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{{Short description|Department of the state government of Oregon, United States}} |
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The Oregon Department of Transportation is a government agency ran by militia, 3%, KKK groups. They use their power to intimidate, harass and sometimes assault minorities and the LGBTQ+ community. |
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|formed = 1969 |
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|preceding1 = Oregon State Highway Commission |
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|preceding2 = Oregon State Highway Department |
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|jurisdiction = [[Oregon]] |
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|headquarters = 355 Capitol Street NE, [[Salem, Oregon]] 97301-3871 |
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|chief1_name = Kris Strickler |
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|chief1_position = Director |
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|parent_agency = Oregon Transportation Commission |
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The '''Oregon Department of Transportation''' ('''ODOT''') is a [[Ministry (government department)|department]] of the [[Government of Oregon|state government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]] responsible for systems of [[transport]]ation. It was first established in 1969.<ref name="History of ODOT">[http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/About/Pages/History.aspx History of ODOT]</ref> It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway Commission, was created by an act of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] in 1913.<ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/7589689 Department of Transportation: Agency History], Oregon Blue Book.</ref> It works closely with the five-member Oregon Transportation Commission (the modern name of the Highway Commission) in managing the state's transportation systems. |
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The Oregon Transportation Commission, formerly the Oregon State Highway Commission, is a five-member governor-appointed [[government agency]] that manages the [[state highway]]s and other transportation in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]], in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Transportation. |
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If you are a minority and traveling alone with no other motorists traveling near you and you pass one of their crews they will call 911 and fabricate a crime. They may say you tried to run them over, threw things at them, the list is endless. They will then pursue this in court with the hopes of ruining your life and sending you to prison. |
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It’s unknown how many years this government agency has been infiltrated by these racists but they have so much power that they can hire their family members that are felons, some found guilty of first degree rape and assaulting a police officer. Heagy is the last name of several of these monsters paid and funded by tax payer dollars. If you try and make a complaint you have to go through a Heagy and if you ask for a supervisor you will get a Heagy. |
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Please beware if you are traveling alone in Oregon and are a minority. The Oregon Department of Transportation should be feared. |
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Updated 07/30/2021 |
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==Inception== |
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==Events== |
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By 1920, Oregon had {{convert|620|mi|km|0}} of paved roads and {{convert|297.2|mi|km|1}} of [[plank road]]s for a population of 783,389 and, by 1932, the work that had been started on the [[Oregon Coast Highway]] (also known as [[U.S. Route 101 in Oregon|U.S. Route 101]]) in 1914 was completed, except for five bridges, which meant greater responsibility for the division. This work was complete when the construction of the bridges over the [[Yaquina River|Yaquina]], [[Alsea River|Alsea]], [[Siuslaw River|Siuslaw]], and [[Umpqua River|Umpqua]] rivers and [[Coos Bay]] were completed, closing the last gaps in the highway. By 1940, the highway division was managing more than {{convert|7000|mi|km|-2}} of state, market and country roads in Oregon, with nearly {{convert|5000|mi|km|-2}} being hard-surfaced. |
By 1920, Oregon had {{convert|620|mi|km|0}} of paved roads and {{convert|297.2|mi|km|1}} of [[plank road]]s for a population of 783,389 and, by 1932, the work that had been started on the [[Oregon Coast Highway]] (also known as [[U.S. Route 101 in Oregon|U.S. Route 101]]) in 1914 was completed, except for five bridges, which meant greater responsibility for the division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Background Brief on Roads and Highways |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lpro/Publications/RoadsAndHighways.pdf#page=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330050401/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lpro/Publications/RoadsAndHighways.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=Oregon State Legislature}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Places |first=Oregon |last2=Manning |first2=Clyde E. |last3=Minor |first3=Rick |date=2019 |title=Building the Oregon Coast Highway: An Oral History of the 1931–1932 Work Camp at the Cape Creek Bridge, Lane County, Oregon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.120.1.0102 |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=120 |issue=1 |pages=102–123 |doi=10.5403/oregonhistq.120.1.0102 |issn=0030-4727}}</ref> This work was complete when the construction of the bridges over the [[Yaquina River|Yaquina]], [[Alsea River|Alsea]], [[Siuslaw River|Siuslaw]], and [[Umpqua River|Umpqua]] rivers and [[Coos Bay]] were completed, closing the last gaps in the highway. By 1940, the highway division was managing more than {{convert|7000|mi|km|-2}} of state, market and country roads in Oregon, with nearly {{convert|5000|mi|km|-2}} being hard-surfaced. |
