We had a near miss as we were nearing the end of those interchanges after the river. Suddenly we were in the wrong lane when the road split - very little or late signage. We had to make a quick lane change to stay on 5south which never makes me happy. Did we miss earlier signage?

Possibly missed the advanced signage. Left lane off ramps are not common, and that area is a mess at best.

No big deal. I5 through Portland is not that bad unless your in rush hour. It is actually faster than I205 most of the day

No, you did NOT miss any signs. They give you VERY short notice of the lane change. That's the MAIN reason I never traveled I5 south thru Portland. I traveled up there a lot when DH and I were dating. Avoid going THRU Portland in the future by taking 205 south. Just as busy, but none of the spaghetti freeway******they've put thru Portland. And it may be faster as donn0128 says, BUT the lack of signage, etc. is the PITA.

Signage is rarely an issue with a newer lane-assist GPS. If you do much RVing it's not a must, but it's pretty close.

2oldman.....if you depend on GPS, then you're in trouble. Two days ago my friend and I tried to find a doc's office in Eugene. It dropped us at Centennial PLaza instead of Centennial Loop....1/2 block from our destination. Don't trust the GPS...I don't care how new they are. Too many times we've run into highways being different than the NEW GPS we have. We have the lane-changer kind on our GPS in the pickup (for our travels). In one particular place, it ignored a highway that has been there for years. We actually KNEW something was wrong because we've traveled it before. Had we not done some exploring the day before, we would have ended up in a narrow street neighborhood, without the ability to get the rig out.

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amandasgramma
Explorer
Apr 26, 2015
No, you did NOT miss any signs. They give you VERY short notice of the lane change. That's the MAIN reason I never traveled I5 south thru Portland. I traveled up there a lot when DH and I were dating. Avoid going THRU Portland in the future by taking 205 south. Just as busy, but none of the spaghetti freeway******they've put thru Portland. And it may be faster as donn0128 says, BUT the lack of signage, etc. is the PITA.
donn0128
Explorer II
Apr 26, 2015
No big deal. I5 through Portland is not that bad unless your in rush hour. It is actually faster than I205 most of the day
Bob_Olallawa
Explorer
Apr 26, 2015
Possibly missed the advanced signage. Left lane off ramps are not common, and that area is a mess at best.

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