Interstate 5 South - Eugene / Springfield

I-5 south at the cloverstack interchange (Exit 195) with OR 569 (Randy Papé Beltline). The addition of a flyover from I-5 north to OR 569 west in 2008 coincided with the removal of the loop ramp for Beltline Road east. OR 569 comprises a freeway bypass around Eugene west from I-5 to Santa Clara and south to Barger Drive. Belt Line Road extends east from adjacent Gateway Street to MLK, Jr. parkway in north Springfield.

04/01/05

A pedestrian bridge spans Interstate 5 by The Shoppes at Gateway (formerly Gateway Mall) retail center.

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A directional cloverleaf interchange joins I-5 with I-105/OR 126 at Exit 194. I-105/OR 126 overlap west to Coburg Road, which spans the Willamette River south to Downtown Eugene, west of the University of Oregon.

07/16/23

Interstate 105 spurs 3.49 miles west to Delta Highway (OR 132) by Valley River Center and south across the Willamette River to OR 99/126 Business (6th/7th Avenues) west of Downtown Eugene.

07/16/23

OR 126 replaced the route of U.S. 126 from U.S. 101 at Florence along the Oregon Coast east across the Cascade Range to U.S. 20, U.S. 97 at Redmond and U.S. 26 at Prineville. Within Springfield, OR 126 extends east along a freeway from I-105 to 52nd Street.

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Interstate 5 proceeds south from I-105/OR 126 between Eugene and Springfield to the Willamette River at Alton Baker Park.

07/16/23

Glenwood Boulevard stems south from OR 126 Business (Franklin Boulevard) in east Eugene to a folded diamond interchange (Exit 191) with I-5 at Brackenfern Road and Moon Mountain Drive.

07/16/23

The Whilamut Passage Bridge takes Interstate 5 across the Willamette River and OR 126 Business (Franklin Boulevard).

07/16/23

A $204 million project replaced the 1961 bridge for I-5 over the Willamette River. Construction got underway in 2009 and the southbound span was completed in 2011, followed by the northbound span in August 2013 ("Whilamut Passage Bridge", 2025).

07/16/23

OR 126 Business (Franklin Boulevard) heads east from Glenwood Drive to Downtown Springfield and west to the University of Oregon and Eugene central business district.

07/16/23

Adding an auxiliary lane south to Exit 191, OR 99 combines with Interstate 5 from Franklin Boulevard to Goshen at a preceding wye interchange.

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Exit 191 connects I-5/OR 99 southbound with adjacent Glenwood Drive east of Glenwood Boulevard. Roseburg lies 68 miles south of Eugene.

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Glenwood Drive runs north through an industrial area to Franklin Boulevard. The unincorporated community of Glenwood is to the east along OR 126 Business.

07/16/23

I-5/OR 99 parallel Old U.S. 99 (Franklin Boulevard) and the Southern Pacific Railroad corridor south to Goshen. Franklin Boulevard turns south from OR 126 Business at Glenwood. The ensuing exit is a split diamond interchange for 30th Avenue west.

04/01/05

Exit 189 joins I-5/OR 99 with McVay Highway just north of 30th Avenue. 30th Avenue constitutes an expressway west from I-5/OR 99 to Lane Community College and southeast Eugene.

04/01/05

OR 58 (Willamette Highway) east begins from the trumpet interchange at Exit 188 in 1.5 miles. OR 58 connects the Interstate 5 corridor with the corridor along U.S. 97 east of Crescent Lake.

04/01/05

OR 58 (Willamette Highway) leads east to Oakridge, a town located within Willamette National Forest by Willamette Pass (elevation 5,128 feet) in the Cascade Range.

04/01/05

OR 99 rejoins the original U.S. 99 alignment south through Goshen at Exit 188. OR 99 follows Goshen-Divide Highway to Creswell and Cottage Grove before converging with I-5 again. The Central Oregon reference here references U.S. 97 between Bend and Klamath Falls.

04/01/05

Interstate 5 passes over the Southern Pacific Railroad line and Franklin Boulevard (Old U.S. 99) ahead of Exit 188. Named Willamette Highway because of the river it parallels, OR 58 leads east four miles to Pleasant Hill, 13 miles to Lowell, and 34 miles to Oakridge.

04/01/05

OR 58 ventures east across Willamette Pass to U.S. 97 near Crescent Lake. OR 58, in conjunction with U.S. 97, form a truck route 165 miles southeast to Klamath Falls in southern Oregon.

04/01/05

Exit 188 partitions into ramps for OR 58 (Willamette Highway) east and OR 99 south. OR 99 turns onto Old Willamette Highway west to rejoin Franklin Boulevard (Old U.S. 99).

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