Oregon Route 140

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Oregon Route 140

Length:

241.21 mi (388.19 km)

West end:

OR 62 in White City

Major
junctions:

US 97 and OR 66 in Klamath Falls

OR 39 near Altamont

OR 70 in Dairy

US 395 in Lakeview

US 395 near Lakeview

East end:

NV 140 near Adel

Oregon Routes
< OR 138		OR 141 >

Oregon Route 140 is an Oregon state highway that serves the southern portion of the state. It runs from the city of White City, Oregon (just north of Medford, through Klamath Falls and on to Lakeview. It then continues east, eventually descending into the state of Nevada.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Cities and towns along the route
- 1.2 Intersections with other highways
2 See also

[edit] Route description

Oregon Route 140 begins in the city of White City, at a junction with Oregon Route 62 (which runs between Medford and Crater Lake National Park). Oregon Route 140 is the primary connection between Medford and Klamath Falls. The stretch of OR 140 between the two cities is known as the Lake of the Woods Highway, which is Highway 270, as it passes by the scenic Lake of the Woods and Mount McLoughlin. It then runs along the southwestern shore of Upper Klamath Lake, where it is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway. Eventually, OR 140 enters the Klamath Falls area; it joins together with Oregon Route 66, (which runs between Klamath Falls and Ashland) on the Green Springs Highway, which is Highway 21, and the two highways soon intersect with U.S. Route 97 at a freeway interchange.

OR 140 continues east of here, on an alignment known either as the South Klamath Falls Highway, which is Highway 424, or the Southside Bypass. Southeast of town, OR 140 intersects with Oregon Route 39, heads north on a shared alignment for about two miles, on the Klamath Falls-Malin Highway, which is Highway 50, and then continues east towards Lakeview on the Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway, which is Highway 20.

In Lakeview, the highway intersects with U.S. Route 395 over the Fremont Highway, which is Highway 19, and then continues east on the Warner Highway, which is Highway 431, eventually dropping down into Nevada. Oregon Route 140 ends at the Nevada state line, where it becomes Nevada State Route 140.

While the two state highways have never been signed as US 140, there is speculation that the pair at one point formed an unofficial spur route off of U.S. Route 40, which at one point ran along the northern Nevada alignment now used by Interstate 80.