Department of Transportation Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Maps, General Highway
1936-1980
22 cu.ft.
Arrangement: alphabetically by county name
General Highway Maps, 1936-1980, 21 cu.ft.
Series documents highways, physical features, and development on a county-by-county basis in Oregon. Records include large scale maps arranged by county. Records also include large scale aerial photographs that have been adapted to identify roads. Records are arranged alphabetically by county name. They include boxes 1-14. Also see separate inventory listing #6 (pdf).
General Hwy. Maps, 1936-1941, 1 cu.ft.
Series documents county roads as they existed in 1939. The maps were produced by the Oregon State Highway Department in 1936 and revised in 1939. They include traffic volumes as of 1941. The maps also include such details as the location of hotels, churches, schools, and hospitals. Most counties are represented by several map sheets. Maps exist for the following counties: Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Marion, Wheeler.
