Interstate 205 (Oregon-Washington)

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Interstate 205
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

36.64 mi (58.97 km)

South end:

I-5 in Tualatin, OR

Major
junctions:

US 26 near Portland, OR

I-84 near Portland, OR

North end:

I-5 in Salmon Creek, WA

Interstate 205 (abbreviated 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 Washington and Oregon. I-205 loops east of downtown Portland and Vancouver, thus serving as a bypass route. I-205 is one of the small number of three-digit interstates to cross over into another state. The northern terminus begins north of Vancouver in the suburb of Salmon Creek. The southern terminus is near the Portland suburb of Tualatin.

Interstate 205 is the Interstate that provides access to Portland International Airport (PDX).

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. will be used as part of the future route for the next MAX Light Rail route, 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 State Route 43, Oregon State Route 99E, Oregon State Route 212, Oregon State Route 213, Oregon State Route 224, Washington State Route 14, Washington State Route 500, and Washington State Route 501.

[edit] Major cities and suburbs along the route

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Washington		0.00		I-5 - Portland, Salem	Southern terminus.
Clackamas		3.16	3	Stafford Road, Lake Oswego
	West Linn	6.40	6	West Linn, 10th Street
		7.48	Northbound: Willamette Falls viewpoint.
		8.82	8	OR 43 - West Linn, Lake Oswego	Non-motorized vehicles prohibited north of this exit.
		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, Clackamas Community College
		OR 213 forms a 3.01 mile concurrency with I-5.
	Gladstone	11.05	11	Gladstone
		12.47	12A	OR 212 east/ OR 224 east - Estacada, Mount Hood	Northbound: Signed as exit number 12.
		OR 224 forms a 0.78 mile concurrency with I-5 and OR 213.
		12.87	12B	Webster Road, Johnson City	Southbound only. Access from northbound I-5 via exit 12.
		13.25	13	Route 213 north - 82nd Avenue, Route 224 west - Milwaukie
		14.31N, 14.58S	14	Sunnybrook Boulevard, Sunnyside Road, Clackamas Town Center
		16.24	16	Johnson Creek Boulevard
Multnomah	Portland	17.80	17	Foster Road
		19.12N, 19.61S	19	US 26 - Powell Boulevard, Division Street, Eastport Plaza
		20.33	20	Washington Street, Stark Street, Mall 205	Southbound: no exit. Northbound: no entrance.
		20.63	21A	Glisan Street, Stark Street	Stark Street signed southbound only.
		20.99	21B	I-84 west/ US 30 west - Portland	Northbound: no entrance.
		22.22	22	I-84 west/ US 30 east - Hood River, The Dalles
		23.21	23A	US 30 Business east - Sandy Boulevard	Southbound: Signed US 30 Bypass east
		23.63	23B	US 30 Business west - Sandy Boulevard	Northbound: Signed US 30 Bypass west
		24.26	24A	Airport Way west, Portland Airport	Northbound only.
		24.48	24	Airport Way, Portland Airport	Southbound only.
		24.48	24B	Airport Way east	Northbound only.
Washington - Oregon state line		26.59	Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over the Columbia River.
Clark	Vancouver	27.23	27	SR 14 - Vancouver, Camas
		28.33	28	Mill Plain Boulevard
		30.90	30	SR 500 - Vancouver, Orchards
		32.96	32	NE 83rd Street, Andresen Road
		36.75	36	NE 134th Street
		37.16		I-5 north - Seattle	Northern terminus.

[edit] Legal Definition

The Washington section of I-205 is defined at Washington Revised Code § 47.17.400.[1]

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