U.S. Route 28

U.S. Highway 28 marker

U.S. Highway 28

US 28 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Oregon State Highway Department
Length462 mi[citation needed] (744 km)
Existed1926–February 1, 1952[1]
Major junctions
West end US 99 in Eugene
East end US 30 in Ontario
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
Highway system
← US 27US→ US 29
← OR 27OR→ US 30

U.S. Route 28 (US 28) was an east–west United States Numbered Highway that was located completely in the U.S. state of Oregon. It connected US 99 in Eugene with US 30 in Ontario. It existed from 1926 to 1952.

History

In 1937, US 28 was truncated from Florence to Eugene, which then became its western terminus in Eugene. US 28 was replaced with US 26 when US 26 was extended from Wyoming to the Pacific Ocean in 1952. The portion of US 28 from Ontario to Prineville became US 26. That highway then continued in a northwesterly direction to Portland and Astoria. From Prineville to Eugene, US 28 became U.S. Route 126, now known as Oregon Route 126.

Route description

Main articles: U.S. Route 26 in Oregon and Oregon Route 126

US 28 began at US 99 in Eugene before continuing to Sisters and Redmond, where the route met US 97. Continuing east, the highway traveled concurrently with US 395 to Prineville.

At the intersection with Route 126, the old designation of US 28 follows US 26 and picks up the Ochoco Highway No. 41, which also follows OR 126 west to US 97 in Redmond. The Ochoco Highway ends at OR 19 near Dayville, from which US 28 followed the John Day Highway No. 5 through John Day to US 20 in Vale. The remainder of US 28 in Oregon overlapped US 20 on the Central Oregon Highway No. 7 to the Idaho state line.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
LaneEugene00.0 US 99Western terminus
DeschutesSisters91146 US 20
Redmond111179 US 97
CrookPrineville130210 OR 27
WheelerMitchell183295
 OR 207 north
Grant​215346
 OR 19 north
Mount Vernon245394
 US 395 north		West end of US 395 concurrency
John Day253407
 US 395 south		East end of US 395 concurrency
Baker​303488
 OR 7 east
MalheurVale371597
 US 20 west		West end of US 20 concurrency
Ontario387623
 US 20 east		Eastern terminus; east end of US 20 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ "Federal Number Due State Roads". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon. January 11, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved December 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ Road and Reference Atlas (Map). Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 74–75.

External links

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