OREGON ROUTE 224

'Oregon Route 224' is a state highway which runs through some of Portland's southeastern suburbs and ends in the Cascades. The northwestern terminus is an interchange with OR 99E in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland. It continues east as the Milwaukie Expressway, but is formally part of the 'Clackamas Highway', which is Highway 171, until it reaches Interstate 205 in Clackamas, where traffic is directed along the interstate for less than a mile. The concurrency with Interstate 205 is part of the 'East Portland Freeway', which is Highway 64. Then, the highway continues east as a four-lane arterial, resuming its designation as the 'Clackamas Highway', and which it shares with OR 212. East of Clackamas, OR 224 splits off OR 212, and continues south as the 'Clackamas Highway', passing through hilly farmland. About eight miles north of Estacada, it overlaps OR 211. On the eastern edge of Estacada, OR 224 separates from OR 211, and heads southeast into the Mount Hood National Forest, to the small community of Ripplebrook, its southeastern terminus, where state highway maintenance ends. Drivers may continue along the paved United States Forest Service Road 46 to Detroit, though snow makes the road impassable approximately early November through early May. USFS Road 46 was formerly signed as a portion of OR 224, being the Estacada-Detroit Highway.
This is the 2nd route in Oregon with the designation 224. There was an earlier version of OR 224 connecting US 99W (modern Oregon Route 99W) 3 miles south of Monmouth to Oregon Route 223 near Lewisville following today's Elkins Rd. In those days, Oregon Route 223 followed today's Airlie Rd and Maple Grove Rd between Falls City and Pedee). This incarnation of OR 224 existed from the inception of the Oregon Route System in 1932 until sometime between 1942 and 1944.

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Towns and cities along the route

Intersections with other highways

See also

Towns and cities along the route

★ Milwaukie

★ Clackamas

★ Carver

★ Eagle Creek

★ Estacada

★ Ripplebrook

★ Breitenbush (on F. S. road ten miles from Detroit)

Intersections with other highways

★ OR 99E in Milwaukie

★ OR 213 in Clackamas

★ Interstate 205 and OR 212, in Clackamas (shared segments with each)

★ OR 211 between Eagle Creek and Estacada

★ West Cascades Scenic Byway (between Clackamas and Ripplebrook)

See also

★ State highways in Oregon