Interstate 84 in Oregon

This article is about the section of Interstate 84 in Oregon. For the entire route, see Interstate 84 (Oregon–Utah).

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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	375.68 mi (604.60 km)
Existed:	1957 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-5 / US 30 in Portland
	I-205 in Portland US 197 in The Dalles US 97 in Biggs Junction I-82 near Hermiston US 395 in Pendleton
East end:	I-84 at Idaho state line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Oregon Highways Interstate US State Named Scenic ← OR 82 OR 86 →

Interstate 84 (I-84) in the U.S. state of Oregon, also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, travels east–west, following the Columbia River and the rough path of the old Oregon Trail from Portland east to Idaho. For this reason, it is also known as most of the Columbia River Highway No. 2 and all of the Old Oregon Trail Highway No. 6 (see Oregon highways and routes). It also follows along or near U.S. Route 30. The entire highway carried the designation I-80N (or I-80 North) until 1980, when this was changed to I-84.

Route description

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I-84 near Pendleton, Oregon

Interstate 84 begins in Portland, Oregon where it connects with Interstate 5 on the east side of the Willamette River. It continues east, crossing Interstate 205, before curving to the north to join the Columbia River. It continues along the river, passing Interstate 82 in Hermiston, and US 395 in Pendleton. It then curves to the south, until it gets to the Idaho border. It continues into Idaho.

The Cabbage Hill grade east of Pendleton is a 6% grade, with several hairpin curves in both directions and a separation between directions of almost 2 miles (3 km).

Banfield Expressway

The T.H. Banfield Expressway is the portion of Interstate 84 between its western terminus at Interstate 5 and its intersection at Interstate 205 in Portland, Oregon, United States. The expressway, originally built as part of US 30, is named for Thomas H. "Harry" Banfield (1885–1950), a former Oregon state highway commissioner.

Prior to the creation of the Banfield, surface streets were the only routes from Portland to the country. Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the federal government had started providing federal assistance to expressway projects. As a result, planners designed a freeway system in Portland. The first step in building this new freeway system was to construct the Banfield, which would stretch from Portland to Troutdale. On October 1, 1955, the Banfield Expressway opened to traffic. It was Oregon's first freeway. The highway was rebuilt during the 1980s, and the MAX Light Rail line was added along the north side at the same time.

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I-84 west of Cabbage Hill and Deadman Pass and the Blue Mountains, a few miles southeast of Pendleton.

History

Improvements to the Columbia River Highway and Old Oregon Trail Highway had been planned since the 1930s, but World War II delayed those plans. The Oregon State Highway Division started implementing these improvements segment by segment beginning in the 1950s as bond funding became available. One of the segments completed in the early 1950s was the Banfield Expressway in Portland.

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I-84 between the Hood River and The Dalles

