OREGON ROUTE 99E

'Oregon Route 99E' is an Oregon state highway that runs between city of Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, in Portland. It, along with OR 99W, make up a ''split'' of OR 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route was US 99, the two branches were then U.S. 99W and 'U.S. Route 99E'. (Other such splits occurred in California, but with the decommissioning of US 99, that state elected to rename one of the branches as something else, rather than preserve the directional suffix).
Currently, OR 99E and OR 99W do not have a northern junction in Oregon--OR 99W has been truncated from its original route, and ends in downtown Portland, several miles south of its original northern terminus; nor is OR 99 (without a suffix) signed anywhere in Portland.

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Description

Cities and towns along the route

Intersections with other highways

Related routes

Description

OR 99E has its southern terminus in Junction City. Almost immediately after leaving the city limits the route crosses the Willamette River, and serves Willamette Valley towns such as Harrisburg and Tangent. North of Tangent, the route enters the city of Albany and serves as a main thoroughfare through town (for about a mile, OR 99E shares an alignment with US 20. At the northern end of Albany, OR 99E joins I-5.
OR 99E remains co-signed with I-5 until Salem where it again splits off from the interstate, serving many towns in northern Marion County. (A business route through Salem, OR 99E Business, consists of a section of OR 22 and the Salem Parkway; a previous alignment of OR 99E along Commercial Street, Fairgrounds Road, and Portland Road is often erroneously referred to as "99E" even though it is no longer part of the Oregon state highway system). North of Salem, OR 99E serves the northern Willamette Valley, passing through cities such as Woodburn, Hubbard, and Canby, before entering the Portland metro area in Oregon City. The stretch between Canby and Oregon City is notorious for frequent and serious accidents.
Starting in Oregon City, and continuing through the suburban communities of Gladstone, Oak Grove and Milwaukie, OR 99E is known as McLoughlin Boulevard (after fur trader John McLoughlin). The road crosses the John McLoughlin Bridge just south of Gladstone. North of Milwaukie (and an interchange with OR 224, OR 99E is a high-capacity urban expressway.
In Portland, OR 99E continues as the McLoughlin Boulevard expressway until passing beneath the Ross Island Bridge (US 26), where it runs on the couplet of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (formerly Union Avenue) and Grand Avenue. It is the main north-south arterial through the central east side of the city. North of NE Broadway, OR 99E continues as MLK Jr. Boulevard and passes through several Northeast Portland Neighborhoods until its terminus at an interchange with I-5 and OR 120 in Delta Park, just south of the Columbia River crossing. (The interchange also involves Interstate Avenue, which was the prior route of OR 99W before the latter route was truncated).

Cities and towns along the route

★ Portland

★ Milwaukie

★ Gladstone

★ Oregon City

★ Canby

★ Aurora

★ Gervais

★ Woodburn

★ Salem

★ Albany

★ Tangent

★ Harrisburg

Intersections with other highways

★ OR 120 in Portland

★ US 30 Bypass in Portland

★ US 30/I-84,

★ US 26 in Portland

★ OR 224 in Milwaukie

★ I-205 in Oregon City

★ OR 43 Oregon City

★ OR 551 north of Hubbard

★ OR 211 and OR 214 in Woodburn (a segment is shared with OR 214)

★ OR 213 in Salem

★ OR 22 in Salem

★ I-5 between Salem and Albany

★ US 20 in Albany

★ OR 34 in Tangent

★ OR 228 near Halsey

★ OR 99W and OR 99 in Junction City

Related routes

★ U.S. Route 99

★ Oregon Route 99

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Oregon Route 99E Business

★ Oregon Route 99W