicates that contract price on culvert pipe is for hauling and placing only, the pipe to be furnished to the contractor.
Showing distances between some of the important towns; for convenience in obtaining mileage for long trips; to be used in connection with the official automobile road map onopposite page.
All distances between points west of the Cascade Range and Eastern Oregon points are via Portland and the Columbia River Highway, unless otherwise noted.
[5]Via Eugene and McKenzie River Highway.
[5]Via Eugene and McKenzie River Highway.
[6]Via Klamath Falls.
[6]Via Klamath Falls.
[7]Via Scottsburg.
[7]Via Scottsburg.
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Automobile Road Map
This Is Not a Map of the System of State Highways.This map is intended as a guide to the main traveled, existing, through highways and roads connecting important centers of population. The heavier weight lines are intended to designate the most generally traveled, through routes, rather than their relative condition or importance.
No. 1. Pacific Highway—From Portland south via Oregon City, Salem, Albany, Eugene, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland to the Oregon-California State Line.
No. 2. Columbia River Highway—From Astoria east via Rainier, Portland, Hood River, The Dalles, Arlington and Umatilla, to Pendleton.
No. 3. Coast Highway—From Astoria south via Tillamook, Toledo, Florence, Marshfield, Coquille and Gold Beach to Oregon-California State Line.
No. 4. The Dalles-California Highway—From a point on Highway No. 2, at or near The Dalles, south via Shaniko, Redmond, Bend, LaPine and Klamath Falls to the Oregon-California State Line.
No. 5. The John Day River Highway—From a point on Highway No. 2, at or near Biggs, southeasterly through Wasco, Condon, Fossil, Dayville, Prairie City and Vale to the Oregon-Idaho State Line at Ontario.
No. 6. The Old Oregon Trail—From a junction with Highway No. 2, at Pendleton, southeasterly through La Grande, Baker and Huntington to a junction with Highway No. 5 at or near Ontario.
No. 7. Central Oregon Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near Bend, easterly through Millican, Riley, Burns, Crane and Juntura to a junction with Highway No. 5, at or near Vale.
No. 8. Oregon-Washington Highway—From a point on Highway No. 2, at or near Willows, through Ione, Heppner, Pendleton and Freewater to the Oregon-Washington State Line.
No. 9. Pendleton-John Day Highway—From a point on Highway No. 8, at or near Pilot Rock south to a junction with Highway No. 5, at or near John Day.
No. 10. La Grande-Enterprise Highway—From a point on Highway No. 6, at or near La Grande, through Elgin and Enterprise to Joseph.
No. 11. Enterprise-Flora Highway—From a point on Highway No. 10, at or near Enterprise, north to Flora.
No. 12. Baker-Cornucopia Highway—From a point on Highway No. 6, at or near Baker, east through Middle Bridge and Halfway to Cornucopia.
No. 13. Baker-Unity Highway—From a point on Highway No. 6, at or near Baker, southwest to a junction with Highway No. 5, at or near Unity.
No. 14. Antelope-Mitchell Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near Antelope to a junction with Highway No. 15, at or near Mitchell.
No. 15. McKenzie River Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, at or near Eugene, easterly through the McKenzie Valley and through Sisters, Redmond, Prineville and Mitchell to a junction with Highway No. 5, at or near Dayville.
No. 16. Albany-Sisters Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near Albany, southeasterly to a junction with Highway No. 15 near Sisters.
No. 17. Bend-Sisters Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near Bend, northwesterly to a junction with Highway No. 15, at or near Sisters.
No. 18. Lakeview-Burns Highway—From a point on Highway No. 19, near Lakeview, northeasterly to a junction with Highway No. 7, at or near Burns.
No. 19. LaPine-Lakeview Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near LaPine southeasterly through Fort Rock, Silver Lake, Paisley and Lakeview to the Oregon-California State Line.
No. 20. Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway—From a point on Highway No. 4, at or near Klamath Falls, east to a junction with Highway No. 19, at or near Lakeview.
No. 21. Ashland-Klamath Falls Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1 near Ashland, east to a junction with Highway No. 4, at or near Klamath Falls.
No.22. Medford-Crater Lake Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1 at Medford, northeasterly, through Trail and the Rogue River Valley to a junction with Highway No. 24 near Crater Lake.
No. 23. Klamath-Crater Lake Highway—From a junction with Highway No. 22 near Crater Lake, southeasterly to a junction with Highway No. 4, at or near Chiloquin.
