 OR 245 begins at an intersection with US 26 near Unity and continues north, east, and north through Hereford to Salisbury, where it ends at an intersection with OR 7.The Dooley Mountain Highway can be traced to a private toll road constructed in the mid-19th century.It was owned by John J. Dooley, an Eastern Oregon pioneer who arrived in 1862, and the mountain was subsequently named after him.