Oregon Route 224 - Revision history

Jonathan: Added Clackamas section bidding process

2025-06-06T23:42:23Z

Added Clackamas section bidding process

Jonathan: Additional information about Clackamas and Eagle Creek-Estacada Sections

2025-05-31T09:31:20Z

Additional information about Clackamas and Eagle Creek-Estacada Sections

Jonathan: Placed OR-213 segment into its own subheading

2025-05-23T06:19:30Z

Placed OR-213 segment into its own subheading

Jonathan: Additional information and reshuffling

2025-05-23T06:17:26Z

Additional information and reshuffling

Jonathan: Rearranging some sections (wip)

2025-05-20T20:19:09Z

Rearranging some sections (wip)

Jonathan: Added some pre-history

2025-05-17T09:17:41Z

Added some pre-history

Jonathan: Remove erroneous statement

2025-05-15T08:16:38Z

Remove erroneous statement

Jonathan: Added summary paragraph

2025-05-15T08:15:12Z

Added summary paragraph

Jonathan: Initial page creation

2025-05-15T07:37:23Z

Initial page creation

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{{Routebox|type=OR|number=224|name=Oregon Route 224|highway=Clackamas Highway #127|addl_highways=Sunrise Expressway Highway #75<br />East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)|map=OR_224-map.png|maintained_by=Oregon Department of Transportation|length=48.21|created=c1961|start_terminus_dir=West|start_terminus=SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie|end_terminus_dir=East|end_terminus={{Jct|type=NF|number=46|page=National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)|route=NF-46}} near Ripplebrook|prev_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=224|page=Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)|route=OR-224 (1935-1944)|shield_variant=1932}}|next_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=225|page=Oregon Route 225|route=OR-225|align=right|shield_variant=1932}}}}

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	In June 1940, plans were drawn up to remove the at-grade railroad crossing slightly north and south of where Lake Road intersected OR-213<ref name="oshd_row_5B-27-18">Oregon State Highway Department. "Drawing No. 5B-27-18: Cascade Highway, Proposed Overcrossing, Cascade Highway over S.P. Railroad", June 1940.</ref>. While the alignments of the bridge and the northern approach were set in stone, there was some controversy surrounding the routing of the southern portion<ref name="oshc_1940-12-05_9953-9954">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 5 December 1940, pp. 9953-9954</ref>. Nevertheless, bids for construction were tentatively set for sometime in February 1941<ref name="oshc_1940-12-17_9979">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 17 December 1940, p. 9979</ref>. On January 22 and February 14, 1941 the OSHC signed two agreements with the Southern Pacific Railroad to build the overcrossing<ref name="oshc_1941-01-22_10097">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 22 January 1941, p. 10097</ref><ref name="oshc_1941-02-14_10121">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 14 February 1941, p. 10121</ref>.		In June 1940, plans were drawn up to remove the at-grade railroad crossing slightly north and south of where Lake Road intersected OR-213<ref name="oshd_row_5B-27-18">Oregon State Highway Department. "Drawing No. 5B-27-18: Cascade Highway, Proposed Overcrossing, Cascade Highway over S.P. Railroad", June 1940.</ref>. While the alignments of the bridge and the northern approach were set in stone, there was some controversy surrounding the routing of the southern portion<ref name="oshc_1940-12-05_9953-9954">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 5 December 1940, pp. 9953-9954</ref>. Nevertheless, bids for construction were tentatively set for sometime in February 1941<ref name="oshc_1940-12-17_9979">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 17 December 1940, p. 9979</ref>. On January 22 and February 14, 1941 the OSHC signed two agreements with the Southern Pacific Railroad to build the overcrossing<ref name="oshc_1941-01-22_10097">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 22 January 1941, p. 10097</ref><ref name="oshc_1941-02-14_10121">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 14 February 1941, p. 10121</ref>.
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		+	Bids for construction of the Clackamas grade separation were eventually opened on April 4 1941, with Portland's Frank Watt Construction Company successfully winning with the low bid of $25,954<ref name="oshc_1941-04-04_10255">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 4 April 1941, p. 10255</ref><ref name="oshc_1941-04-04_10265">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 4 April 1941, p. 10265</ref>. However, for as-yet unknown reasons, a second contract was opened on May 8<ref name="oshc_1941-05-08_10277">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 8 May 1941, p. 10277</ref>. Unlike the first contract announcement, which was for the "Clackamas grade separation project" and didn't mention the work involved, this announcement specified the work was for the "Clackamas Overcrossing Section" involving "0.91 mile grading and paving, and construction of two timber bridges"<ref name="oshc_1941-05-08_10285">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 8 May 1941, p. 10285</ref>. Roy L. Houck of Salem won later that day with a low bid of $97,016<ref name="oshc_1941-05-08_10285" />.

