Oregon Road & Highway Photo Guides

Sitemap to road and highway photo guides for Oregon.
Route Categories
Photo Coverage of Roads and Highways in Oregon
AARoads documents highways and roads across Oregon with route-by-route photo guides organized by direction of travel. Coverage includes Interstate Highways, U.S. Routes, Oregon State Routes, and select named roads and bridges.
Photo guides focus on highway signage, interchanges, route markers, city limit signs, county lines, and notable points of interest along each route. Urban routes are documented in the Portland metropolitan area while rural highways covered include those in the scenic Columbia River Gorge, the Cascade Range and along the Pacific Coast.
New and updated photos for Oregon routes are added periodically and cataloged on the updates page.
City Guides
Photographic Contributors
Photography by Alex Nitzman, Andy Field, Brent Ivy, Chris Kalina, Matt Strieby and others.
About Oregon
- Capital:
Salem - Nickname: Beaver State
- Area: 95,997 square miles or 248,632 square kilometers - 10th largest
- Statehood: 33rd state; admitted February 14, 1859
- Total Interstate Mileage: 727.41
- Highest Point: Mt. Hood, 11,240 feet above sea level
- Scenic areas: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Hells Canyon of the Snake River, Oregon Coast, Crater Lake National Park, Cascade Range.
- Geography and climate: The western third of state is fairly wet and mild with river valleys and low mountain ranges. The Cascade Range divides western and eastern portions of the state and is dotted with numerous dormant volcanoes. The eastern 2/3 of the state, in the rainshadow of the Cascades, is much dryer and has a more extreme climate. High plateaus and rugged mountain ranges dominate.
- Unusual claim to fame: Linn County boasts itself to be the "Grass Seed Capital of the World."
- Other interesting tidbits: All of Oregon's beaches are public. Shoe giant Nike, Inc. is based in the Portland suburb of Beaverton. Simpson's creator Matt Groening is from Portland and used the city's street names for many of his characters.
Last updated: Thursday August 28, 2025






