End of Service
Until the 1920s, no railroad or highway reached Newport, and steamboats or gasoline launches did the transportation work to the railhead at Yaquina and other points on the bay and the Yaquina River. This changed rapidly as modern roads began to be built in the 1920s. The major coast road, called the “Roosevelt Highway,” was complete to Newport by June 1927. Riverine service to and from Yaquina City did not last much longer after that, ending in 1929, when roads eventually connected Newport and Yaquina, and the boat route was replaced by a bus line.
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