	====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====		====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====

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-In June 1940, plans were drawn up to remove the at-grade railroad crossing slightly north of where Lake Road intersected OR-213<ref name="oshd_row_5B-27-18">Oregon State Highway Department. "Drawing No. 5B-27-18: Cascade Highway, Proposed Overcrossing, Cascade Highway over S.P. Railroad", June 1940.</ref>.
+In June 1940, plans were drawn up to remove the at-grade railroad crossing slightly north and south of where Lake Road intersected OR-213<ref name="oshd_row_5B-27-18">Oregon State Highway Department. "Drawing No. 5B-27-18: Cascade Highway, Proposed Overcrossing, Cascade Highway over S.P. Railroad", June 1940.</ref>. While the alignments of the bridge and the northern approach were set in stone, there was some controversy surrounding the routing of the southern portion<ref name="oshc_1940-12-05_9953-9954">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 5 December 1940, pp. 9953-9954</ref>. Nevertheless, bids for construction were tentatively set for sometime in February 1941<ref name="oshc_1940-12-17_9979">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 17 December 1940, p. 9979</ref>. On January 22 and February 14, 1941 the OSHC signed two agreements with the Southern Pacific Railroad to build the overcrossing<ref name="oshc_1941-01-22_10097">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 22 January 1941, p. 10097</ref><ref name="oshc_1941-02-14_10121">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 14 February 1941, p. 10121</ref>.
 ====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====
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 Today, the [[Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail National Historic Trail]]'s Barlow Road Route is officially signed along OR-224 between Barton (joining from Baker's Ferry Road) and Eagle Creek (leaving on OR-211).
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 ====Estacada to Ripplebrook====

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 By 1914, a road can be seen running between Milwaukie and about a mile north of Clackamas along the future 1947 Clackamas Highway #171 alignment on the Oregon City USGS topographic map. This road, called Lake Road, is not known to have been part of the Clackamas County Market Road system.
 The eastern end of Lake Road intersected with 82nd Avenue, then called "Meridian Road" on the 1914 Oregon City topographic map; the future Clackamas Highway would turn right, entering the town of Clackamas after less than a mile. By 1930, this small section became part of the larger ''Clackamas County Market Road #38'' (82nd Street Road). On November 13, 1931 the Oregon State Highway Commission sought to take control of many highly-traveled county roads as a way of reducing county road maintenance costs due to the Great Depression. As part of this plan, the commission entered into an agreement with Clackamas County to take over the 27.06-mile Cascade Highway, including this segment, as a secondary state highway<ref name="oshc_1931-11-13_3128">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 13 November 1931, p. 3128</ref>. However, the [[Cascade Highway|Cascade Highway #160]] wasn't formally adopted into the highway system by formal resolution until December 6, 1933<ref name="oshc_1933-12-06_4500-4502">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 6 December 1933, pp. 4500-4502</ref>:
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 ==References==
 <references />

