82nd Avenue of the Roses (simply 82nd Avenue prior to 2005) is a street in
Portland, Oregon
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, and comprises the northern end of
Oregon Route 213
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, also known as the Cascade Highway. It is one of the longest streets in Portland, running down the entire east side of the city, and extending into suburbs to the south.
The street runs from Airport Way Frontage Rd in
Northeast Portland
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, south through
Clackamas and
Happy Valley, to
Interstate 205
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in
Gladstone
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. Oregon 213 continues south beyond I-205. Within the city of Portland, it runs through the neighborhoods of
Montavilla and
Madison South, and it serves as a boundary line for the neighborhoods of
Roseway
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,
Cully
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*Cully, Portland, Oregon, United States, a neighborhood in northeast Portland
People Given na ...
,
Sumner
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,
South Tabor,
Foster-Powell,
Mt. Scott-Arleta,
Brentwood-Darlington, and
Lents
The Lents neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon is bordered by SE Powell Blvd. on the north, the Clackamas County line or City of Portland line on the south (whichever is farther south), SE 82nd Ave. to the west, and roughly ...
. It is a highly commercial street that, in many of these neighborhoods, is directly surrounded by dense neighborhoods of primarily single-family homes.
The
MAX Light Rail
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serves 82nd Avenue directly at the
Interstate 84 overpass, where the
NE 82nd Ave MAX Station offers access to MAX's
Blue
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,
Green
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, and
Red
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lines. The Green Line then parallels 82nd Avenue going south along I-205 to
Clackamas Town Center Transit Center. The Red Line roughly parallels the northern portion of 82nd Avenue.
The entire length of 82nd Avenue is signed as
Oregon Route 213
Oregon Route 213 (OR 213) is an Oregon state highway that serves the eastern Willamette Valley between Portland and Salem. It is a north–south route. The route (except for its southernmost segment) is known as the Cascade Highway, tho ...
. Because it is a state highway, 82nd Avenue was under the jurisdiction of the
Oregon Department of Transportation
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. The agency views the street's top priorities as moving high volumes of automobile traffic efficiently, serving freight traffic, and serving as an alternative route when I-205 has problems.
There was interest in transferring jurisdiction from the state to the City of Portland, in a transfer similar to what has already happened with
North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and
Sandy Boulevard
Several special routes of U.S. Route 30 exist. In order from west to east they are as follows.
Existing St. Helens business loop
U.S. Route 30 Business (US 30 Bus.) in St. Helens, Oregon uniquely uses "Interstate Business Loop" shie ...
.
In an attempt to improve the quality of life around 82nd Avenue, the 82nd Avenue Improvement Coalition was formed; among its main goals is the transfer of ownership of 82nd Avenue to City of Portland control, instead of state control. In November 2021, the Oregon Transportation Commission agreed to transfer ownership of 82nd Avenue from the state to the city of Portland. The commission unanimously approved a series of safety and modernization projects along 82nd Avenue that would cost $185 million and be funded by the state, the
American Rescue Plan Act
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, and the
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.
As of 2014, five of the intersections along 82nd ranked among the most dangerous 5% of Oregon intersections, with six of its intersections identified as high-crash by the City of Portland. The
Oregon Department of Transportation
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planned to spend $5 million on safety improvements.
Nearby residents often cross this five-lane road for school, work, or recreation—there are a variety of schools, parks, and community centers that are sited along 82nd Avenue, such as Vestal Elementary, Portland Community College, and Montavilla Community Center. The intersection of 82nd and Glisan Street is among the city's identified high-crash intersections, and it is ranked by the City of Portland as the most dangerous intersection within Portland for pedestrians, however no public plans have been announced to improve this intersection.
See also
*
82nd Avenue of Roses Parade
*
List of streets in Portland, Oregon
Much of the U. S. city of Portland, Oregon is built to a grid plan oriented north/south and east/west. However, the streets in the central Downtown Portland, Oregon, downtown area are aligned to magnetic north—presumably at the time the area ...
References
External links
Avenue of the Roses: A documentary filmmaker collects portraits of change along 82nd Avenuefrom ''Willamette Week'', February 20, 2013.
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