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[[File:ODOT Regions.png|thumb|ODOT Highway Division Regions]] |
[[File:ODOT Regions.png|thumb|ODOT Highway Division Regions]] |
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On November 12, 1970, the department was tasked with disposing of a dead [[sperm whale]] that washed ashore on the beach near [[Florence, Oregon|Florence]]. The department exploded the dead whale using half a ton of dynamite to blast it off the beach. Pieces of dead whale went everywhere including the beach, bystanders, a parking lot and a park, severely damaging at least one car.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=June|first=Sophia|date=October 3, 2016|title=There Is Now Better Footage of That Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Dynamite|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/09/06/there-is-now-better-footage-of-that-time-oregon-blew-up-a-whale-with-dynamite/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Willamette Week]]'' reports "The decision to publicly dynamite an enormous mammal has become one of Oregon's all-time most bizarre moments."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=June|first=Sophia|date=October 3, 2016|title=There Is Now Better Footage of That Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Dynamite|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/09/06/there-is-now-better-footage-of-that-time-oregon-blew-up-a-whale-with-dynamite/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}</ref> |
On November 12, 1970, the department was tasked with disposing of a dead [[sperm whale]] that washed ashore on the beach near [[Florence, Oregon|Florence]]. The department exploded the dead whale using half a ton of dynamite to blast it off the beach. Pieces of dead whale went everywhere including the beach, bystanders, a parking lot and a park, severely damaging at least one car.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=June|first=Sophia|date=October 3, 2016|title=There Is Now Better Footage of That Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Dynamite|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/09/06/there-is-now-better-footage-of-that-time-oregon-blew-up-a-whale-with-dynamite/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Willamette Week]]'' reports "The decision to publicly dynamite an enormous mammal has become one of Oregon's all-time most bizarre moments."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=June|first=Sophia|date=October 3, 2016|title=There Is Now Better Footage of That Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Dynamite|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/09/06/there-is-now-better-footage-of-that-time-oregon-blew-up-a-whale-with-dynamite/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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This became known as the "[[Exploding_whale# |
This became known as the "[[Exploding_whale#Sperm whale explosion by George Thornton of the Florence-Oregon whale|exploding whale]] incident".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exploding Whale Memorial Park to Honour Blubber That Was Blown to Bits in US 50 Years Ago|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/exploding-whale-memorial-park-oregon-florence-2681459.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=News18}}</ref> |
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==Directors== |
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* John Fulton — July 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970 |
* John Fulton — July 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970 |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD5sPgV61bw&feature=youtu.be&t=161 Exploding whale video on YouTube, linked from Willamette Week news article] |
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD5sPgV61bw&feature=youtu.be&t=161 Exploding whale video on YouTube, linked from Willamette Week news article] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061215211852/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml Oregon Department of Transportation Museum online] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061215211852/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/Museum2.shtml Oregon Department of Transportation Museum online] |
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| Formed | 1969 |
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| Jurisdiction | Oregon |
| Headquarters | 355 Capitol Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97301-3871 |
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| Parent agency | Oregon Transportation Commission |
| Website | oregon.gov/ODOT |
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969.[1] It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway Commission, was created by an act of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1913.[2] It works closely with the five-member Oregon Transportation Commission (the modern name of the Highway Commission) in managing the state's transportation systems.
The Oregon Transportation Commission, formerly the Oregon State Highway Commission, is a five-member governor-appointed government agency that manages the state highways and other transportation in the U.S. state of Oregon, in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Inception[edit]
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The first State Highway Commission was created on August 12, 1913, and was composed of Governor Oswald West, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott and Treasurer Thomas B. Kay. On January 12, 1915, James Withycombe became Governor and replaced Oswald West on the commission. The 1917 Oregon Legislative Assembly redesigned the State Highway Commission, with citizens appointed to replace the elected officials.