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 {{Routebox|type=OR|number=224|name=Oregon Route 224|highway=Clackamas Highway #127|addl_highways=Sunrise Expressway Highway #75<br />East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)|map=OR_224-map.png|maintained_by=Oregon Department of Transportation|length=48.21|created=c1961|start_terminus_dir=West|start_terminus=SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie|end_terminus_dir=East|end_terminus={{Jct|type=NF|number=46|page=National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)|route=NF-46}} near Ripplebrook|prev_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=224|page=Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)|route=OR-224 (1935-1944)|shield_variant=1932}}|next_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=225|page=Oregon Route 225|route=OR-225|align=right|shield_variant=1932}}}}
 {{See|about=the modern route between Milwaukie and Ripplebrook|for=the route between Lewisville and Monmouth that existed from 1935 to 1944|article=[[Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)]]}}
-'''Oregon Route 224''' is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of {{Oregon Route 99E|OR-99E}}) in Milwaukie and [[National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)|NF-46]] at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the [[Clackamas Highway|Clackamas Highway #171]], was extended from Faraday to its present eastern terminus. It has had several realignments along much of its length throughout the years, including the 2016 opening of Phase 1 of the Sunrise Expressway.
+'''Oregon Route 224''' is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of [[Oregon Route 99E|OR-99E]]) in Milwaukie and [[National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)|NF-46]] at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the [[Clackamas Highway|Clackamas Highway #171]], was extended from Faraday to its present eastern terminus. It has had several realignments along much of its length throughout the years, including the 2016 opening of Phase 1 of the Sunrise Expressway.
 ==History==
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 By 1914, a road can be seen running between Milwaukie and about a mile north of Clackamas along the future 1947 Clackamas Highway #171 alignment on the Oregon City USGS topographic map. This road, called Lake Road, is not known to have been part of the Clackamas County Market Road system.
-The portion of Clackamas Highway #171 that was eventually cosigned with [[Cascade Highway|Cascade Highway #160]] was marked on the 1914 Oregon City topographic map as "Meridian Road". It would become part of ''Clackamas County Market Road #38'' (82nd Street Road) by 1930.
+The eastern end of Lake Road intersected with 82nd Avenue, then called "Meridian Road" on the 1914 Oregon City topographic map; the future Clackamas Highway would turn right, entering the town of Clackamas after less than a mile. By 1930, this small section became part of the larger ''Clackamas County Market Road #38'' (82nd Street Road). On November 13, 1931 the Oregon State Highway Commission sought to take control of many highly-traveled county roads as a way of reducing county road maintenance costs due to the Great Depression. As part of this plan, the commission entered into an agreement with Clackamas County to take over the 27.06-mile Cascade Highway, including this segment, as a secondary state highway<ref name="oshc_1931-11-13_3128">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 13 November 1931, p. 3128</ref>. However, the [[Cascade Highway|Cascade Highway #160]] wasn't formally adopted into the highway system by formal resolution until December 6, 1933<ref name="oshc_1933-12-06_4500-4502">Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 6 December 1933, pp. 4500-4502</ref>:
 ====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====
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 ====Estacada to Ripplebrook====
-On May 5, 1911 Clackamas County filed an order with the county court to establish County Road No. 736 from Estacada to "the Northeast corner of the SE¼SE¼ of Section 27, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, W.M."<ref name="1963_oshd_memo_kuhn">Kuhn, James R. memo to R.L. Porter, "Clackamas Highway," 20 March 1963.</ref>; this road no longer exists, but was essentially a westward extension of today's SE Kemp Road. Later that year on December 6, the county filed another order with the court to establish County Road No. 765 (Drill Road), which extended from a point along County Road No. 736 to a point 1 mile southeast of Faraday<ref name="1963_oshd_memo_kuhn">.
+On May 5, 1911 Clackamas County filed an order with the county court to establish County Road No. 736 from Estacada to "the Northeast corner of the SE¼SE¼ of Section 27, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, W.M."<ref name="1963_oshd_memo_kuhn">Kuhn, James R. memo to R.L. Porter, "Clackamas Highway," 20 March 1963.</ref>; this road no longer exists, but was essentially a westward extension of today's SE Kemp Road. Later that year on December 6, the county filed another order with the court to establish County Road No. 765 (Drill Road), which extended from a point along County Road No. 736 to a point 1 mile southeast of Faraday<ref name="1963_oshd_memo_kuhn" />.
 By 1930, these future sections of OR-224 were a part of the Clackamas County Market Road system (* indicates former alignment):

