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Oregon Route 34 ‘The Alsea Highway’This road is an absolute delight. It fully justifies the occasional bragging from my Oregonite friends that the roads down there are far better than Washington’s. This one is easy to find too. If you’re coming in from the Coast, it’s the main road east out of Waldport. If you’re coming in from West via Corvallis or down from US 20, there’s a little turn-off to the south just west of Philomath. This road is another that is amazingly empty in the off-season and weekdays. Most of the traffic probably goes up to the US Route to the north and leaves this one of the recreation seekers. On a March Saturday I saw 3-4 cars in an entire hour on the road, not including the guy behind me in the BMW X5 that was hitting the corners even harder than I was and blasting down the straights. Very typical river view along this road:
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September 18th, 2010 at 9:13 PM
I just moved to Alsea from Austin, TX. Hwy 34 is Fantastic! Author did not mention the 2.5 mile stretch between Philomath & Alsea, about 4-5 miles W of Philomath. Has over 28 20-30mph triple switchback, banked curves. Right after another. Another 12 – 15 easier 35-45 mph curves in the next 8 miles or so…Very Little Traffic!!! This is Tail Of The Dragon without the hassles of mile line of traffic, too many LEOs.
Damn, wait a minute, why am I posting this….