Title 31, Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the appropriation specified in ORS 366.800 shall be allocated to the cities as provided in this subsection. The moneys subject to allocation under this subsection shall be distributed by the Department of Transportation ac…

Funds accrued and payable to cities under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 shall be remitted on a monthly basis within 35 days after the end of the month for which a distribution is made by the Department of Transportation to the financial officer of each city. The funds appropriated shall…

A city shall set aside in a state tax street fund all money which it receives under ORS 366.785 to 366.820. [Amended by 1993 c.741 §43; 2015 c.138 §13]

Nothing in ORS 366.785 to 366.815 relieves the Department of Transportation of its statutory obligations with respect to the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair and improvement of streets or roads taken over by the state, or confers on the department jurisdiction or…

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that the United States federal government has not sufficiently recognized the sacrifice of veterans who participated in cleanup and decontamination efforts between 1962 and 1980 of nuclear testing sites in the Marshall Islands. [2021 c.…

All that portion of the east and west state highway across the state, commencing at the Idaho state line at Ontario and Nyssa, through Huntington, Baker City, La Grande, Pendleton, Umatilla, The Dalles, Hood River, Portland, Astoria and ending at Seaside on the Pacific Ocean, is …

(1) Notwithstanding the description in ORS 366.905, Oregon City, in Clackamas County, Oregon, is recognized and designated as the true and correct end of the Oregon National Historic Trail, otherwise known as the Oregon Trail or the Old Oregon Trail, and as such is deserving of p…

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Highway 101, the coast highway providing the only access to the whole western length of this state, is of economic, recreational, scenic, social and historic importance to the people of the state. (2) There are many agencies a…

That portion of Broadway Street in Seaside which meets the Pacific Ocean shall be known as the end of the Lewis and Clark Trail.

(1) The portion of Interstate 84 beginning where it intersects with Interstate 5 in Portland and ending at the Idaho state line shall also be known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the h…

(1)(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 97 that is known as The Dalles-California Highway, crossing the State of Oregon beginning at the California state line and ending at the Washington state line, shall also be known as the World War II Veterans Historic Highway. (b) The portion of…

(1) The portion of U.S. Highway 30 that is known as the Lower Columbia River Highway, beginning in St. Helens and ending in Rainier, shall also be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers …

(1) The portion of State Highway 126 that is known as the Eugene-Springfield Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with West 6th Avenue and West 7th Avenue in Eugene and ending where the highway intersects with Main Street in Springfield, shall also be known as the Offi…

(1) The bridge that crosses Euchre Creek on U.S. Highway 101 near milepost 317 shall be known as the Wilbur C. Moore Bridge. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along U.S. Highway 101 indicating the designation of the bridge. [2011 c.441…

(1) The portion of U.S. Highway 26 within the Warm Springs Reservation shall be known as the Warm Springs Veterans Memorial Highway. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this section that indicate the design…

(1) The portion of State Highway 126 that is known as the Florence-Eugene Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with U.S. Highway 101 in Florence and ending where it intersects with Oregon Route 569, the Beltline Highway in Eugene, shall also be known as the William Teb…

(1) The portion of U.S. Highway 395 that crosses the State of Oregon, beginning at the California state line and ending at the Washington state line, shall also be known as the World War I Veterans Memorial Highway. (2) The portion of Interstate 5 that crosses the State of Oregon…

(1) The portion of U.S. Highway 395 known as the Pendleton-John Day Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with State Highway 74, known as the Heppner Highway, and ending at Ukiah, shall also be known as the Don Kendall Memorial Highway. (2) The Department of Transportat…

(1) The portion of Oregon Highway 82 between mileposts 18 and 25 shall also be known as the Deputy Raymond Williams and Deputy Michael Cheney Memorial Highway. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this secti…

(1) As used in this section, “police officer” includes: (a) Employees of institutions defined in ORS 421.005 as Department of Corrections institutions whose duties, as assigned by the Director of the Department of Corrections, include the custody of persons committed to the custo…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Armed Forces of the United States” means: (A) The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force of the United States; (B) The reserves of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force of the United States…

The Roadside Memorial Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the Roadside Memorial Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of ORS 366.930, 366.…

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, to recognize and honor Tyrone Woods for his service to the United States, the Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain a roadside memorial sign on Oregon Route 213, near milepost 2. (2) The department may not erect a roa…

(1) The portion of U.S. Highway 20 beginning in Newport, Oregon, and ending at the Idaho state line shall also be known as the Oregon Medal of Honor Highway, honoring current and future Medal of Honor recipients. (2) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain along…

(1) The Department of Transportation may install and maintain memorial markers in roadside rest areas and turnouts on U.S. Highway 20 recognizing this state’s current and future recipients of the Medal of Honor. (2)(a) The department may accept moneys from and may enter into agre…

(1) As used in this section, “firefighter” means any fire or forestry department employee, or authorized fire department volunteer, vested with the duty of preventing or combating fire or preventing the loss of life or property by fire. (2) The Department of Transportation shall …

Subject to ORS 153.022, a person who violates any rule adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission governing health and safety in roadside rest areas or scenic overlooks commits a Class B violation. [2009 c.99 §3] _______________