No. 24. The Rim Highway—From a point on Highway No. 22 near Crater Lake, thence around Crater Lake to the point of beginning.
No. 25. Grants Pass-Crescent City Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1 at Grants Pass, southwesterly through Kerby and Waldo to the Oregon-California State Line.
No. 26. Mt. Hood Highway—From Portland through Gresham and Bull Run around the south and east sides of Mt. Hood and to a junction with Highway No. 2, at or near Hood River.
No. 27. Clackamas Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, at or near Oregon City, northeasterly to a junction with Highway No. 26, at or near Pleasant Home.
No. 28. The West Side Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, at or near Portland, thence south on the west side of the Willamette River through Newberg, McMinnville, Dallas, Independence and Corvallis to a junction with Highway No. 1, at or near Eugene.
No. 29. Forest Grove-McMinnville Highway—From Portland through Hillsboro, Forest Grove and Carlton to a junction with Highway No. 28, at or near McMinnville.
No. 30. Salem-Independence Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, at Salem, southwesterly to a junction with Highway No. 28 at Independence.
No. 31. Albany-Corvallis Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, at Albany to a junction with Highway No. 28, at or near Corvallis.
No. 32. Yamhill-Nestucca Highway—From a point on Highway No. 28, at or near McMinnville, through Sheridan, Willamina, and Dolph to a junction with Highway No. 3, at or near Hebo.
No. 33. Corvallis-Newport Highway—From a point on Highway No. 28, at Corvallis westerly to a junction with Highway No. 3, at or near Toledo.
No. 34. Eugene-Florence Highway—From a point on Highway No. 1, near Eugene, westerly through Goldson and Deadwood to a junction with Highway No. 3, near Florence.
No. 35. Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway—From a point on Highway No. 3, at or near Coquille, easterly up the Middle Fork of the Coquille River, through Camas Valley and Brockway to a junction with Highway No. 1, near Dillard.
No. 36. Pendleton-Cold Springs Highway—From a point on Highway No. 2, at or near Pendleton, northwest to Cold Springs.
November 30, 1918Herbert Nunn, State Highway Engineer
System of State Highways Map
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THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN PASS CREEK CANYON, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GRADED AND MACADAMIZED IN 1917 AND 1918THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN PASS CREEK CANYON, DOUGLAS COUNTY.GRADED AND MACADAMIZED IN 1917 AND 1918
THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN PASS CREEK CANYON, DOUGLAS COUNTY.GRADED AND MACADAMIZED IN 1917 AND 1918
Description of Work of theState Highway DepartmentIn theCounties of the State1917-1918
Although Baker County is generally well supplied with railroads there are sections still isolated and much in need of improved transportation facilities. Some of the most fertile and productive areas of the County are not served by rail transportation and depend upon roads for communication with railway points. This situation with the character of the winter season and soil conditions found here render improved highways of extreme importance.
Since State and Federal aid have been made available the people of Baker County are fast coming to a realization of the situation and are making strenuous efforts to co-operate in highway improvement. No bond issues have been voted in this County but an example of their enthusiasm is supplied by the fact that private donations for co-operative improvement of one road amount to $15,000.00.
State and Federal aid were extended in 1918 and the co-operation has resulted in plans for improving three sections of the Baker-Cornucopia Highway. Other roads in the County will receive the consideration of the Highway Commission during the coming season.
Four sections of the Baker-Cornucopia Highway have been surveyed, and plans for three of these are nearly complete. Together the four sections make about thirty-eight miles of location survey. Construction work will begin on this road early in the coming season.
During 1917 and 1918 the State Highway Department surveyed a greater part of the Baker-Cornucopia Highway. The policy of giving first attention to those portions of the road most in need of improvement resulted in the surveying of four separate sections. These sections are designated as follows: Baker-Middle Bridge; Love Bridge-Black Bridge; Canyon and Sag Sections. These surveys were made under the direction of J. O. Kingsley and W. C. Crews, locating engineers for the State Highway Department.
The Baker-Middle Bridge section extends from Baker to a point near Middle Bridge on Lower Powder River. Beginning at Baker the line follows closely the present main traveled road east for about six miles, thence along the Palmer road to the present crossing at Ruckles Creek, thence downRuckles Creek to a point about two miles south of Keating, thence easterly, leaving Ruckles Creek, and entering the lower Powder River Valley near Middle Bridge. This survey is 18.64 miles in length. The plans for this work are completed.