The new commissioners held their first meeting on March 6, and the commission was then known as the Oregon Highway Division. As Oregon's transportation needs started to grow, the division expanded and, in 1919, it employed their first State Bridge Engineer, Conde McCullough.
Events[edit]
By 1920, Oregon had 620 miles (998 km) of paved roads and 297.2 miles (478.3 km) of plank roads for a population of 783,389 and, by 1932, the work that had been started on the Oregon Coast Highway (also known as U.S. Route 101) in 1914 was completed, except for five bridges, which meant greater responsibility for the division.[3][4] This work was complete when the construction of the bridges over the Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, and Umpqua rivers and Coos Bay were completed, closing the last gaps in the highway. By 1940, the highway division was managing more than 7,000 miles (11,300 km) of state, market and country roads in Oregon, with nearly 5,000 miles (8,000 km) being hard-surfaced.
In 2018, the city government of Portland, Oregon and ODOT entered into an intergovernmental agreement in which the Portland city government takes over the cleanups of transient camps on ODOT right-of-way in select locations in Portland in exchange for payments from ODOT.[5][6]
In 2019, ODOT installed boulders at five locations in Portland to deter transient camps around the freeways. The installations have received support from neighbors while criticized by homeless advocacy groups.[7]
Exploding whale incident[edit]
On November 12, 1970, the department was tasked with disposing of a dead sperm whale that washed ashore on the beach near Florence. The department exploded the dead whale using half a ton of dynamite to blast it off the beach. Pieces of dead whale went everywhere including the beach, bystanders, a parking lot and a park, severely damaging at least one car.[8] Willamette Week reports "The decision to publicly dynamite an enormous mammal has become one of Oregon's all-time most bizarre moments."[8]
This became known as the "exploding whale incident".[9]
Directors[edit]
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- John Fulton — July 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
- George Baldwin — January 1, 1971 – June 30, 1971
- Sam Haley — July 1, 1971 – July 8, 1973
- George Baldwin — July 9, 1973 – April 30, 1976
- Bob Burco — May 1, 1976 – January 8, 1979
- Fred Klaboe — January 9, 1979 – December 31, 1981
- Fred Miller — January 1, 1982 – February 16, 1987
- Bob Bothman — February 17, 1987 – June 30, 1991
- Don Forbes — July 1, 1991 – 1995
- Grace Crunican — 1996 – 2001
- Bruce Warner — 2001 – 2005
- Matthew Garrett — December 19, 2005 – June 30, 2019
- Kris Strickler — September 2019 – Present
Slogans[edit]
- 1913 - "Get Oregon Out of the Mud"[10]
- 1957 - "Building Oregon Thru Better Highways"
- 1958 - "Oregon Freeways...Symbol of 2nd Century Progress"
- 1961 - "Freeways are Easier"
- 1967 - "Fifty Years of Building Better Highways in Oregon" (not technically correct; the department was formed in 1913)
- 1978 - "Keep Oregon Green and in the Black"
- 1986 - "ODOT on the Move"
- 2006 - "The way to go!"
See also[edit]
- Glenn Jackson, an influential twenty-year member of the commission
- Oregon Department of Aviation
- State highways in Oregon
References[edit]
- ^ History of ODOT
- ^ Department of Transportation: Agency History, Oregon Blue Book.
- ^ "Background Brief on Roads and Highways" (PDF). Oregon State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ Places, Oregon; Manning, Clyde E.; Minor, Rick (2019). "Building the Oregon Coast Highway: An Oral History of the 1931–1932 Work Camp at the Cape Creek Bridge, Lane County, Oregon". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 120 (1): 102–123. doi:10.5403/oregonhistq.120.1.0102. ISSN 0030-4727.
- ^ Sparling, Zane. "ODOT to pay Portland for homeless camp clean-ups". Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Harbarger, Molly (2018-12-20). "Portland taking over homeless camp cleanups for ODOT". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Kruzman, Kruzman (2019-07-04). "Portland's homeless campers face new obstacle: piles of boulders". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ a b June, Sophia (October 3, 2016). "There Is Now Better Footage of That Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Dynamite". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Exploding Whale Memorial Park to Honour Blubber That Was Blown to Bits in US 50 Years Ago". News18. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Business Services History Center Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
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