When the Federal Interstate and Defense Highways Act was passed in 1956, U.S. Route 30 was scheduled to be superseded by Interstate 80N, on an alignment closer to the river on flat terrain. The segment between Portland and The Dalles was mostly complete by 1963, but it would take until 1969 for construction of the highway to meet Interstate highway standards. The highway was designated Interstate 80N until May 1980, when it was changed to Interstate 84 to eliminate confusion with the western section of the non-suffixed I-80, which split from I-80N in Salt Lake City and continued west to San Francisco as I-80. Construction on the remaining segments continued until July 3, 1980, when the segment of Interstate 84 from Portland to the Idaho border was completed to Interstate standards.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Multnomah	Portland	0.00	0.00	—	I-5 north / US 30 west – Seattle	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 north exit 300
					MLK Jr. Boulevard, Convention Center, Rose Quarter	Westbound exit; eastbound entrance from OR  99E
					I-5 south – Beaverton, Salem, OMSI, Portland City Center	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 south exit 301
		0.92	1.48	1	Lloyd Center	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2.16	3.48	1	33rd Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2.55	4.10	2	César E. Chávez Boulevard, 43rd Avenue – Hollywood District
		3.69	5.94	3	60th Avenue	No westbound exit
		4.26	6.86	4	Halsey St, 68th Avenue	Eastbound exit only
		5.01	8.06	5	OR 213 (82nd Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		5.74	9.24	6	I-205 south – Salem	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-205 exit 21B
		5.86	9.43	7	Halsey Street	Eastbound exit only
		5.76– 6.59	9.27– 10.61	8	I-205 north – Seattle, Portland Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		6.74	10.85	9	102nd Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		6.95	11.18	9	I-205 – Salem, Seattle	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-205 exit 22
		10.08	16.22	10	122nd Avenue	Eastbound exit and entrance
	Gresham	13.04	20.99	13	181st Avenue – Gresham
	Fairview	14.41	23.19	14	Fairview Parkway (207th Avenue) (US 30 Byp. west) – Fairview
	Wood Village	15.96	25.69	16	238th Drive – Wood Village
	Troutdale	16.90– 17.37	27.20– 27.95	17	Marine Drive – Troutdale
	​	17.82	28.68	18	Lewis and Clark State Park, Oxbow Regional Park
	​	22.10	35.57	22	Corbett
	​	24.99	40.22	25	Rooster Rock State Park
	​	28.09	45.21	28	Historic Columbia River Highway – Bridal Veil	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​	29.47	47.43	29	Dalton Point (Benson State Recreation Area)	Westbound exit and entrance
	​	30.55	49.17	30	Benson State Recreation Area	Eastbound exit and entrance
	​	31.39	50.52	31	Multnomah Falls
	​	35.14	56.55	35	Historic Columbia River Highway – Ainsworth State Park
	​	37.12	59.74	37	Warrendale	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​	40.27	64.81	40	Bonneville Dam National Historic Landmark
	​	41.57	66.90	41	Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery, Eagle Creek Recreation Area	Eastbound exit and entrance
Hood River	Cascade Locks	43.64	70.23	44	US 30 east – Cascade Locks, Stevenson	Eastern end of US 30 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		45.05	72.50	44	US 30 west – Cascade Locks	Western end of US 30 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​	47.31	76.14	47	Forest Lane (Historic Columbia River Highway) – Herman Creek	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Wyeth	50.99	82.06	51	Wyeth
	​	54.77	88.14	55	Starvation Creek Trailhead, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail	Eastbound exit and entrance
	​	56.04	90.19	56	Viento State Park
	​	58.35	93.91	58	Mitchell Point Overlook	Eastbound exit and entrance
	​			—	Mitchell Point Drive	Unsigned; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			—	Morton Road	Unsigned; westbound exit and entrance
	​	62.06	99.88	62	US 30 east (OR  35) / Westcliff Drive – West Hood River	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
	Hood River	63.92	102.87	63	Hood River City Center
		64.44	103.71	64	US 30 west / OR 35 (Mount Hood Highway) – White Salmon, Government Camp	Western end of US 30 overlap
Wasco	Mosier	69.79	112.32	69	US 30 east – Mosier	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
	​	76.65	123.36	76	Rowena
	The Dalles	82.07	132.08	82	Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Wasco County Museum
		83.67	134.65	83	West The Dalles (US 30)	Signed as exit 84 westbound
		84.16	135.44	84	The Dalles City Center (US 30 east)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		85.51	137.62	85	The Dalles City Center, National Historic Districts