The Love Bridge-Black Bridge section covers that portion of the route through the canyon between the Keating and Richland districts. At present all traffic passes through Sparta and over the mountains to the north of the Powder River there being no road through the canyon. This survey is about ten miles long and involves heavy and expensive construction. This project begins at a point about seven miles east of Keating and ends about five miles west of Richland. There is a four-mile section of the Baker-Cornucopia Highway lying between Middle and Love Bridges that has not been definitely located. No office work has been done for this survey.
What is known as the Canyon Section extends through the canyon east of Richland. This survey begins at a point 1.5 miles east of Richland and parallels the Powder River along the north bank for a distance of 4.64 miles. The project ends at the point where the proposed route leaves the Powder River and leads over the mountains toward Pine Valley. Plans are almost completed for this project.
The Sag Section is that part of the road leading north from the divide between Powder River and Pine Valley. This survey which is 4.69 miles long begins at the divide and ends at a point in the edge of Pine Valley two miles south of Halfway. The location follows very near the route of the present road. The office work in connection with this survey is nearing completion.
The State Highway Commission requested Government aid in the construction of the Baker-Cornucopia Highway and this request has resulted in the approval by the Federal Office of Public Roads of three projects on this highway. These three projects, namely, Baker-Middle Bridge, Canyon Section and Sag Section have a combined length of 27.97 miles, and the total estimated cost of these constructions is $94,731.00. Baker County will co-operate with the State and Government in defraying the cost of this construction. The following tabulation indicates the amounts and segregations of funds for each project.
No plans have been made for financing the Love Bridge-Black Bridge Section which was surveyed in 1917. This is an important section of the road and will probably receive early attention from the State Highway Commission.
During 1917 and 1918, very little work was done by the Highway Department in Benton County. At the request of the County Court a short section of the West Side Highway north of Corvallis was staked for grading to be done by the County, and designs were prepared for three concrete structures. Two of these were for box culverts for the Pacific Highway about five miles north of Corvallis. The other was for an 85 foot reinforced concrete bridge over a mill race south of Corvallis. A short reconnaissance was made of the Corvallis-Newport road between Blodgett and Eddyville.
For work to be done in Benton County in 1919, the Highway Commission has set aside $129,500.00. With this amount it is planned to pave the West Side Highway from Corvallis north to the Polk County Line, approximately seven miles.
The work under the supervision of the Highway Department in Clackamas County during 1917 and 1918 has consisted of 4.5 miles of grading between New Era and Oregon City, 7.5 miles of paving between Oregon City and Canby, and 0.2 miles of grading between Oswego and the Multnomah County Line. The first of these jobs was done by the State and County in co-operation; the second was a strictly State job; and the third was a County job supervised by the State.
The total expenditure on the work done in Clackamas County was $198,952.24, of which Clackamas County paid $43,091.14 and the State $155,861.10.
Between New Era and Oregon City, the Pacific Highway has been graded on an entirely new location, paralleling the Southern Pacific Railway along the bank of the Willamette River instead of following the location of the old road farther back from the river, where the grading is not so heavy, but where a number of heavy grades are required. In addition to eliminating these heavy grades, a considerable saving in distance is effected, and the dangerous crossing under the Southern Pacific tracks at Oregon City is avoided.
On August 20, 1917, bids were considered by the State Highway Commission for the grading of two and one-half miles on the Pacific Highway near New Era. The most satisfactory proposal received was a cost plus ten per cent proposal submitted by the Warren Construction Company, and a contract was entered into with that firm on the cost plus ten per cent basis.
This work involved the grading of New Era Hill, just south of New Era, and some heavy rock excavation from New Era north. After the work had started, it was decided to pave between Oregon City and Canby, and the contract for this paving let to the Oregon Hassam Paving Company. The most feasible place to secure the crushed rock necessary for this paving was from the rock being excavated under the grading contract with the Warren Construction Company, and the Highway Department entered into an agreement with the paving company, whereby the state would crush the rock from a big cut at New Era, and furnish the crushed rock for the paving upon certain agreed terms, the crushing to be done under the cost plus contract with the Warren Construction Company.
On this basis the work was carried on by the Warren Construction Company until March 1, 1918, at which time it was deemed advisable by the Highway Commission to take the work over and complete it with State forces.
The total cost of the grading and rock crushing was $66,000.00, and the amount received for the crushed rock furnished for the paving was $19,850.00. Clackamas County co-operated with the State on this work, the total amount paid out of County funds being $15,009.91.