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Read about Portland transportation history through I-5 construction by viewing the timeline and other links below. Please note that there is no photograph in paper form that belongs to the City of Portland. Most of the images were assembled from the Oregon Historical Society collection and went direct from the OHS image to the slide format. A private citizen is the owner of the slide images. Because rules have changed since the 1970s regarding photo credits and fees for use, it is not appropriate for him to sell or release them. Please contact the OHS for information at 503-222-1741 or orhist@ohs.org on how to acquire the images from them.
View the entire Portland Historical Timeline.
1850 - 2001
Portland was transportation driven from the beginning...
Within the Portland Metropolitan area, a number of town sites competed to be the major city of the region...
General feature topography of Portland
Early settlement survey map
Downtown Portland in the early 1860's
Farm on the Clinton Kelly Homestead
In the early period people went to town about once a week...
Canyon Road in 1896
The Donation Land Claim law allowed people to claim property
Downtown Portland oriented to the river
(needs picture)
Steam railroads first provided local area service
The origins of plat jog
As a result of a plat jog
An extreme result of a plat jog
This map shows the streetcar lines in 1889
Map of subdivisions existing in 1889
Example of a subdivision oriented to the streetcar line
Probably a classic case of a real estate development supporting streetcars
Photo from the 1890's
All the streetcars were consolidated into a single company
Geological survey map showing streets that existed in 1906
Map showing the pattern of service of the streetcar system
Portland plats
With the streetcars, people could move residences further away from downtown
Denver Avenue photo
Intersection of Russell & Williams
Streetcars still dominated the street
A typical house of the late 19th century
At his death, Mr. Ladd was the wealthiest man in the Northwest
Platted in 1892
A circular garden in the center of Ladd's Addition today
Ladd and Elliot Avenues
The neighborhood street still serves a variety of purposes it was designed to serve...
Included in the Ladd Plan is an alley for service
Park plan proposal by the Olmsted Brothers
The only boulevard built by the city as a part of this plan
Portland's first comprehensive city beautification plan
The automobile changed the life of the city's streets
The first traffic counts (1918)
After traffic was counted, plans were made to widen streets
Photo of SE 7th after widening
Wide streets like Foster Road became the model
Burnside widening in the 1930's
An early state highway
Proposal to separate different forms of traffic in Portland
Separating traffic at the time seemed a radical thing
Land use developments were built to take advantage of the new freeway
It wasn't always so easy to build freeways...
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