Oregon Route 3

{{Short description|State highway in Wallowa County, Oregon, US}}

{{redirect-synonym|OR 3|{{ushr|Oregon|3}}}}

{{for-multi|the unsigned Highway 3|Oswego Highway|the former unsigned Highway 3|West Side Pacific Highway}}

{{Infobox road

|state=OR

|type=OR

|route=3

|map={{maplink-road|from=Oregon Route 3.map}}

| map_custom = yes

| map_notes = Route 3 highlighted in red

|length_mi=43.13

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|established=1932

|allocation=Enterprise–Lewiston Highway No. 11

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=OR|OR|82}} in Enterprise

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|WA|129}} near Flora

|counties=Wallowa

|previous_type=US

|previous_route=730

|next_type=I

|next_route=5

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Image:Oregon Route 3.jpg

Oregon Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located entirely within Wallowa County. OR 3 is the lowest numbered highway in the state of Oregon, of any type (state, federal, or Interstate). OR 3 traverses the Enterprise–Lewiston Highway No. 11 of the Oregon state highway system.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/routes2hwycrossref.pdf|title=2012 Cross Reference Table of Highway Route Number to State Highway Number|author=Road Inventory and Classification Services Unit|publisher=Transportation Development Division, Oregon Department of Transportation|access-date=September 5, 2015}}

Route description

OR 3 has its southern terminus at a junction with Oregon Route 82 in the city of Enterprise. It runs north/south, passing near the small community of Flora. It terminates at the Washington border. The route continues north through Anatone and Asotin, Washington and into Clarkston, Washington as State Route 129. From Clarkston, U.S. Route 12 provides direct access to Lewiston, Idaho.

History

An earlier routing passed through the community of Paradise, located east of the highway's current location.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MF0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ReUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4343,3547205&dq=paradise+wallowa&hl=en |title= Wallowa Here We Come! |author= Starmont, Leon |date= January 26, 1947 |work= The Spokesman-Review |access-date=2009-12-17}} The highway was numbered to match Washington State Route 129, which had been a branch of Primary State Highway 3, and its predecessor State Road 3, from 1923 to 1964.

Major intersections

{{ORinttop|county=Wallowa|milepoint_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/Pages/StraightlineCharts.aspx|title=Straightline Charts|author=Road Inventory and Classification Services Unit|publisher=Transportation Development Division, Oregon Department of Transportation|access-date=April 25, 2015}}