History
The route which is now the Salem Parkway was originally planned to be a freeway (the Salem Freeway #65), which was to be signed as Interstate 305. After originally being conceived only as a four-mile (6 km) spur of Interstate 5 into downtown Salem, the I-305 project was modified and expanded by about 2.34 miles (3.77 km) to include a new bridge across the Willamette River to meet Oregon Route 22, providing increased access to Polk County. While local opposition cancelled the freeway, the Salem Parkway was later built as an undivided expressway.
The original alignment of Oregon Route 99E through Salem came from the south off I-5 onto Commercial Street and left to the north on Portland Road to cross I-5. At some point, possibly when the Salem Parkway opened north of downtown, Oregon Route 99E was rerouted onto I-5 around Salem, and its old route south of downtown, along with the Salem Parkway and Chemawa Road north of downtown, became Oregon Route 99E Business. Later Oregon Route 99E Business was moved onto Route 22 southeast from downtown.
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