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The highway heads east from there through the Oregon Coast Range, providing access to Saddle Mountain and passing through the valleys of the Necanicum and Nehalem rivers. It then crosses over the Oregon Coast Range, where it passes through the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel, descending into the Tualatin Valley, into the community of Banks. [1]
Start of US 26 in Oregon US 26 at the entrance to Picture Gorge in Eastern Oregon. The John Day River is to the right of the roadway. Starting at a junction with US 101 near Seaside, US 26 heads southeast through the Coast Range to Portland. In the western Portland area, US 26 is a freeway known as the Sunset Highway.
Oregon Route 216 is an Oregon state highway running from U.S. Route 26 at Warm Springs Junction to U.S. Route 97 in Grass Valley. OR 216 is 61.30 miles (98.65 km) long and runs east–west. OR 216 is 61.30 miles (98.65 km) long and runs east–west.
In winter, the road to popular and troubled Umpqua Hot Springs is closed. However, you can hike 5 miles round-trip to visit it in the "quiet season." Trek to Oregon's bewitching Umpqua Hot Springs ...
Jan. 18—Warming temperatures are easing the driving challenges along the Oregon Coast, but inland across the state, more harsh winter weather is in the weekend forecast. Freezing rain, heavy ...
It is four lanes again through Government Camp. East of Government Camp is an interchange with Oregon Route 35, where US 26 heads southeast on the Warm Springs Highway towards Madras and the Mount Hood Highway heads north with Route 35. Route 35 winds over Bennett Pass and around the eastern side of Mount Hood, and descends into the Hood River ...
The Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel is a highway tunnel in northwestern Oregon that carries the Sunset Highway (U.S. Route 26) through the Northern Oregon Coast Range mountains near the unincorporated community of Manning, approximately 28 miles (45 km) west of Portland. The tunnel was completed in 1940 and is 772.0 feet (235.3 m) long. [2]
Warm Springs is located in northern Jefferson County at (44.760168, -121.268233 The center of the community is situated at 1,539 feet (469 m) above sea level in the valley of Shitike Creek. [ 5 ] The Deschutes River forms the eastern boundary of the CDP.