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The "Terwilliger curves" is the name given to a 1.7-mile (2.7 km), six-lane section of Interstate 5 (I-5) in Portland, Oregon, known as one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the state. Named for its physical characteristics and proximity to Terwilliger Boulevard, it first opened in 1961 and soon became known for its high crash rate.
Aerial view of Interstate 5 in downtown Medford, where it travels on an elevated viaduct. I-5 enters Oregon at the California state line in southern Jackson County.The highway travels northeast along a ridge in the Siskiyou Mountains, with a maximum grade of 6 percent, to Siskiyou Summit; [12] at 4,310 feet (1,310 m), it is the highest point on all of I-5 and one of the highest points on the ...
Named. Scenic. ← OR 53. → OR 62. Oregon Route 58 (OR 58), also known as the Willamette Highway No. 18 (see Oregon highways and routes), is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oregon. The route, signed east–west, runs in a southeast–northwest direction, connecting U.S. Route 97 north of Chemult with Interstate 5 south of Eugene.
The project is estimated to cost $62.5 million and last until October 2027. Expect overnight lane closures on Interstate 5 at Exit 278 for Donald-Aurora project Skip to main content
Northbound Interstate 5 at Kuebler Boulevard has reopened Tuesday evening after a semitruck overturned earlier in the day. The Oregon Department of Transportation said to expect delays due to rush ...
October 26, 2024 at 5:39 PM. Flames and smoke pour out from a garbage truck on Interstate 5 southbound in Eugene on Saturday. The truck’s detached diesel tank was leaking fuel, prompting ...
Location. The Marquam Bridge / ˈmɑːrkəm / is a double-deck, steel-truss cantilever bridge [1] that carries Interstate 5 traffic across the Willamette River from south of downtown Portland, Oregon, on the west side to the industrial area of inner Southeast on the east. It is the busiest bridge in Oregon, carrying 140,500 vehicles a day as of ...
The state highway system consists of about 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of state highways, that is, roadways owned and maintained by ODOT. When minor connections and frontage roads are removed, that number drops to approximately 7,400 miles (11,900 km) or around 9% of the total road mileage in the state. Oregon's portion of the Interstate Highway ...