		87.01	140.03	87	US 30 west / US 197 – Dufur, Bend	Western end of US 30 overlap
	​	88.83	142.96	88	The Dalles Dam
	​	97.14	156.33	97	OR 206 – Celilo Park, Deschutes River State Recreation Area
Sherman	Biggs Junction	104.56	168.27	104	US 97 – Yakima, Bend
	Rufus	109.95	176.95	109	Rufus, John Day Dam Visitor Facilities
		112.19	180.55	112	John Day Dam
	​	114.23	183.84	114	LePage Park, John Day River
Gilliam	​	123.31	198.45	123	Philippi Canyon
	​	129.43	208.30	129	Blalock Canyon
	​	131.03	210.87	131	Woelpern Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Arlington	137.82– 138.02	221.80– 222.12	137	OR 19 – Arlington, Condon
	​	147.35	237.14	147	OR 74 – Heppner, Ione
Morrow	​	151.75	244.22	151	Threemile Canyon
	​	159.30	256.37	159	Tower Road
	Boardman	164.16	264.19	164	Boardman
		165.76	266.76	165	Port of Morrow
	​	167.95	270.29	168	US 730 – Irrigon
	​	171.13	275.41	171	Paterson Ferry Road
Umatilla	​	177.97	286.41	177	Umatilla Army Depot
	​	179.45	288.80	179	I-82 west – Hermiston, Umatilla, Kennewick
	​	180.41	290.34	180	Westland Road – Hermiston
	​	182.86	294.28	182	OR 207 – Lexington, Hermiston
	​	188.84	303.91	188	US 395 north – Echo, Hermiston, Stanfield	Western end of US 395 overlap
	​	193.53	311.46	193	Echo Road – Lexington, Echo
	​	198.54	319.52	198	McClintock Road, Lorenzen Road
	​	199.53	321.11	199	Yoakum Road – Stage Gulch
	​	202.91	326.55	202	Barnhart Road – Stage Gulch
	Pendleton	207.47	333.89	207	US 30 east – Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, Pendleton City Center, West Pendleton	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
		209.54	337.22	209	US 395 south / OR 37 – John Day, Pendleton	Eastern end of US 395 overlap
		210.96	339.51	210	OR 11 – Milton-Freewater, Pendleton
		213.06	342.89	213	US 30 west – Pendleton City Center, National Historic District	Western end of US 30 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​	216.05	347.70	216	Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla
	​	224.67	361.57	224	Poverty Flat Road, Old Emigrant Hill Road
	​	228.98	368.51	228	Deadman Pass
	​	233.95– 235.04	376.51– 378.26	234	Meacham, Emigrant Springs State Park
	​	238.77	384.26	238	Kamela, Meacham
	​	243.82	392.39	243	Summit Road – Mt. Emily
Union	​	248.54	399.99	248	Spring Creek Road – Kamela
	Hilgard	252.83	406.89	252	OR 244 – Starkey, Ukiah
	Perry	256.40	412.64	256	Perry	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		257.26	414.02	257	Perry	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	La Grande	259.35	417.38	259	US 30 east – La Grande	Eastern end of US 30 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		261.84	421.39	261	OR 82 – Elgin, La Grande
	​	264.92	426.35	265	US 30 west / OR 203 – La Grande, Union	Western end of US 30 overlap
	​	268.26	431.72	268	Foothill Road
	​	270.87	435.92	270	Ladd Creek Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​	273.91	440.82	273	Frontage Road
	​	278.64	448.43	278	Clover Creek
	​	283.64	456.47	283	Wolf Creek Lane
	North Powder	285.68	459.76	285	US 30 east / OR 237 – Haines, North Powder, Union	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
Baker	​	298.68	480.68	298	OR 203 – Baker City Airport, Haines, Medical Springs
	Baker City	302.98	487.60	302	OR 86 east – North Baker City, Hells Canyon, Richland
		304.14	489.47	304	OR 7 south – Baker City Center, Historic District, Geiser Grand Hotel
	​	306.53	493.31	306	US 30 west – Baker City, Haines	Western end of US 30 overlap
	​	313.64	504.75	313	Pleasant Valley	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​	317.47	510.92	317	Pleasant Valley	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​	327.43	526.95	327	Durkee
	​	330.67	532.16	330	Cement Plant Road, Plano Road
	​	335.76	540.35	335	Weatherby
	​	338.11	544.14	338	Lookout Mountain
	​	340.42	547.85	340	Rye Valley
	​	342.90	551.84	342	Lime (Huntington Highway)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​	345.83	556.56	345	US 30 east – Huntington, Lime	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
Malheur	​	353.04	568.16	353	US 30 west – Farewell Bend State Park, Huntington	Western end of US 30 overlap
	​	356.17	573.20	356	OR 201 – Weiser
	​	362.15	582.82	362	Moores Hollow Road
	Ontario	371.45	597.79	371	Stanton Boulevard
		374.55	602.78	374	OR 201 (US 30 Bus. east) to US 20 / US 26 – Ontario, Weiser
		376.72	606.27	376A	US 30 Bus. west – Ontario, Treasure Valley Community College
		376.72	606.27	376B	US 30 east – Payette	Eastern end of US 30 overlap
	​				I-84 east	Continuation into Idaho
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

External links

• Oregon Interstate Background, Oregon Department of Transportation

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