U.S. Route 28 (US 28) was an east–west United States Numbered Highway that was located completely in the U.S. state of Oregon. It connected US 99 in Eugene with US 30 in Ontario. It existed from 1926 to 1952.
 U.S. Highway 28 | |||||||
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 US 28 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Maintained by Oregon State Highway Department | |||||||
| Length | 462 mi[citation needed] (744 km) | ||||||
| Existed | 1926–February 1, 1952[1] | ||||||
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| West end |  US 99 in Eugene | ||||||
| East end |  US 30 in Ontario | ||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||
| State | Oregon | ||||||
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History
editIn 1937, US 28 was truncated from Florence to Eugene, which then became its western terminus in Eugene. US 28 was replaced with US 26 when US 26 was extended from Wyoming to the Pacific Ocean in 1952. The portion of US 28 from Ontario to Prineville became US 26. That highway then continued in a northwesterly direction to Portland and Astoria. From Prineville to Eugene, US 28 became US 126, now known as Oregon Route 126 (OR 126).
Route description
editUS 28 began at US 99 in Eugene before continuing to Sisters and Redmond, where the route met US 97. Continuing east, the highway traveled concurrently with US 395 between Mount Vernon and John Day.
At the intersection with OR 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. The remainder of US 28 in Oregon overlapped US 20 on the Central Oregon Highway No. 7 to the Idaho state line.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lane | Eugene | 0 | 0.0 | US 99 | Western terminus |
| Deschutes | Sisters | 91 | 146 |  US 20 | |
| Redmond | 111 | 179 |  US 97 | ||
| Crook | Prineville | 130 | 210 |  OR 27 | |
| Wheeler | Mitchell | 183 | 295 |   OR 207 north | |
| Grant | | 215 | 346 |  OR 19 north | |
| Mount Vernon | 245 | 394 |   US 395 north | West end of US 395 concurrency | |
| John Day | 253 | 407 |  US 395 south | East end of US 395 concurrency | |
| Baker | | 303 | 488 |   OR 7 east | |
| Malheur | Vale | 371 | 597 |  US 20 west | West end of US 20 concurrency |
| Ontario | 387 | 623 |  US 20 east | Eastern terminus; east end of US 20 concurrency | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Federal Number Due State Roads". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon. January 11, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved December 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Road and Reference Atlas (Map). Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 74–75.
