Description of the Route

This segment of the old highway begins on current Highway 202 as you enter North Bend.  Originally the old road turned right onto Sydney Ave N. then toward W. North Bend Way. Then onto W. North Bend Way to Ballarat Ave N. You then turned left onto E. McClellan St. 

Originally the old road went east on E. McClellan St. and connected back to W. North Bend Way. About 1923 the highway was realigned to the current route. The road continued east to 436th Ave SE. 

At this intersection the road turned right onto 436th Ave SE crossed over the Northern Pacific RR tracks and then turned left onto SE Tanner Rd. The road continued east on Tanner Rd. to where it meets the crossing of the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Road tracks.

The old road crossed the railroad tracks and veered to the right to connect with SE 140th St. This small section is long gone. 

Following SE 140th St. as it becomes 468th Ave SE to the intersection with SE 144th St. At this intersection the original road continued in the same angle as 468th Ave to where the interstate is now and then turned slightly left and continued to a point in between the Grouse Ridge access rd and I-90. If you look at the map this is where the old wagon road continued on to connect with Grouse Ridge Rd. 

The 1915 highway turned right and continued along where the freeway is today all the way to Exit 38 & SE Homestead Valley Rd. Originally 172nd St SE was part of the old road. There used to be a service station on 172nd St SE at the west end. This section was bypassed in the early 30's

The Original route followed SE homestead Valley Rd through Olallie State park and connected back up to the Interstate.

From this point the old highway follows roughly in the path of the interstate to about where Exit 42 is today.

At this point the old road follows Forest Service road 5800 up the pass toward the Denny Creek Campground. This section is a scenic drivable segment of the original road.

In 1926 the route was realigned to the abandoned Milwaukee Road right of way up the hill to the summit.