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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



overlooking the mouth of the 

 Columbia, the liighway runs out 

 of a forest of firs at an eleva- 

 tion of 700 feet to descend G50 

 feet on a 5 per cent grade along 

 the face of the clifif. The descent 

 is accomplished by four wonder- 

 ful hairpin curves, and yet the 

 road is so located that a long 

 sight line for the autoist is pre- 

 served on each curve. This is 

 unquestionably the grandest fea- 

 ture of the lower section of the 

 highway. From the crest an un- 

 broken view is obtained up and 

 diTwn the river for a distance of 

 nearly -iO miles. 



Following the river towards 

 Portland the highway passes 

 through Columbia County for 56 

 miles, along which course the 

 most attractive scenic section 

 will be the Beaver Valley unit, 



Tni; CHARACTER OF THE ROAD 



The road is like this along the whole 

 course of tlie highway, wide with 

 easy grades and graceful curves, a 

 delight for the motorist and with 

 .scenic features unsurpassed by any 

 highway in the world. 



LATOURELL BRIDGE 



In the left center background is seen 

 Crown Point. Note the artistic over- 

 head footbridge spanning the high- 

 way. The road is well shaded by 

 fine trees along the greater portion 

 of the route. 



surveys, grading, buikling the 

 large reinforced concrete bridges 

 and paving the road with War- 

 renite pavement for a width of 

 18 feet. 



"Millionaire" Roadmaster 



John B. Yeon, one of the lead- 

 ing citizens of Multnomah 

 County, gave more than two 

 years of his time free to the pub- 

 lic and took active charge of the 

 construction of the roads in his 

 county. 



The Columbia Highway in 

 Oregon begins at Seaside, on the 

 Pacific Ocean, in Clatsop Coun- 

 ty. It parallels the ocean beach 

 for ^■i miles and then cuts 

 directly across the marshlands, a 

 distance of 13 miles, to the City 

 of Astoria. From Astoria to 

 the Colum'bia County line the 

 highway extends 28 miles in this 

 county. On Bugbee Mountain, 



