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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)]]}}
 
{{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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'''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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'''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==
 
==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.
 
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.
  
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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.
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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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{{OSHCMinutes|quote=Cascade Secondary State Highway No. 160, described as follows:
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Being all of Market Roads No. 38, No. 22 and No. 5, and being a portion of Market Roads No. 11 and No. 25, beginning at the Multnomah County Line at a connection with S. E. 82nd Avenue extended and extending in a southerly direction via Oregon City, Liberal and Marquam to the Marion County line, a distance of approximately 31.7 miles.
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By 1935, this section became part of '''[[Oregon Route 213|OR-213]]'''<ref name="oshd_desc_1934_2">Oregon State Highway Department. "Designated Route Numbers," c. 1934, p. 2</ref>:
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{{RouteDesc|quote=Ore. 213&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning at a junction with U. S. 30 at 82nd and Sandy Blvd. in Portland; thence south on 82nd Street and secondary #160 to a junction with U. S. 99E and Ore. 215 at Oregon City.
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|title=Oregon State Highway Department Designated Route Numbers
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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>.
  
 
====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====
 
====Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction====
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====Estacada to Ripplebrook====
 
====Estacada to Ripplebrook====
  
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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">.  
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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):
 
By 1930, these future sections of OR-224 were a part of the Clackamas County Market Road system (* indicates former alignment):

Revision as of 22:17, 22 May 2025

OR 224.png
Oregon Route 224
Clackamas Highway #127
Sunrise Expressway Highway #75
East Portland Freeway #64 (1965-2016)
OR 224-map.png
Route Information
Maintained by Oregon Department of Transportation
Length 48.21 mi.
Existed c1961 to present
Junctions
West End SE 17th Avenue in Milwaukie
East End NF 46.png NF-46 near Ripplebrook
Navigation
← OR 224 1932.png OR-224 (1935-1944) OR-225 OR 225 1932.png →

Oregon Route 224 is a state route that runs from SE 17th Avenue (just west of OR-99E) in Milwaukie and NF-46 at the Rainbow Campground near Ripplebrook. It was created sometime in 1961 when its underlying state highway, the 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

Prior to State Highway Designation

Milwaukie to Clackamas

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[1]. However, the Cascade Highway #160 wasn't formally adopted into the highway system by formal resolution until December 6, 1933[2]:

Cascade Secondary State Highway No. 160, described as follows:

Being all of Market Roads No. 38, No. 22 and No. 5, and being a portion of Market Roads No. 11 and No. 25, beginning at the Multnomah County Line at a connection with S. E. 82nd Avenue extended and extending in a southerly direction via Oregon City, Liberal and Marquam to the Marion County line, a distance of approximately 31.7 miles.

-OSHC Minutes, 1933-12-06, p. 4502

By 1935, this section became part of OR-213[3]:

Ore. 213     Beginning at a junction with U. S. 30 at 82nd and Sandy Blvd. in Portland; thence south on 82nd Street and secondary #160 to a junction with U. S. 99E and Ore. 215 at Oregon City.

-From "Oregon State Highway Department Designated Route Numbers," c. 1934, p. 2

In June 1940, plans were drawn up to remove the at-grade railroad crossing slightly north of where Lake Road intersected OR-213[4].

Clackamas to Rock Creek Junction

By 1914, a road can be seen running between Clackamas and Rock Creek Junction along the future 1947 Clackamas Highway #171 alignment on the Oregon City USGS topographic map. Between modern-day SE Evelyn Street and Rock Creek Junction, the road would also become part of Clackamas County Market Road #16 (Rock Creek Bridge-Mt. Hood Loop) by 1930.

Rock Creek Junction to Estacada

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[5][6]:

  • 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.

Today, the 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).

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."[7]; 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[7].

By 1930, these future sections of OR-224 were a part of the Clackamas County Market Road system (* indicates former alignment):

Segment Market Road Portion
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

  1. ↑ Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 13 November 1931, p. 3128
  2. ↑ Oregon State Highway Commission minutes, 6 December 1933, pp. 4500-4502
  3. ↑ Oregon State Highway Department. "Designated Route Numbers," c. 1934, p. 2
  4. ↑ Oregon State Highway Department. "Drawing No. 5B-27-18: Cascade Highway, Proposed Overcrossing, Cascade Highway over S.P. Railroad", June 1940.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Query, Charles Floyd. A History of Oregon Ferries Since 1826, Maverick Books (Bend, Ore.), 2008, p. 4
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kuhn, James R. memo to R.L. Porter, "Clackamas Highway," 20 March 1963.
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