Oregon Route 201 is a north–south

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in eastern

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. It currently runs from the

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state line just south of

Adrian Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the ma ...

to Interstate 84 south of Huntington. Between the state line and Succor Creek Road, it is known the Homedale Spur No. 490. Between Succor Creek Road and Nyssa, it is known as the Succor Creek Highway No. 450 (see

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), including the Homedale Spur of the same highway. Between Nyssa and Cairo Junction, it is part of the Central Oregon Highway No. 7 as a concurrency with

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and

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, and north of Cairo Junction, it is the Olds Ferry-Ontario Highway No. 455. At the Idaho state line, Oregon Route 201 becomes State Highway 19. An unbuilt extension of the Succor Creek Highway is designated southward from the start of the Homedale Spur to

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History

Oregon Route 201 originally existed only as the Succor Creek Highway. It continued south of Adrian via Jordan Valley to McDermitt, where it continued as

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. The route was completely decommissioned in 1940 with the extension of

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through Oregon. It would not see new life until U.S. Route 30 was rerouted around

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on roughly its current route. Nearly all of the route north of Nyssa was once part of the historical route of

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or an associated route. In fact, until 1980, Oregon Route 201's north terminus was at its current junction with U.S. Route 95 Spur, which was at the time U.S. Route 30N. A bypass of

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, the Yturri Beltine, was completed in 2003.

Major intersections

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References

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201 Year 201 ( CCI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fabianus and Arrius (or, less frequently, year 954 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 201 for this yea ...

Transportation in Malheur County, Oregon Ontario, Oregon Ontario, Oregon micropolitan area U.S. Route 30