Old Highway 2

Photoshop effects can be kind of dorky, but I liked the way this complex action gives a vintage feel to yesterdays highway images. Perhaps it is late, and my judgement is compromised by lack of sleep, but in the moment these look cool.



crumbling old roadway





abandoned road

Decaying Old Highway

Driving to a remote location looking for bats required traversing this old highway that was closed by the Washington Department of Transportation. I'm not sure how much longer it will passable since winter rains washes out more and more each season. 


As the desert slowly moves back in, and the road becomes less functional, there is a rough beauty to bee seen.



abandoned roadway



old highway

Abandoned Highway

This abandoned road is just barely visible from I-84 in the Columbia River Gorge. You can just catch tantalizing glimpses of it as you speed around the curves near Arlington. Years ago, I impulsively decided to stop and take a look. It required circling back around and finding a good place to stop along the freeway (there aren't really any good places to stop).


It appears to be part of the old highway system that was used before I-84 was built, and it has a very interesting ambiance.



abandoned highway, oregon


I was never very happy with the images from that day. The light and time of day was wrong, and I was worried about getting a ticket from the Highway Patrol. This was not conducive to good image making.


Not long ago, I visited the same area again. Again, the light was wrong. But I still think the location is really interesting visually.



overgrown, abandoned highway.



abandoned road



abandoned highway


The prairie grass and brush are slowly taking over the old asphalt road. It might be many more decades before it is completely covered.