Oregon Route 217
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| Length: | 7.52 mi (12.10 km) | |||
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 I-5 in Lake Oswego
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 OR 99W in Tigard OR 210 in Beaverton OR 141 in Beaverton  OR 8 / OR 10 in Beaverton
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 US 26 in Beaverton
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Oregon Route 217 is an Oregon state highway which serves the western suburbs of Portland. OR 217 is a limited-access freeway which connects U.S. Route 26 with Interstate 5.
OR 217 consists of the Beaverton-Tigard Highway No. 144 (see Oregon highways and routes).
For most of its length, OR 217 is a freeway with two travel lanes in each direction, with a third weave lane for exiting and merging, with the exception of its two termini.
The northern terminus of OR 217 is an interchange with US 26, at that point a freeway known as the Sunset Highway. OR 217 proceeds south, through the suburbs of Beaverton and Tigard. The southern terminus of OR 217 is an interchange with I-5 at exit 292 (292A for northbound traffic)
Commuters heading towards either terminus will find themselves on surface streets if they fail to exit. Indeed, southbound travelers wishing to get onto northbound I-5 have to turn left at a traffic signal; southbound travelers of I-5 wishing to become northbound travelers of OR 217 must turn right at a traffic signal at the end of the off-ramp. Access from I-5 North to OR 217 North used to be routed through a 270-degree ramp. A major rebuild of the I-5/OR 217 junction in 2001 resulted in the construction of a flyover ramp, relieving some of the severe congestion associated with the old design (compare before and after satellite photos). This reconstruction also left room for future freeway-to-freeway connections in other directions.
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