The Western Terminus of the Columbia River Highway

From: 001 - WEST OF PORTLAND  

(http://www.recreatingthehistoriccolumbiariverhighway.org/HCRH-Segments/west-of-portland-1)

Seaside, Oregon:

The Beginning (2013)

Pacific Ocean from the western terminus of the Columbia River Highway. Seaside, Oregon. March 27, 2013. Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

The photo above was taken from the roundabout at the end of the Columbia River Highway, pictured below.  At the time I was there, I was not working on this project yet and I did not know the historical significance of the location.  We just happened to park nearby and to wander past it on our way to take a look at the ocean.  So, instead of shooting the historical landmark, I went for a swing-set and clouds instead, and this is the only photo that I have, to date, from this location.

I hope to make it out there again before the end of this project, but since this section is not my primary focus, it will only be if time allows sometime between now and 2016.   (January 5, 2014)

Seaside "Turn-Around"
Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. (5)

Original Western Terminus of the Columbia River Highway
Google Earth, 2012 Image

Originally considered the western terminus of the Columbia River Highway, the "turn-around" at Seaside lost that status when the State Highway Commission proposed a 430-mile highway from Astoria to the California state line. Seaside, given "End-of-the-Trail" recognition by historians because of the salt cairn established there by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was a logical choice as the western terminus of the great highway that followed in the "footsteps of Lewis and Clark" from Umatilla to the Oregon Coast.

Clarence E. Mershon.  The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises.  2006. 1st Edition.  (5)