Construction Update: CP Construction anticipates project completion by August 28th, 2008. The guard rail subcontractor should have all the guard rail installed by Tuesday, August 26th. Livingstone Construction should have the simulated stone masonry surface treatment completed by Thursday, August 28th. The final clean up will also be completed on August 28th . Consequently, there will be construction zones between Monday and Thursday of this week. Read more...
The McKenzie Highway is also known as Oregon Route 242 (OR 242) and Forest Highway (FH) 22.
The highway travels through Lane, Linn, and Deschutes counties; beginning at the junction with OR
126 near the town of McKenzie Bridge and ending at the junction with US Highway 20 and OR 126 at
the city of Sisters.The McKenzie Highway is part of the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass National Scenic Byway. Through part of the project area, OR 242 travels between two federal wilderness areas, and there are many historic, recreational, and scenic features and sites along the route. The boundaries of the Mt. Washington Wilderness and Three Sisters Wilderness are 66 feet from the highway centerline.
The highway route was originally built with private funds in the 1870s as a wagon toll road. The section between the towns of Blue River in Lane County and Sisters in Deschutes County (which included the project area) became a Forest Road in 1919 (Oregon State Highway Commission, 1920). The road was relocated and widened in 1920, graded and surfaced between 1920 and 1924, and became a state highway in 1925.
Contacts:
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
WESTERN FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY DIVISION
610 East Fifth Street
Vancouver, Washington 98661-3801
Paul Akehurst, Project Engineer
Office Phone No.: (541) 306 - 3488
Email Address: paul.akehurst@dot.gov
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