Tualatin Valley Highway

The Tualatin Valley Highway No. 29 (see Oregon highways and routes) is an Oregon highway which passes through the Tualatin Valley, between the cities of McMinnville and Beaverton. Between McMinnville and Forest Grove, the highway is signed as Oregon Route 47; between Forest Grove and Beaverton it is signed as Oregon Route 8. Oregon 8 becomes Canyon Road in Beaverton east of Hocken Road.

Tualatin Valley Highway No. 29
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	40.99 mi[1] (65.97 km)
Major junctions
South end	OR 99W near McMinnville
North end	US 26 at Portland
Location
Counties	Yamhill, Washington, Multnomah
Highway system
Oregon Highways Interstate U.S. State Named Scenic ← US 28 → US 30

The highway is commonly referred to as TV Highway by locals[2] and is also marked as such by signs. TriMet bus route 57-TV Hwy. provides public transit service over the full length of the section between Forest Grove and Beaverton.[3]

History

T.V. Highway sign in southeast Hillsboro

Highway in Beaverton near change to Canyon Road

About 1918, a highway constructed of concrete was built between Beaverton and Hillsboro.[4] The highway replaced a dirt road maintained by the county that ran on the southern side of the railroad tracks.[4] This earlier road came from Portland along Farmington Road and veered north on what is now Kinnaman Road in Aloha until 209th Avenue in Reedville where it ran parallel to the rail tracks.[4] Farther west at Witch Hazel the early road then followed the modern Witch Hazel and River Roads into Hillsboro proper.[4] Hillsboro decided in March 1919 to have the new road travel along Baseline Street, two blocks south of Main Street where the road was to run.[5]

In March 1953, Washington County planners decided to have the highway widened to four lanes from Beaverton to Forest Grove.[5] The city of Beaverton paid $5.8 million in urban renewal funds to build an overpass between Murray and 170th Avenue that removed a railroad crossing in 1983.[6]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Yamhill	St. Joseph	40.99	65.97	OR 99W – McMinnville, Newberg, Portland
	Yamhill	33.00	53.11	OR 240 east – Newberg
Washington	Forest Grove	17.88	28.78	OR 8 west (Pacific Avenue) / OR 47 north (Nehalem Highway) – Forest Grove, Banks, Seaside	Western end of OR 8 overlap; eastern end of OR 47 overlap
	Hillsboro	13.29	21.39	OR 219 south – Scholls, Newberg
	Beaverton	2.90	4.67	OR 217 north to US 26 OR 217 north to I-5
Multnomah–Washington county line	Portland–West Slope line	0.00	0.00	OR 8 begins / US 26 – Portland, Sylvan	Eastern end of OR 8 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "TUALATIN VALLEY HIGHWAY No. 29" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
2. KATU
3. Bus Line 57-TV Hwy/Forest Grove schedule and map. TriMet. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
4. Jensen, Doris (October 17, 1976). "Communities: Reedville named for early resident". Hillsboro Argus. p. 17.
5. Alexander, Paul (October 19, 1976). "Transportation: Highways, roads played vital role". Hillsboro Argus. p. 5.
6. Colby, Richard (December 30, 1982). "City, railroad argue rights, ways". The Oregonian. p. B6.

External links

• Media related to Tualatin Valley Highway at Wikimedia Commons