Draft:Capitol Highway

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Capitol Highway
Southwest Capitol Highway
Map
Capitol Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length4.50 mi (7.24 km)
Major junctions
South endSW 60th/61st Ave near OR 99W
North endSouthwest Barbur Boulevard
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyMultnomah
Highway system

Capitol Highway historically was the first through road connecting Portland and the state capitol at Salem. The highway today is a north-south unsigned road in Portland, Oregon, spanning a total of 4.5 miles (7.2 km). Part of the route was a previous alignment of the former U.S. Route 99W, a component of U.S. Route 99. The route starts at the interchange of Oregon Route 10 (OR 10) and Barbur Boulevard and ends near OR 99W. [1]

Origins — Portland to Salem

Capitol Highway was initially conceived in the early 20th century as a major thoroughfare and component of the Pacific Highway.[2] The Oregon Daily Journal reported that the Salem to Portland route of the Pacific highway would be improved with Governor Oswald West's employment of 160 convicts for the work. The section would be known as "the Capitol highway" connecting Portland with Salem.[3]

In March 1912, the first mile and a half of the Capitol Highway from Salem had been constructed by forty-eight convicts, supervised by George F. Rogers, chairman of the Capitol Highway Commission. Thirty of the convicts secured rock from a quarry south of Salem, and the other eighteen convicts constructed the roadway on top of a gravel foundation in three courses: tough rock on the bottom, then a course of finer stone, and on the top a course of screenings, rolled and hard-packed. The labor and material cost was 60 cents a yard.[4][5]

According to the Multnomah Historical Association,

"Capitol Highway, officially opened on October 22, 1916, was not just the main thoroughfare between Portland and the State Capitol in Salem, but a part of the Pacific Highway, the main automobile route between Canada and Mexico, passing through the West Coast’s major cities. From the present site of the Capitol Hill library to the Tualatin River, it followed the route of Taylor’s Ferry Road, which dated to the 1850s."[6]

Modern history

In 2023, the Southwest Capitol Highway Improvement Project in Portland was completed when a section of Capitol Highway was improved with new "multimodal infrastructure" including bike lanes and sidewalks. The project cost a total of $27.5 million.[7][8][9]

Bus service

Capitol Highway is served in part by five TriMet bus lines:

1-Vermont[10]
39-Arnold Creek/Hillsdale[11]
43-Taylors Ferry/Marquam Hill[12]
44-Capitol Highway/Mocks Crest[13] and
45-Garden Home.[14]

Route description

Capitol Highway facing southwest at its intersection with Southwest 35th Avenue, near a TriMet bus stop in Multnomah Village

Capitol Highway begins at an interchange with Barbur Boulevard and OR 10. Capitol Highway continues signed as OR 10 until an interchange with Bertha Boulevard and Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, where it splits and continues west. Capitol Highway then continues generally south until it intersects with I-5 and Barbur Boulevard, after which it turns southwest, then west. After intersecting with Lesser Road, Capitol Highway continues for a short distance until it intersects with 60th and 61st Avenues, where the route ends.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Portland, Multnomah County.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00


 OR 10 to I-5 / I-405 / US 26 / Barbur Boulevard – Downtown Portland, South Waterfront		Eastern end of OR 10 concurrency; access to Interstate 405, East Portland and Mount Hood via US-26; access to Portland Airport, Seattle, and Salem via I-5
0.220.35Terwilliger BoulevardAccess to Oregon Health & Science University
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): extra
0.560.90Sunset Boulevard
0.801.29 OR 10 (Beaverton–Hillsdale Highway) – Beaverton, Farmington
Bertha Boulevard		Western end of OR 10 concurrency
1.252.01Vermont Street
1.332.1430th Avenue
2.073.33Multnomah BoulevardSouthbound exit
2.183.51Garden Home Road
3.084.96Taylors Ferry Road
3.886.2449th Avenue
3.084.96Lesser Road
4.507.2460th/61st Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References

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  1. ^ a b "11398-11358 SW 60th Ave to 6007 SW Capitol Hwy". Google Maps. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "Salem-Portland Road Cost Will be $80,000". The Sunday Oregonian. August 6, 1911. p. 44. Retrieved January 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marking of New Highway Assured". The Oregon Daily Journal. August 13, 1911. p. 38. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
  4. ^ "Mile and a half Capitol Highway built". The Oregon Daily Journal. March 22, 1912. p. 15. Retrieved June 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Guideposts To Mark Highway Thru Oregon". Roseburg Review. September 9, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Tillyman (May 4, 2015). "Capitol Highway Approaching Hillsdale from the West". Multnomah Historical Association. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015.
  7. ^ "The details on Portland's impressive SW Capitol Highway project". BikePortland. May 5, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  8. ^ Redden, Jim (July 1, 2023). "Southwest Capitol Highway reopening, improvements celebrated". PortlandTribune.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  9. ^ Staff, KATU (July 1, 2023). "Portland celebrates the reopening of SW Capitol Highway with new upgrades after 22-month closure". KATU. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "1-Vermont". trimet.org. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  11. ^ "39-Arnold Creek/Hillsdale". trimet.org. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "43-Taylors Ferry/Marquam Hill". trimet.org. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  13. ^ "44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest". trimet.org. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  14. ^ "45-Garden Home". trimet.org. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

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