From Footpath to Highway

From Footpath to Highway (HM258R)

Location: Nehalem, OR 97131 Tillamook County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 44.608', W 123° 57.502'

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Traveling Neahkahnie Mountain

If driving the highway now is nerve-wracking, imagine traveling through here before it was build! The 1,680-foot high Neahkahnie Mountain is one of the most treacherous headlands on the coast.
Native residents once traveled by canoe or on foot to reach neighboring communities. They moved easily along stretches of water and hard, smooth sand, but at Neahkahnie, they used a narrow trail made by elk and deer.
Eventually cattle and horse-drawn buggies traveled this precarious path, but when cars appeared on the coast in the 1920s, it was time to build a safer road. The new Oregon Coast Highway, built by the State Highway Department, was completed in 1941.

"For scenic value, this new section will be the equal of anything offered along the 400 miles of Oregon's coastline." — Herman Edwards, The Oregonian, March 23, 1941
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HM NumberHM258R
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Placed ByOregon Department of Transportation
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Date Added Sunday, February 4th, 2018 at 4:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 425449 N 5065992
Decimal Degrees45.74346667, -123.95836667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 44.608', W 123° 57.502'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 44' 36.48" N, 123° 57' 30.12" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)503
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Oregon Coast Hwy, Nehalem OR 97131, US
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