government replaced it with the current marker, and an accompanying bronze plaque: Beginning here, the Willamette meridian was established running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border, and the baseline was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean. Streets The location of the Willamette meridian and Willamette baseline can be identified by various streets that follow or parallel their courses, often named to call attention to this fact. North–South streets and the meridian Streets named because they follow the meridian In Clackamas County, SW Stafford Road and Meridian Road follow the meridian. In Marion County several sections of Meridian Road follow the meridian, but hilly terrain forces many deviations. In Linn County, portions of Meridian Heights Loop, north of Sweet Home follow the meridian. In Jackson County, Meridian Road follows several miles of the meridian. In Thurston County, Washington, east of Lacey, three sections of Meridian Road follow the meridian, totaling about three miles (5 km). In Kitsap County, Washington, west of Silverdale near Apex Airport, Willamette Meridian Road NW follows the meridian for about three miles (5 km). Other streets that follow the meridian In Multnomah County, SW 65th Avenue and a short section of Interstate 5 immediately south of the Barbur Blvd. interchange overlay the meridian. In Clark County, Washington, north of Ridgefield, NW 71st Avenue follows the meridian for about two miles. In Lewis County, Washington, east of Toledo, Templeton and Schmidt roads follow the meridian for the mile adjacent to SR 505. South of US Highway 12 at Ethel, Tucker and Classe Roads follow the meridian for about 3 miles. In Pierce County, Washington, on the Key Peninsula, 150th Avenue S follows the meridian its entire length. In Thurston County, Washington, east of Lacey, Tucker Road SE (no relation to the Tucker Road in Lewis County) follows the meridian for about 3/4 of a mile. In Kitsap County, Washington, near the western border of Naval Submarine Base Bangor, parts of Lester Road NW, Grampus Road, and Snook Road follow the meridian for a total of about two miles. In Whatcom County, Washington, near Birch Bay, Jackson Road (south of the bay) and Harborview Road (north of the bay) both follow the meridian, for a total of about five miles. In Jefferson County, Washington, near Hadlock, Cleveland Street, south of Port Townsend Bay, follows the meridian for about