Districts,
County Road System, Employees
Work Crews; City, Community, and Road Name Origins;
Historical Photographs
The Road Department maintains over
386 miles of roads (on over 600 different
roads) and 96 bridges.
Tillamook County is divided into three districts: North, Central, and South. Each district has a Public Works shop and yard that is maintained and staffed by a foreman and work crew. The North County Shop is located in Nehalem, the Central County Shop is located in Tillamook along with the Fleet Maintenance Shop and Main Office, and the South County Shop is located in Cloverdale.
The district extends from the Clatsop County border to the intersection of Miami-Foley Road with Hwy 101. This district includes Falcon Cove immediately south of the Hwy 101 tunnel and a portion of Cochran Road in the eastern part of the County near the town of Timber.
The district extends from the intersection of Miami-Foley Road with Hwy 101 to Green Timber Road (south of Pleasant Valley).
The district extends south of Green Timber Road to the Lincoln County border. This district includes Savage Road that can only be reached by driving through Lincoln County South of Cascade Head.
The 386 miles of roads under the Tillamook County jurisdiction generally consists of all the roads within the county except for the following:
The Road Department currently employs 23 employees. The breakdown is as follows:
Road Maintenance: 15
Fleet Maintenance: 2
Engineering, Bridge, Signs and Permits: 3
Administrative Staff: 2
Director: 1
Due to decreasing budgets, the Road Department has decreased from 50 employees in 1982 to 40 employees in 1996 to 26.5 employees in 2008. Due to lack of funding, the number of Road Department staff as of October 1, 2008 was reduced to 18 employees, we were able to rehire and hire more staff when the funding was returned.
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