Oregon Route 173
Oregon Route 173 is an Oregon state highway running from Timberline Lodge in Clackamas County to U.S. Route 26 near Government Camp. OR 173 is known as the Timberline Highway No. 173 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 5.37 miles (8.64 km) long and runs in a northeast to southwest "L" pattern, entirely within Clackamas County.,
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| Length | 5.37 mi (8.64 km) | |||
| Existed | 2002–present | |||
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| North end | Timberline Lodge | |||
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OR 173 was established in 2002 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned, and, as of September 2010, was unsigned.
Route description
OR 173 begins at Timberline Lodge. It heads south and then west down Mount Hood to an intersection with US 26 approximately one mile east of Government Camp, where it ends.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Clackamas County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Near Government Camp | 0.00 | 0.00 | | ||
| | 5.37 | 8.64 | Timberline Lodge | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related routes
- U.S. Route 26
References
- Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, https://web.archive.org/web/20051102084300/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf, page 27.
- Oregon Department of Transportation, Timberline Highway No. 173, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy173_1997.pdf
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