Route 126 West

Looking at the westbound beginning of the OR 126 freeway through Springfield from beyond the intersection with 52nd Street.

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OR 126 parallels the McKenzie River closely north of Log Pond. Intersecting the freeway ahead is 42nd Street, a north-south street between Marcola Road and Jasper Road. Marcola Road enters Springfield from ten miles south of Marcola.

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Westbound OR 126 on the approach to the Mohawk Boulevard diamond interchange. Marcola Road continues west from 42nd Street to 28th Street and a name change to Mohawk Boulevard. Mohawk Boulevard heads west from there to 19th Street and south to OR 126.

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Mohawk Boulevard serves interests to DMV and DOT facilities. The surface street travels southwest from 19th Street to Olympic Street, Centennial Boulevard, and its end at the intersection of G and 14th Streets.

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Q Street parallels OR 126 closely as a frontage street between Mohawk Boulevard and Laura Street.

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An off-ramp to Q Street serves traffic interests to downtown Springfield via Pioneer Parkway southbound. Pioneer Parkway provides the main north-south route between OR 126 Business (Main Street), Centennial Boulevard, and Hayden Bridge Road.

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OR 126 westbound passes over 5th Street ahead of the modified-diamond interchange with Q Street and Pioneer Parkway. Pioneer Parkway ends at the intersection with OR 126 Business (Main Street) and 2nd Street 1.2 miles to the south.

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Westbound at the Q Street and Pioneer Parkway off-ramp on OR 126. Q Street intersects Pioneer Parkway nearby before turning north onto Laura Street. The OR 126 freeway was built in two stages. From Laura Street west to Interstate 5 opened in 1966. OR 126 east of Laura Street opened in 1971.

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The Q & Laura Street on-ramp forms an auxiliary lane for Interstate 5 northbound (Exit 4B) on OR 126 west. Interstate 5 northbound heads to the Gateway Mall area and Belt Line Highway north of Interstate 105 & OR 126.

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Drivers bound for Interstate 5 southbound to Roseburg departs OR 126 westbound in one half mile via Exit 4A. Interstate 5 crosses the Willamette River into east Eugene south of Interstate 105 & OR 126.

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Interstate 105 appears for the first time at the Exit 4B sign bridge for Interstate 5 north. Interstate 5 journeys 39 miles north to Albany, 60 miles to the capital city of Salem, and 100 miles to the Portland city limits.

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A left side off-ramp departs Interstate 105 & OR 126 westbound for Interstate 5 south. Interstate 5 meets OR 58 (Willamette Highway) six miles to the south at Goshen on the 70 mile drive to Roseburg. OR 58 joins the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area with Klamath Falls and the U.S. 97 corridor in south central Oregon.

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