Columbia River Highway may refer to the following:
- Historic Columbia River Highway No. 100, a scenic highway built from 1913 to 1922 through the Columbia River Gorge
- Columbia River Highway No. 2, an Oregon highway from Portland to Washington via I-84 and US 730; this replaced the Historic Columbia River Highway in the gorge
- Lower Columbia River Highway No. 2W, US 30 in Oregon between Astoria and Portland
- See also
- Washington State Route 14 on the north side of the river
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