route route highway states california oregon highway established spur route replaced interstate stretches miles route near california northeast interstate oregon highway northern portion highway oregon officially known majority road california route california freeway expressway system eligible roadway road established designation applied highway roadway designated highway route route description begins partial interchange northeast road county route connects routes north access highway quickly enters climbs ridge crosses meets state route heads northwest follows banks river takes steady climb rivers national forest passing settlements approaches summit turns east continues northeast following near source rest area passing border smith river elevation feet old curving route summit exists leaving tunnel descends alongside small broken creek crosses oregon leaves national forest enters oregon descends passing brien west end north cave junction leaves curves west ocean follows small creeks past hill summit elevation feet highway descends summit alongside past wonder ends enters south downtown meets splits partial interchange main turns north passing downtown ending exit locally known continues straight bypassing downtown end exit signed directions signage split shows north mainline downtown bypass exit marked exit defined routing takes main downtown calls spur exit spur consistent signs surface calls spur downtown route older route downtown way pair sixth southbound seventh northbound streets entirely overlapping exit continues north concrete arch bridge built carries sixth street parallel seventh street bridge bridge crosses river lane bridge built bypass completed spur began downtown southbound northbound streets soon old new routes join spur ends trumpet interchange exit history incorporated population road leading inland incorporated meeting june survey completed october work stopped corporation revived december began construction road opened road road shown maps led northeast toll booth took generally northerly route near state line turned east crossing forth states oregon mountain turned northeast following branches past brien north final stretch ran easterly jacksonville present fish road second road california built acquired stand trees present site california converge began build road flats road state line near shown old toll road maps tolls charged starting road completed built free road flats mouth including suspension bridge extended east oregon initial state highway system road southwest state line named november time grants pass crescent city route toll road narrow winding mountain road long grades remaining road california california added portion state highway system state highway bond issue extension road highway continued south completely oregon oregon changed grants pass crescent city highway new highway completed states september june new dedicated bypassing remainder old road organized promote route largely nevada major improvement highway alignment replaced winding route california july early designations route marked signs posted highway route branch oregon moved present bypassed extended north downtown proposed branch street east downtown included highway moved streets way pair built early 1960s remained old alignment california state line added california freeway expressway system renumbering route designation dropped making route legislative number state routes shorter crossed state line remained ends spur east downtown built time moved streets bypass downtown new major intersections grants pass parkway entire route county
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