Oregon Route 234 is an

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which runs between the city of

Gold Hill, Oregon Gold Hill is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,335. It is along a bend of the Rogue River. History The City's name comes from a nearby hill that was the location of a 19th-cen ...

and the town of Eagle Point. Known as the Sams Valley Highway No. 271 (see

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), it extends for , entirely within Jackson County.

Route description

OR 234 begins, at its western terminus, at an interchange with

Interstate 5 Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Califor ...

in Gold Hill. For the first several miles of the highway's existence, it is concurrent with

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 ...

, which departs from the freeway to serve Gold Hill. In the city center, OR 234 and OR 99 diverge; with the latter returning to the freeway. OR 234 then heads northeast, passing through the northern edge of the Rogue Valley and the Cascade foothills. It passes nearby the community of Sams Valley, and ends at an intersection with

Oregon Route 62 Oregon Route 62 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the city of Medford, and U.S. Route 97 between Chiloquin and Klamath Falls. The highway approaches Crater Lake National Park from the south, and is known as the Crater Lake Highway. W ...

, north of Eagle Point.

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{{Reflist 234 Transportation in Jackson County, Oregon

Route description

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