Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Toothrock and Toothrock Tunnel, Oregon"

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Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken March 6, 2010. Toothrock Tunnel ("Tooth Rock Tunnel") ... The Toothrock Tunnel was built in 1936 as part of the Columbia River Highway, today known as the Historic Columbia River Highway (HCRH). The tunnel is 837 feet in length and 28 feet wide, with a vertical clearance of 16 feet. The portals were stone and the lining concrete. The tunnel is located at Columbia River Mile (RM) 146 and is located at milepost 41.16 on Interstate 84 near the Bonneville Dam. Wauna Point, the ridge between Eagle Creek and Tanner Creek, lies upslope. Toothrock Tunnel, along with the Eagle Creek Bridge located just upstream, is one of the few places of HCRH which is used by I-84. Eastbound traffic goes through the tunnel. "Toothrock" or "Tooth Rock" ??? ... The State of Oregon Department of Transportation website (2006) and the U.S. National Park Service website (2006) list the tunnel as "Toothrock Tunnel". The U.S. Board of Geographic Names website (2006) lists the tunnel as "Tooth Rock Tunnel". Eagle Creek Fire 2017 ... The Eagle Creek Fire started on the afternoon of September 2, 2017, by some immature youths playing with fireworks. The fire quickly engulfed the Columbia Gorge behind Bonneville Dam. By September 5th the fire had moved west towards the Crown Point area. As of October 13, 2017, the fire had grown to 48,831 acres and was 50% contained, with areas from Cascade Locks to Troutdale being impacted. [More] Click image to enlarge Approaching Toothrock Tunnel, from Interstate 84, Oregon. View from moving car heading east. Image taken September 25, 2017. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, from Interstate 84, Oregon. View from moving car heading east. Image taken September 25, 2017. Click image to enlarge West Portal, Toothrock Tunnel, from Interstate 84, Oregon. View from moving car heading east. Image taken September 25, 2017. Views ... Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken February 24, 2016. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken May 8, 2017. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken March 6, 2010. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken May 8, 2017. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel, Bonneville, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon. View from front window of moving car. Image taken May 8, 2017. Toothrock Tunnel, etc. Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail ... Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail ... [More] Click image to enlarge Toothrock Trailhead sign, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail near Tooth Rock. View looking east. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Stonework wall, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail near Tooth Rock. View looking northeast. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge "Eagle's Nest", Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail near Tooth Rock. View looking northeast. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Bonneville Reservoir as seen from the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail near Tooth Rock. View looking upstream. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Westbound Interstate 84 as seen from Toothrock, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. View looking upstream. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel Bridge, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. Image taken June 5, 2014. Click image to enlarge Toothrock Tunnel Bridge, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. Image taken June 5, 2014. "The Golden Age of Postcards" ... The early 1900s was the "Golden Age of Postcards". The "Penny Postcard" became a popular way to send greetings to friends and family. Today the Penny Postcard has become an snapshot of history. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, ... Return to Menu

*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003 Sources: Oregon State Department of Transportation website, 2006; U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, 2006; All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.

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