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Applegate is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is west of Medford on Oregon Route 238 and the Applegate River . The community was probably named for Lindsay Applegate , who, along with his brothers Jesse and Charles , explored the Applegate Valley while blazing the Applegate Trail .
The state highway system consists of about 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of state highways, that is, roadways owned and maintained by ODOT.When minor connections and frontage roads are removed, that number drops to approximately 7,400 miles (11,900 km) or around 9% of the total road mileage in the state.
One of Oregon's first wineries (the winery has been restored and re-opened as Valley View Winery) was established in the Applegate Valley. This region contains vineyards at altitudes ranging from 1,000 feet (300 m) to 1,500 feet (500 m) above sea level , and is warmer and drier than the Illinois Valley to the west, but less so than the Bear ...
Applegate Valley is the valley of the Applegate River in Southern Oregon, United States and extending slightly into Northern California. Applegate Valley is in Jackson County to the east and Josephine County to the west, and includes a little bit of Siskiyou County in California near Applegate Lake .
Jackson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 223,259. [1] The county seat is Medford. [2] [3] The county is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [4] Jackson County comprises the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the U.S. state of Oregon, there are two systems for categorizing roads in the state highway system: named state highways and numbered state routes.Named highways, such as the Pacific Highway No. 1 or the North Umpqua Highway East No. 138, are primarily used internally by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) whereas numbered routes, such as Interstate 5 (I-5), U.S. Highway 20 (US ...
McKee Bridge is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It lies south of Ruch along Upper Applegate Road off Oregon Route 238. [2] The Applegate River flows by the community, in the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest. [2] A covered bridge called McKee Bridge crosses the river at this point. [3]
The McKee Bridge is a covered bridge in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] Built on land donated by Adelbert (Deb) McKee, a stage station operator, the bridge originally carried a road over the Applegate River that linked the Blue Ledge Copper Mine to Jacksonville.