The work under the supervision of the Highway Department in Clackamas
County during 1917 and 1918 has consisted of 4.5 miles of grading
between New Era and Oregon City, 7.5 miles of paving between Oregon City
and Canby, and 0.2 miles of grading between Oswego and the Multnomah
County Line. The first of these jobs was done by the State and County in
co-operation; the second was a strictly State job; and the third was a
County job supervised by the State.
The total expenditure on the work done in Clackamas County was
$198,952.24, of which Clackamas County paid $43,091.14 and the State
$155,861.10.
Between New Era and Oregon City, the Pacific Highway has been graded on
an entirely new location, paralleling the Southern Pacific Railway along
the bank of the Willamette River instead of following the location of
the old road farther back from the river, where the grading is not so
heavy, but where a number of heavy grades are required. In addition to
eliminating these heavy grades, a considerable saving in distance is
effected, and the dangerous crossing under the Southern Pacific tracks
at Oregon City is avoided.