U.S. Route 99E (Oregon)
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length: | 109.78 mi (176.67 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1972 – present | |||
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| South end: |
  OR 99 / OR 99W in Junction City
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 US 20 in Albany I-5 in Albany      OR 22 / OR 99E Bus. in Salem OR 213 in SalemI-5 in Salem  OR 214 / OR 211 in Woodburn I-205 in Oregon City OR 224 in Milwaukie US 26 in Portland  I-84 / US 30 in Portland
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| North end: |
 I-5 / OR 120 in Portland
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Oregon Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, in Portland. It, along with OR 99W, makes up a split of OR 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route was U.S. Route 99, when the two branches were U.S. 99W and U.S. 99E. (Another such split occurred in California, but with the decommissioning of U.S. 99, that state elected to rename its U.S. 99W as Interstate 5, rather than preserve the directional suffix.)
Currently, OR 99E and OR 99W do not have a northern junction in Oregon--OR 99W has been truncated from its original route, and ends in downtown Portland, several miles south of its original northern terminus; nor is OR 99 (without a suffix) signed anywhere in Portland.
OR 99E has its southern terminus in Junction City. Almost immediately after leaving the city limits the route crosses the Willamette River, and serves Willamette Valley towns such as Harrisburg and Tangent. North of Tangent, the route enters the city of Albany and serves as a main thoroughfare through town (for about a mile, OR 99E shares an alignment with US 20). At the northern end of Albany, OR 99E joins I-5.
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