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U.S. Route 97 (US 97) is a major north–south route of the United States Numbered Highway System in the Pacific Northwest region. It runs for approximately 670 miles (1,078 km) through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, primarily serving interior areas on the east side of the Cascade Mountains.
The California portion of US 97 runs north from I-5 in Weed to the Oregon state line. This is the majority of a shortcut between I-5 and Klamath Falls, Oregon, added to both states' state highway systems in 1931. It was designated US 97 in 1935, replacing an east–west section in southern Oregon.
U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major north–south United States highway which runs from the California border, south of Klamath Falls, to the Washington border on the Columbia River, between Biggs Junction, Oregon and Maryhill, Washington.
In 1897, US 97 Alternate was a part of a Wenatchee–Twisp highway. [25] That highway became a part of US 97 in 1926 and later US 97 Alternate in 1987 when US 97 was moved east of the river over SR 151. [2] [49] [50] The busiest section of US 97 Alternate in 2007 was north of the US 97 / US 2 interchange, with a daily average of 9,700 motorists ...
The highway starts in rural Wasco County in Central Oregon at an intersection with US 97. US 197 travels north as a continuation of The Dalles-California Highway No. 4 through the cities of Maupin , Tygh Valley , and Dufur to The Dalles .
highest number currently used in system; shortest highway in the system US 789 — — — — — — Proposed, but never commissioned US 830: 209: 336 US 101 northeast of Ilwaco, WA: US 97 north of Maryhill, WA: 1926: 1968 Intrastate, Washington only; now SR 14, I-5 (former US 99), SR 432, and SR 4
US 97 was created in 1926 and followed the highway, which was relocated in the 1950s due to the construction of the Rocky Reach Dam. A highway on the east side of the river was completed in the 1980s and designated as part of US 97 in 1987, leaving the west side to become an alternate route.
US 10 was replaced with SR 10 in 1970 and US 97 was moved east on SR 131 in 1975, [22] [23] [24] constructed two years prior to the realignment. [25] SR 970 was established on the former route of US 97 in 1975 and repairs to the highway were needed immediately, [26] with WSDOT deciding against dropping the designation from the state highway ...