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 {{Routebox|type=OR|number=224|name=Oregon Route 224|highway=Clackamas Highway #127|addl_highways=Sunrise Expressway Highway #75<br />East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)|map=OR_224-map.png|maintained_by=Oregon Department of Transportation|length=48.21|created=c1961|start_terminus_dir=West|start_terminus=SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie|end_terminus_dir=East|end_terminus={{Jct|type=NF|number=46|page=National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)|route=NF-46}} near Ripplebrook|prev_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=224|page=Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)|route=OR-224 (1935-1944)|shield_variant=1932}}|next_route={{Jct|type=OR|number=225|page=Oregon Route 225|route=OR-225|align=right|shield_variant=1932}}}}
 {{See|about=the modern route between Milwaukie and Ripplebrook|for=the route between Lewisville and Monmouth that existed from 1935 to 1944|article=[[Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)]]}}
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 ==History==
 In 1846, the Barlow Road was completed to Oregon City after branching from the Oregon Trail east of The Dalles. While the original Clackamas River crossing was at Feldheimer's Ford (also called "Feldenheimer's Ford", located southwest of Eagle Creek and northwest of Estacada), settlers could soon cross at one of three ferries located along the OR-224 corridor between Carver and Estacada<ref name="barlow_rd_cross_clack_rv">Topinka, Lyn. "TheBarlowRoad.com - 'Crossing the Clackamas River'", https://web.archive.org/web/20160403184715/http://thebarlowroad.com/barlow_road_crossing_clackamas_river.html (archive of http://thebarlowroad.com/barlow_road_crossing_clackamas_river.html), 2015, last accessed 15 May 2025.</ref><ref name="hist_oregon_ferries">Query, Charles Floyd. ''A History of Oregon Ferries Since 1826'', Maverick Books (Bend, Ore.), 2008, p. 4</ref>:
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 ** This ferry appeared on USGS topographic maps of the area between 1911 and 1938, but it's not known if it was operating at that time.
 Today, the [[Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail National Historic Trail]]'s Barlow Road Route is officially signed along OR-224 between Barton (joining from Baker's Ferry Road) and Eagle Creek (leaving on OR-211).
 By 1930, these future sections of OR-224 were a part of the Clackamas County Market Road system (* indicates former alignment):

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	{{See\|about=the modern route between Milwaukie and Ripplebrook\|for=the route between Lewisville and Monmouth that existed from 1935 to 1944\|article=[[Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)]]}}		{{See\|about=the modern route between Milwaukie and Ripplebrook\|for=the route between Lewisville and Monmouth that existed from 1935 to 1944\|article=[[Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)]]}}
	'''Oregon Route 224''' is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of {{Oregon Route 99E\|OR-99E}}) in Milwaukie and [[National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)\|NF-46]] at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the [[Clackamas Highway\|Clackamas Highway #171]], was extended from Faraday to its present eastern terminus. It has had several realignments along much of its length throughout the years, including the 2016 opening of Phase 1 of the Sunrise Expressway.		'''Oregon Route 224''' is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of {{Oregon Route 99E\|OR-99E}}) in Milwaukie and [[National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)\|NF-46]] at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the [[Clackamas Highway\|Clackamas Highway #171]], was extended from Faraday to its present eastern terminus. It has had several realignments along much of its length throughout the years, including the 2016 opening of Phase 1 of the Sunrise Expressway.
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		+	==History==
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		+	In 1846, the Barlow Road was completed to Oregon City after branching from the Oregon Trail east of The Dalles. While the original Clackamas River crossing was at Feldheimer's Ford (also called "Feldenheimer's Ford", located southwest of Eagle Creek and northwest of Estacada), settlers could soon cross at one of three ferries located along the OR-224 corridor between Carver and Estacada<ref name="barlow_rd_cross_clack_rv">Topinka, Lyn. "TheBarlowRoad.com - 'Crossing the Clackamas River'", https://web.archive.org/web/20160403184715/http://thebarlowroad.com/barlow_road_crossing_clackamas_river.html (archive of http://thebarlowroad.com/barlow_road_crossing_clackamas_river.html), 2015, last accessed 15 May 2025.</ref><ref name="hist_oregon_ferries">Query, Charles Floyd. ''A History of Oregon Ferries Since 1826'', Maverick Books (Bend, Ore.), 2008, p. 4</ref>:
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		+	* The rope-operated '''LaTourette Ferry''' crossed the Clackamas near Barton between 1847 and 1849. Only one wagon could cross at a time. A bridge opened at that location in 1912.
		+	** Two other ferries, the '''Chase Ferry''' (c. 1874) and '''McMurry Ferry''' (c. 1912), were also established at that same spot.
		+	* '''Baker's Ferry''', also rope-operated, crossed the Clackamas near Carver between 1847 and 1883, when it was replaced by a bridge. It was located at the present-day Carver boat ramp.
		+	* The '''Feldheimer Ferry''' crossed the Clackamas at the aforementioned Feldheimer's Ford between about 1850 and 1880. The ferry only transported people — livestock and wagons forded the river. Unlike the other two crossings, this one wasn't replaced by a bridge, but it lives on as the Feldheimer boat ramp today.
		+	** This ferry appeared on USGS topographic maps of the area between 1911 and 1938, but it's not known if it was operating at that time.
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		+	Today, the [[Oregon Trail\|Oregon Trail National Historic Trail]]'s Barlow Road Route is officially signed along OR-224 between Barton (joining from Baker's Ferry Road) and Eagle Creek (leaving on OR-211).
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		+	By 1930, these future sections of OR-224 were a part of the Clackamas County Market Road system (* indicates former alignment):
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		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! Segment
		+	! Market Road
		+	! Portion
		+	\|-
		+	\| [[Oregon Route 213\|OR-213]] concurrency*
		+	\| Market Road #38 (82nd Street Road)
		+	\| Entire length
		+	\|-
		+	\| Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction
		+	\| Market Road #16 (Rock Creek Bridge-Mt. Hood Loop)
		+	\| SE Evelyn St.* to Rock Creek Junction
		+	\|-
		+	\| Rock Creek Junction to Carver
		+	\| Market Road #39 (Rock Creek Bridge to Redland Store)
		+	\| Entire length
		+	\|-
		+	\| Carver to Barton
		+	\| Market Road #7 (Barton-Carver)
		+	\| Entire length
		+	\|-
		+	\| Barton to Estacada
		+	\| Market Road #19 (Barton-Eagle Creek-Estacada)
		+	\| Entire length
		+	\|}
		+
		+
		+	==References==
		+
		+	<references />

