John Day Highway No. 5 is a highway in eastern
Oregon
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. It comprises Oregon Route 19 (OR 19) and
U.S. Route 26 (US 26), as well as short segments of
OR 206,
OR 207, and
US 395.
Route description
The John Day Highway begins at an interchange with
Interstate 84, north of
Arlington. It follows
OR 19 southward for about , through the cities of
Condon and
Fossil
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, where it meets with
OR 207 at
Service Creek. Here the highway turns eastward and follows OR 207 for to
Spray
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. At Spray, it splits from OR 207 and goes southward. The highway passes the community of
Kimberly, through the
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and meets up with
U.S. 26. The highway then follows US 26 eastward, through the communities of
Dayville,
Mount Vernon
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,
Prairie City,
Unity
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,
Ironside, and
Jamieson. The John Day Highway ends at
Vale
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Norway
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.
The John Day Highway from Fossil to
Austin Junction is also a part of the
Journey Through Time Scenic Byway
Journey Through Time Scenic Byway is a scenic byway in the U.S. state of Oregon. It spans five Oregon counties and comprises portions of U.S. Route 97, Oregon Route 218, Oregon Route 19, U.S. Route 26, and Oregon Route 7. The John Day River ...
,
an
Oregon state byway.
Major intersections
See also
*
John Day, Oregon
John Day is a city located about north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which had been named for a Virginian member of the 1811 Astor Exped ...
*
John Day River
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people, the original inhabitants of the region. Undammed along its entire ...
References
External links
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Transportation in Gilliam County, Oregon
Transportation in Wheeler County, Oregon
Transportation in Grant County, Oregon
Transportation in Baker County, Oregon
Transportation in Malheur County, Oregon
U.S. Route 26
Named state highways in Oregon
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