Interstate 205

Interstate 205 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	37.13 mi[1][2] (59.75 km)
Formed:	1975
South end:	I-5 in Tualatin, Oregon
Major junctions:	US 26 near Portland, Oregon I-84 near Portland
North end:	I-5 in Salmon Creek, Washington

Interstate 205 (I-205) is a loop route that serves the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area. I-205 is officially the War Veterans Memorial Freeway and was formerly known as the East Portland Freeway in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. I-205 loops east of downtown Portland and Vancouver, thus serving as a bypass route. The northern terminus begins north of Vancouver in the suburb of Salmon Creek. The southern terminus is near the Portland suburb of Tualatin.

Beneath the I-205 bridge in Vancouver, looking towards Portland

I-205 Bridge crossing the Columbia River towards Vancouver

Interstate 205 is the freeway that provides access to Portland International Airport (PDX).

The final section of I-205 to be completed, the section between SE Division Street and the southern interchange of the Glenn Jackson Bridge over the Columbia River, opened to traffic in March 1983.^[3] The approximately 10-mile section on the Washington side of the river had opened in summer 1982,^[3] and the bridge opened in December 1982.^[4]

Construction of I-205 included a graded but unfinished transitway between SE Foster Rd. and NE Columbia Blvd. The section between NE Columbia Blvd. and the I-205/I-84 junction became part of the MAX Red Line, and the section from E Burnside St. to SE Foster Rd. is used as part of the Green Line. The short portion between these sections was used by the first rail line, now the Blue Line.

In addition to I-5, I-205 intersects Interstate 84, U.S. Route 26, U.S. Route 30 (the main route, as well as Business Loop and By-pass route), Oregon Route 43, Oregon Route 99E, Oregon Route 212, Oregon Route 213, Oregon Route 224, Washington State Route 14, and Washington State Route 500.

A bicycle and pedestrian trail follows I-205 for much of its distance in the Portland metropolitan area, and connects to the Springwater Corridor trail near the Foster Road exit.

Route description

This section requires expansion.

Future

Because of tremendous growth in the Portland metropolitan area and the suburb of Vancouver, the WSDOT and ODOT are currently planning improvements on I-205 to improve traffic flow between the two states. In Vancouver, the WSDOT and Clark County's Regional Transportation Commission are planning several new ramps to new arterials, grade-separating existing ramps with new ramps, and additional lanes. In Portland, the ODOT is beginning to plan improvements, but no details have been released yet. Another solution being floated around is a light rail line serving most or all the entire I-205 corridor, though the plan is being met with opposition from Clark County residents, as well as statements have been made by the Columbia River Crossing group that the Glenn Jackson Bridge was not properly engineered to carry light rail as well.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile[1][2]	#	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Tualatin	0.00		I-5 – Salem, Portland	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Clackamas		3.16	3	Stafford Road – Lake Oswego
	West Linn	6.40	6	10th Street – West Linn
		8.82	8	OR 43 – West Linn, Lake Oswego
		9.03	Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River
	Oregon City
		9.29	9	OR 99E – Downtown Oregon City, Gladstone
		10.24	10	OR 213 south – Oregon City, Molalla	South end of OR 213 overlap
	Gladstone	11.05	11	Gladstone
		12.67	12	OR 212 east / OR 224 east / Webster Road – Clackamas, Estacada, Mount Hood, Johnson City	South end of OR 224 overlap; signed as exits 12A (OR 212/OR 224) and 12B (Webster Road) southbound
		13.39	13	OR 213 north (82nd Avenue) / OR 224 west – Milwaukie	North end of OR 213/OR 224 overlap
		14.31- 14.58	14	Sunnybrook Boulevard, Sunnyside Road
		16.24	16	Johnson Creek Boulevard
Multnomah	Portland	17.85	17	Foster Road
		19.12	19	US 26 west (Powell Boulevard)
		19.61	19	US 26 east (Division Street)
		20.57	20	Washington Street, Stark Street	Southbound exit is via exit 21A
		21.12	21A	Glisan Street
		21.58	21B	I-84 west (Banfield Expressway) / US 30 west – Portland
		22.59	22	I-84 east / US 30 east – The Dalles
		23.68	23	US 30 Byp. (Sandy Boulevard, Killingsworth Street)	Signed as exits 23A (east) and 23B (west)
		24.65	24	Airport Way – Portland Airport	Signed as exits 24A (west) and 24B (east) northbound
		26.56	Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over the Columbia River
Clark	Vancouver
		27.06	27	SR 14 – Vancouver, Camas
		28.30	28	Mill Plain Boulevard
		30.87	30A	Northeast Gher Road, Northeast 112th Avenue	Southbound exit is via exit 30
		30.87	30	SR 500 – Vancouver	Signed as exits 30B (east) and 30C (west) northbound
		31.08	30	Westfield Shoppingtown (Fourth Plain Boulevard)	Southbound exit and Southbound and Northbound entrance
		33.01	32	Padden Parkway, Northeast Andresen Road – Battle Ground
		36.72	36	Northeast 134th Street – WSU Vancouver
		37.13		I-5 north – Seattle	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oregon Department of Transportation, Public Road Inventory (primarily the Digital Video Log), accessed March 2008
2. ^ ^{a b} Washington State Department of Transportation, State Highway Log, 2006
3. ^ ^{a b} Federman, Stan (March 6, 1983). "I-205 opening paves way to future". The Sunday Oregonian, p. E2.
4. ^ Callister, Scotta (December 16, 1982). "Rain fails to faze bridge-crossers". The Oregonian, p. E12.

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 5 California: 105 • 105 (former) • 205 • 305 (unsigned) • 405 • 505 • 605 • 805 • 905 (future) — Oregon: 105 • 205 • 305 (unbuilt) • 405 • 505 (unbuilt) — Washington: 205 • 405 • 605 (proposed) • 705

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