End of US highway 28

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Photo credits: Chris Elbert; me

Approx. time period East terminus West terminus
1926-1937 Ontario, OR Florence, OR
1937-1952 Ontario, OR Eugene, OR

US 28 was among the original 1926 routes. At its zenith, it ran from one end of Oregon to the other. Its east end was at US 30 in Ontario; the photo shows today's signage from the perspective of US 28's historic end. We're looking east on Idaho Avenue:

me, Mar. 2001

About a half-mile ahead is I-84 interchange 376, and a mile ahead is the Snake River, which forms the boundary between OR and ID in this region. As you can see, Business US 30 goes left and straight from the intersection ahead (Oregon Street). Prior to I-84's construction, that was mainline US 30, so US 28 ended at that intersection. The sign is shown close-up below:

me, Mar. 2001

Interesting how it refers to I-84 as simply "Freeway". Maybe that's because they were skeptical that its name might change again: it used to be called "I-80 N". Below we're heading the opposite direction: west on Business 30, which used to be mainline 30:

Elbert, July 2005

At the upcoming intersection, US 30 turned right, and straight ahead was the east beginning of US 28 (the "201 South" sign is in the wrong place - it should be down in the "College" and "Vale" part of the sign). The shot below shows the signage posted at the intersection itself:

me, Mar. 2001

I-84's exit 374 is about 1.5 miles to the right. At the time of that photo, the directions for OR 201 were correct on that sign. However, thanks to a bypass completed in about 2003, OR 201 doesn't come through here at all anymore... but as of 2005 these signs hadn't yet been changed. One more perspective: this is looking south on Oregon:

Elbert, July 2005

Eastbound US 30 turned left here, and US 28 began to the right.

Originally, the west end of US 28 was at the Pacific coast in Florence OR, where today's OR hwy. 126 ends at US 101. The photos below are courtesy of; this first one is looking west on 126:

Elbert, Aug. 2004

That was the original west end of US 28. Below we're looking north on US 101:

Elbert, Aug. 2004

What a cool tree on that corner. US 28 began to the right; the signage mounted above the traffic signal is shown close-up below.

Elbert, Aug. 2004

Below is a view from the opposite direction (south on US 101):

Elbert, Aug. 2004

The signage at far right is shown close-up below:

Elbert, Aug. 2004

To the left was the original west beginning of US 28.

In 1937, the segment of US 28 from Eugene to Florence was decommissioned; its endpoint from then until 1952 can be viewed on this page. After that, the US 26 designation was extended westward along much of US 28's route, and the remaining segment between here and Prineville was re-numbered as US 126.