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	{{Routebox\|type=OR\|number=224\|name=Oregon Route 224\|highway=Clackamas Highway #127\|addl_highways=Sunrise Expressway Highway #75<br />East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)\|map=OR_224-map.png\|maintained_by=Oregon Department of Transportation\|length=48.21\|created=c1961\|start_terminus_dir=West\|start_terminus=SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie\|end_terminus_dir=East\|end_terminus={{Jct\|type=NF\|number=46\|page=National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)\|route=NF-46}} near Ripplebrook\|prev_route={{Jct\|type=OR\|number=224\|page=Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)\|route=OR-224 (1935-1944)\|shield_variant=1932}}\|next_route={{Jct\|type=OR\|number=225\|page=Oregon Route 225\|route=OR-225\|align=right\|shield_variant=1932}}}}		{{Routebox\|type=OR\|number=224\|name=Oregon Route 224\|highway=Clackamas Highway #127\|addl_highways=Sunrise Expressway Highway #75<br />East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)\|map=OR_224-map.png\|maintained_by=Oregon Department of Transportation\|length=48.21\|created=c1961\|start_terminus_dir=West\|start_terminus=SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie\|end_terminus_dir=East\|end_terminus={{Jct\|type=NF\|number=46\|page=National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)\|route=NF-46}} near Ripplebrook\|prev_route={{Jct\|type=OR\|number=224\|page=Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)\|route=OR-224 (1935-1944)\|shield_variant=1932}}\|next_route={{Jct\|type=OR\|number=225\|page=Oregon Route 225\|route=OR-225\|align=right\|shield_variant=1932}}}}
		+	{{See\|about=the modern route between Milwaukie and Ripplebrook\|for=the route between Lewisville and Monmouth that existed from 1935 to 1944\|article=[[Oregon Route 224 (Lewisville-Monmouth)]]}}
		+	'''Oregon Route 224''' is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of {{Oregon Route 99E\|OR-99E}}) in Milwaukie and [[National Forest Highway 46 (Mount Hood National Forest)\|NF-46]] at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the [[Clackamas Highway\|Clackamas Highway #171]], was extended from Faraday to its present eastern terminus. While the termini of OR-224 have remained the same, it has had several realignments along much of its length throughout the years, including the 2016 opening of Phase 1 of the Sunrise Expressway.