U.S. Route 28 (US 28) was an east–west
United States Numbered Highway
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that was located completely in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. It connected
US 99 in
Eugene with
US 30 in
Ontario
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. It existed from 1926 to 1952.
History
In 1937, US 28 was truncated from
Florence
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to
Eugene, which then became its western terminus in
Eugene. US 28 was replaced with
US 26 when US 26 was extended from
Wyoming
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to the
Pacific Ocean
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in 1952. The portion of US 28 from Ontario to
Prineville
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History
Prineville was founded in 187 ...
became US 26. That highway then continued in a northwesterly direction to
Portland
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* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
and
Astoria. From Prineville to Eugene, US 28 became U.S. Route 126, now known as
Oregon Route 126.
Route description
US 28 began at
US 99 in Eugene before continuing to
Sisters
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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
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Vale may also refer to:
Places Georgia
* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
Norway
* Våle, a historic municipality
Portugal
* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipali ...
. The remainder of US 28 in Oregon overlapped US 20 on the
Central Oregon Highway No. 7 to the
Idaho
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state line.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
Endpoints of U.S. Highway 28
{{US Highways
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U.S. Highways in Oregon
Transportation in Lane County, Oregon
Transportation in Deschutes County, Oregon
Transportation in Crook County, Oregon
Transportation in Wheeler County, Oregon
Transportation in Grant County, Oregon
Transportation in Baker County, Oregon
Transportation in Malheur County, Oregon
U.S. Route 26
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