Interstate 84 (Oregon–Utah)

Interstate 84 (I-84) is an Interstate Highway in the northwestern United States. The highway runs from Portland, Oregon, to a junction with I-80 near Echo, Utah. The highway serves and connects Portland, Boise, and Ogden, Utah. With connections to other highways, I-84 connects these cities to points east and also serves as part of a corridor between Seattle and Salt Lake City. The sections running through Oregon and Idaho are also known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.

Interstate 84

I-84 highlighted in red
Route information
Length769.62 mi (1,238.58 km)
Existed1956 (as I-80N)–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-5 / US 30 in Portland, OR
Major intersections
East end I-80 / US 189 in Echo, UT
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesOregon, Idaho, Utah
Highway system

The highway originally served as a fork of I-80 to serve the Pacific Northwest, and was originally numbered Interstate 80N. It was generally built along the corridor of U.S. Route 30 (US 30) and US 30S, which themselves largely followed the Oregon Trail; the US 30S designation was decommissioned in the 1970s after the freeway replacement was mostly complete. The highway was signed with the I-84 designation in 1980, when a 1977 change in guidelines took effect that discouraged highway numbers with directional suffixes. The renumbering resulted in two highways being numbered I-84, with the other located in the Northeastern United States.

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