Columbia Gorge Tree Tunnel

Falltime in the Pacific Northwest is a magical place. There are many locations to locate tree tunnels.
A tree tunnel is a road, lane or track... more

by Wes and Dotty Weber

Title

Columbia Gorge Tree Tunnel

Artist

Wes and Dotty Weber

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Falltime in the Pacific Northwest is a magical place. There are many locations to locate tree tunnels.
A tree tunnel is a road, lane or track where the trees on each side form a more or less continuous canopy overhead, giving the effect of a tunnel
The effect may be achieved in a formal avenue lined with trees or in a more rural setting with randomly placed trees on each side of the route.
The Historic Columbia River Highway is an approximately 75-mile-long scenic highway in the U.S. state of Oregon between Troutdale and The Dalles, built through the Columbia River Gorge between 1913 and 1922. As the first planned scenic roadway in the United States, it has been recognized in numerous ways, including being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, being designated as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, being designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and being considered a destination unto itself as an All-American Road by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The historic roadway was bypassed by the present Columbia River Highway No. 2 (Interstate 84) from the 1930s to the 1950s, leaving behind the old two-lane road. The road is now mostly owned and maintained by the state through the Oregon Department of Transportation as the Historic Columbia River Highway No. 100 (still partially marked as U.S. Route 30; see Oregon highways and routes) or the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail.

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November 11th, 2023