Longview: SR432 at MP 7.6: SR411/3rd Ave
Longview has served as a planned lumber and port city in southwest Washington since 1921. Built by lumberman R. A. Long for the Long-Bell Lumber Company, it was laid out as a purpose-built community beside the Columbia River, close to the mouth of the Cowlitz River. The Port of Longview and the city’s rail and road corridors reflect the working waterfront that shaped its growth. State Route 432 is a principal east–west route through Longview, while Third Avenue passes commercial and industrial blocks near the riverfront. Downtown’s formal street grid and the public green space around Lake Sacajawea retain elements of the city’s original plan.
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Few cities in Washington have a history as closely tied to the Long-Bell Lumber Company as Longview. Established in 1923 as a planned company town, it grew beside the Cowlitz River, close to its meeting with the Columbia, where Washington faces Oregon across the water. Lake Sacajawea Park follows a landscaped lake created during the town's early development and remains central to civic life. Longview's broad streets and orderly layout reflect the ambitions of an industrial community built around timber, while the Port of Longview connects the city to trade on the Columbia River. Browse other webcams across southwest Washington to place this river city in a wider geographic context.
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