Much of the U. S. city of

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

is built to a

grid plan In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogon ...

oriented north/south and east/west. However, the streets in the central

downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

area are aligned to magnetic north—presumably at the time the area was platted—and so is oriented about 19.25° eastward. The city is rated highly in "

walkability In urban planning, walkability is the accessibility of amenities within a reasonable walking distance. It is based on the idea that urban spaces should be more than just transport corridors designed for maximum vehicle throughput. Instead, it s ...

", bicycle-friendliness and public transport provision. Urban growth has been controlled by the

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planning authority since the 1970s.

Principal streets

82nd Avenue 82nd Avenue of the Roses (simply 82nd Avenue prior to 2005) is a street in Portland, Oregon, and comprises the northern end of Oregon Route 213, also known as the Cascade Highway. It is one of the longest streets in Portland, running down the ...

Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway Oregon Route 10 is an Oregon state highway which serves Portland, Oregon, Portland and some of its western suburbs. Route description OR 10 begins as Naito Parkway in Downtown Portland, Oregon, Downtown Portland starting where Naito Parkway in ...

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street ** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...

Burnside Street Burnside Street is a major thoroughfare of Portland, Oregon, Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, and one of a few east–west streets that runs uninterrupted on both sides of the Willamette River. It serves as the dividing line between North ...

, east–west, runs uninterrupted on both sides of the

Willamette River The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward ...

, serves as the dividing line between North Portland and South Portland *

Canyon Road Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road) is a major road and partial state highway, which serves as a connector between Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. It was the first major road constructed between the Tualatin V ...

* Capitol Highway * Cesar Chavez Boulevard, formerly known as Northeast and Southeast 39th Avenue *

Cornell Road Cornell Road is an east–west street and traffic corridor in the Portland metropolitan area, in Multnomah County, Multnomah and Washington County, Oregon, Washington counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. It crosses the Tualatin Mountains (West ...

* Division Street *

Harbor Drive Harbor Drive is a short roadway in Portland, Oregon, spanning a total length of , which primarily functions as a ramp to and from Interstate 5. It was once much longer, running along the western edge of the Willamette River in the downtown ar ...

* Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., formerly Union Avenue (renamed in 1989). Carries

Oregon Route 99E Oregon Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of the Oregon/ Washington border, in Portland. It, along with OR 99W, makes up a split of OR 99 in the northern part ...

. *

Klickitat Street Klickitat Street is a city street located in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The main stem of the street is long, and runs east-west parallel to—and one block south of—northeast Fremont Street, from the eastern edge of Irving Pa ...

* Hawthorne Boulevard * Lombard Street *

Naito Parkway Naito Parkway is a major thoroughfare of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was formerly known as Front Avenue and Front Street and was renamed in 1996 to honor Bill Naito. It runs between SW Barbur Boulevard and NW Front Avenue, and adja ...

* Williams Avenue, a north-south street that defines the eastern boundary of

North Portland North Portland is one of the six sextants of Portland, Oregon. North Portland is a diverse mixture of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. It includes the Portland International Raceway, the University of Portland, and massive cargo faci ...

Stark Street Stark Street, formerly known as Baseline Road, is an east-west-running street in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The street is named after Benjamin Stark, and is divided as Southeast Stark Street and Southwest Stark Street by the Willame ...

(part of which has been designated Harvey Milk Street) *

Terwilliger Boulevard Terwilliger Boulevard is a street in Portland, Oregon, U.S. It begins at SW 6th Avenue and SW Sheridan Street south of Portland State University. It passes through the neighborhoods of Marquam Hill, Southwest Hills, and Burlingame and by Lewi ...

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External links

* {{Streets in Portland, Oregon

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Principal streets

See also

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