History
In 1989, Washington County renamed the road in the county from Oregon 219 to Hillsboro Highway. This was part of an effort to improve response times by emergency services.
One significant alignment change occurred during the 90s. It used to be the case that OR 219, rather than running between St. Paul and Woodburn, instead continued south to Salem, Oregon, where it terminated in the northern part of Salem, near the Keizer city line at an intersection with the Salem Parkway (and, prior to the parkway's construction, the corner of High Street and the Marion/Center Street street couplet downtown, where Highways 22 and 99E used to run). An extension of OR 214 connected Woodburn with St. Paul. However, that section of OR 219 is no longer marked as a state route. Many maps (including Yahoo Maps) still show the old alignment of OR 219.
A proposed future extension of OR 18 (the Newberg-Dundee Bypass) will intersect Oregon Route 219 south of Newberg if it is constructed.
Read more about this topic: Oregon Route 219
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