Canyon Road

For the district in Santa Fe, see Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
An early aerial photo of Canyon Road in West Slope, Oregon, near the city of Beaverton.
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Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road[1]) is a 6.5 mi (10.5 km) major road and partial state highway, which serves as a connector between Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. It was the first major road constructed between the Tualatin Valley and Portland, and has contributed significantly to Portland becoming the area's major deep water port, and subsequent early growth of the city.[2] The total modern length is 6.5 miles (10.5 km),[3] and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of the route is coterminous with U.S. Route 26.[4] In addition, the segment of the road signed as Oregon Route 8 under the name Canyon Road spans for 3.8 miles (6.1 km).[5] There is an additional, small portion of a driveway in the Oregon Zoo parking lot that is also named Canyon Road; this is a continuation of a local suburban street named Canyon Court.[6]

  1. ^ "Great Plank Road". Portland Transportation → Inside PDOT → Transportation History. City of Portland. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
  2. ^ Trude Flores; Sarah Griffith (2002). "Rival Townsites in the Portland Region, 1825-1850". Oregon Historical Society.
  3. ^ "Driving Directions from Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Arlington Heights to Portland" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Portland to SW Tualatin Valley Hwy & Hocken" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "5698-5674 SW Canyon Ct to Arlington Heights" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 6, 2022.