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Interstate 205 (I-205) is a loop route that serves the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area. I-205 is officially the War Veterans Memorial Freeway and was formerly known as the East Portland Freeway in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. I-205 loops east of downtown Portland and Vancouver, thus serving as a bypass route. The northern terminus begins north of Vancouver in the suburb of Salmon Creek. The southern terminus is near the Portland suburb of Tualatin.
Beneath the I-205 bridge in Vancouver, looking towards Portland
I-205 Bridge crossing the Columbia River towards Vancouver
Interstate 205 is the freeway that provides access to Portland International Airport (PDX).
The final section of I-205 to be completed, the section between SE Division Street and the southern interchange of the Glenn Jackson Bridge over the Columbia River, opened to traffic in March 1983.[3] The approximately 10-mile section on the Washington side of the river had opened in summer 1982,[3] and the bridge opened in December 1982.[4]
Construction of I-205 included a graded but unfinished transitway between SE Foster Rd. and NE Columbia Blvd. The section between NE Columbia Blvd. and the I-205/I-84 junction became part of the MAX Red Line, and the section from E Burnside St. to SE Foster Rd. is used as part of the Green Line. The short portion between these sections was used by the first rail line, now the Blue Line.
In addition to I-5, I-205 intersects Interstate 84, U.S. Route 26, U.S. Route 30 (the main route, as well as Business Loop and By-pass route), Oregon Route 43, Oregon Route 99E, Oregon Route 212, Oregon Route 213, Oregon Route 224, Washington State Route 14, and Washington State Route 500.
A bicycle and pedestrian trail follows I-205 for much of its distance in the Portland metropolitan area, and connects to the Springwater Corridor trail near the Foster Road exit.
[edit] Route description
[edit] Future
Because of tremendous growth in the Portland metropolitan area and the suburb of Vancouver, the WSDOT and ODOT are currently planning improvements on I-205 to improve traffic flow between the two states. In Vancouver, the WSDOT and Clark County's Regional Transportation Commission are planning several new ramps to new arterials, grade-separating existing ramps with new ramps, and additional lanes. In Portland, the ODOT is beginning to plan improvements, but no details have been released yet. Another solution being floated around is a light rail line serving most or all the entire I-205 corridor, though the plan is being met with opposition from Clark County residents, as well as statements have been made by the Columbia River Crossing group that the Glenn Jackson Bridge was not properly engineered to carry light rail as well.
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| County |
Location |
Mile[1][2] |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Washington |
Tualatin |
0.00 |
|
 I-5 – Salem, Portland |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
| Clackamas |
|
3.16 |
3 |
Stafford Road – Lake Oswego |
|
| West Linn |
6.40 |
6 |
10th Street – West Linn |
|
| 8.82 |
8 |
 OR 43 – West Linn, Lake Oswego |
|
| 9.03 |
Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River |
| Oregon City |
| 9.29 |
9 |
 OR 99E – Downtown Oregon City, Gladstone |
|
| 10.24 |
10 |
 OR 213 south – Oregon City, Molalla |
South end of OR 213 overlap |
| Gladstone |
11.05 |
11 |
Gladstone |
|
|
12.67 |
12 |
  OR 212 east / OR 224 east / Webster Road – Clackamas, Estacada, Mount Hood, Johnson City |
South end of OR 224 overlap; signed as exits 12A (OR 212/OR 224) and 12B (Webster Road) southbound |
|
13.39 |
13 |
OR 213 north (82nd Avenue) / OR 224 west – Milwaukie |
North end of OR 213/OR 224 overlap |
|
14.31-
14.58 |
14 |
Sunnybrook Boulevard, Sunnyside Road |
|
|
16.24 |
16 |
Johnson Creek Boulevard |
|
| Multnomah |
Portland |
17.85 |
17 |
Foster Road |
|
| 19.12 |
19 |
 US 26 west (Powell Boulevard) |
|
| 19.61 |
19 |
US 26 east (Division Street) |
|
| 20.57 |
20 |
Washington Street, Stark Street |
Southbound exit is via exit 21A |
| 21.12 |
21A |
Glisan Street |
|
| 21.58 |
21B |
  I-84 west (Banfield Expressway) / US 30 west – Portland |
|
| 22.59 |
22 |
I-84 east / US 30 east – The Dalles |
|
| 23.68 |
23 |
US 30 Byp. (Sandy Boulevard, Killingsworth Street) |
Signed as exits 23A (east) and 23B (west) |
| 24.65 |
24 |
Airport Way – Portland Airport |
Signed as exits 24A (west) and 24B (east) northbound |
| 26.56 |
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over the Columbia River |
| Clark |
Vancouver |
| 27.06 |
27 |
 SR 14 – Vancouver, Camas |
|
| 28.30 |
28 |
Mill Plain Boulevard |
|
| 30.87 |
30A |
Northeast Gher Road, Northeast 112th Avenue |
Southbound exit is via exit 30 |
| 30.87 |
30 |
 SR 500 – Vancouver |
Signed as exits 30B (east) and 30C (west) northbound |
| 31.08 |
30 |
Westfield Shoppingtown (Fourth Plain Boulevard) |
Southbound exit and Southbound and Northbound entrance |
|
33.01 |
32 |
Padden Parkway, Northeast Andresen Road – Battle Ground |
|
|
36.72 |
36 |
Northeast 134th Street – WSU Vancouver |
|
|
37.13 |
|
I-5 north – Seattle |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Oregon Department of Transportation, Public Road Inventory (primarily the Digital Video Log), accessed March 2008
- ^ a b Washington State Department of Transportation, State Highway Log, 2006
- ^ a b Federman, Stan (March 6, 1983). "I-205 opening paves way to future". The Sunday Oregonian, p. E2.
- ^ Callister, Scotta (December 16, 1982). "Rain fails to faze bridge-crossers". The Oregonian, p. E12.
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