U.S. Route 26 (US 26) is a major cross-state United States Numbered Highway with its western terminus in the U.S. state of Oregon, connecting US 101 on the Oregon Coast near Seaside with the Idaho state line east of Nyssa. Local highway names include the Sunset Highway No. 47, Mount Hood Highway No. 26, and John Day Highway No. 5 before continuing into Idaho and beyond.
Quartz Creek Bridge in Clatsop County, 1944
Picture Gorge in eastern Oregon, with US 26 at left and the John Day River at right
Interstate 5 (I-5) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major Interstate Highway that traverses the state from north to south. It travels to the west of the Cascade Mountains, connecting Portland to Salem, Eugene, Medford, and other major cities in the Willamette Valley and across the northern Siskiyou Mountains. The highway runs 308 miles (496 km) from the California state line near Ashland to the Washington state line in northern Portland, forming the central part of Interstate 5's route between Mexico and Canada.
Aerial view of Interstate 5 in downtown Medford, where it travels on an elevated viaduct
The Whilamut Passage Bridge, a pair of arch bridges that carry I-5 over the Willamette River in Eugene
Aerial view of Interstate 5 at its interchange with I-405 in Downtown Portland, as seen from the Portland Aerial Tram.
I-5 crosses the Willamette River on the Marquam Bridge, connecting two sides of Portland