Oregon Route 542
{{short description|State highway in Coos County, Oregon, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OR
|county=Coos
|type=OR
|route=542
| map={{maplink-road|from=Oregon Route 542.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = Route 542 highlighted in red
|length_mi=18.78
|length_round=2
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a=Railroad Avenue and Powers South Road in Powers
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b=20px OR 42 near Myrtle Point
|established=2003
|previous_type=OR
|previous_route=540
|next_type=OR
|next_route=551
}}
Oregon Route 542 (OR 542) is an Oregon state highway running from OR 42 near Myrtle Point to Powers. OR 542 is known as the Powers Highway No. 242 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is {{convert|18.78|mi|km}} long and runs north–south, entirely within Coos County.
OR 542 was established in 2003 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned, and, as of August 2018, was unsigned.
Route description
History
OR 542 was assigned to the Powers Highway in 2003.
Major intersections
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{{Jctint
|location_special=Near Myrtle Point
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=OR|OR|42|city1=Myrtle Point|city2= Roseburg}}
}}
{{ORint
|location=Powers
|mile=18.91
|road=Railroad Avenue and Powers South Road
|notes=End state maintenance
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
References
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- Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, https://web.archive.org/web/20051102084300/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf, page 32.
- Oregon Department of Transportation, Powers Highway No. 242, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy242_2001.pdf