Oregon Route 11 is an

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state highway that runs between the city of Pendleton in eastern Oregon, to the

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border south of

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. OR 11 traverses the Oregon–Washington Highway No. 8 of the Oregon state highway system, even though there are numerous other highways crossing the Oregon–Washington border. The route shares a concurrency with

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along the Pendleton Highway No. 67. It is one of several Oregon state highways to terminate at one of Oregon's borders.

Route description

Oregon Route 11 northbound near Milton-Freewater

OR 11 begins (at its southern terminus) at a junction with Interstate 84 in Pendleton. While in Pendleton, it overlaps

for a short distance, before leaving the city heading in a north-northeasterly direction, along the base of the Blue Mountains, passing near the communities of

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and Blakeley and through the cities of Adams and

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. Approximately north of Pendleton, OR 11 passes through the city of Milton-Freewater. Just north of Milton-Freewater, OR 11 ends at the Washington state line. The route continues into Washington as State Route 125. SR 125 continues north into Walla Walla.

History

While only today, OR 11 once ran from the Washington to the

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borders. However, in 1935 much of the original route of OR 11 was redesignated as

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, which heads northwest from Pendleton towards the Tri-Cities.

Major intersections

References

External links

ORoads: Oregon Highway 11
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