U.S. Route 30, WA-433 to US-30 Bypass

 

Last Driven April 2015

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/48.44

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Rock Crest St, Rainier

Reassurance shield after the bridge to Washington State

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/31.98

Location: Columbia River Hwy and Pacific St, Columbia City

Several miles later, we’ll enter Columbia City.

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/27.82

Location: Columbia River Hwy and Sykes Rd, St. Helens

A few miles later, we’ll enter St. Helens and there’s a reassurance shield as we pass through the strip mall part of town.

MP: 25.58

Location: Columbia River Hwy and Church Rd, Warren, Columbia Cty

A few miles later, we’ll approach the town of Warren.

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/25.39

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Church Rd, Warren, Columbia Cty
No signage for a really long time until we get south of St Helens where we will be presented with a barrage of them in the next 25 miles before joining I-405. They’d do well to space these out better

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/24.86

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Berg Rd, Warren, Columbia Cty

Another reassurance shield as we pass Warren

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/24.43

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Slavens Rd, Columbia Cty

Another reassurance shield- these show up after just about every major road

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/23.76

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Tarbell Rd, Columbia Cty

Reassurance shield after Tarbell Rd as we make our way down this 4 lane fully at-grade road

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/23.33

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Fullerton Rd, Columbia Cty

Another reassurance shield

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/22.42

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Lane Rd, Scappoose

Reassurance shield as we pass the road to the Scappoose Airport and enter the Scappoose area

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/21.93

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Gilmore Rd, Scappoose

Interesting reassurance shield in that this one is immediately BEFORE the major road

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/14.13

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and Zane’s Rd, Holbrook, Columbia Cty

Brief break from reassurance shields as we pass through Scappoose, then another one as we pass through unincorporated Holbrook

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/12.95

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and NW McNamee Rd, Multnomah Cty

Reassurance shield just after we pass into Multnomah Cty

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/12.87

Location: Columbia River Hwy and Burlington Dr, Burlington, Multnomah Cty

A few miles later, we’ll enter Burlington.

MP: 10.64

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and NW Larson Rd, Multnomah Cty

Reassurance shield after a county bridge into Washington state

(Historic Photo: December 2008)

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/9.61

Location: Lower Columbia River Hwy and NW Harborton Dr, Portland

Reassurance shield as we enter the city of roses

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/8.24

Location: NW St. Helens Blvd and NW 1st St, Portland

Reassurance shield as we pass a bunch of gas stations

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/7.49

Location: NW St. Helens Blvd and NW St Johns Bridge, Portland

Junction US-30 bypass coming up, which heads through north Portland and joins I-84/US-30 on the east end of town. It used to actually be a faster way, but since the construction of the interstate it’s faster just to stay on mainline 30

MP: Lower Columbia River Hwy #92/7.34

Location: NW St Helens Blvd and NW St John’s Brg, Portland

Bear right to head over the Columbia River into North Portland

E to I-405, W to OR 47

E to I-5

N to WA State Line