Oregon Route 227 was an

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which originally ran from the city of

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to the community of

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. In 1985, the highway was truncated at the

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–

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county line; only the southern section remained under state control. It was known as the Tiller–Trail Highway No. 230 (see

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Route description

OR 227 previously began, at its western terminus, at an interchange with

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and

Oregon Route 99 Oregon Route 99 is a state highway that runs between the southern border of Oregon, and the city of Junction City. Oregon Route 99 was formed from parts of the former U.S. Route 99; it shares much of its route with I-5, but much of it is also ...

in Canyonville. It headed east from there, into the foothills of the southern Oregon Cascades, along the South Fork of the

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. East of the town of

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, it diverges from the river, and heads south. The final form of the highway began at the county line and continued southward and ended at an intersection with

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in Trail. The section from

to Fifth Street in Canyonville overlapped OR 99.

Major intersections

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External links

* {{cite web , url=http://oregonhighways.us/html_files/routes.html , title=Oregon Routes , publisher=Oregonhighways.us , access-date=2013-12-03 227 Transportation in Jackson County, Oregon