Oregon Route 7
{{Short description|State highway in northwestern Oregon, US}}
{{For|the unsigned Highway 7|U.S. Route 20 in Oregon}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OR
|type=OR
|route=7
| map={{maplink-road|from=Oregon Route 7.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = Route 7 highlighted in red
|length_mi=52.78
|established=1932
|allocation={{plainlist|
- Whitney Highway No. 71
- La Grande–Baker Highway No. 66
- Baker–Copperfield Highway No 12
}}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=OR|US|26}} in Austin Junction
|junction={{Jct|state=OR|US|30}} in Baker City
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=OR|I|84}} in Baker City
|previous_type=OR
|previous_route=6
|next_type=OR
|next_route=8
}}
Oregon Route 7 is an Oregon state highway which runs from Interstate 84 at Baker City to U.S. Route 26 at Austin Junction. OR 7 traverses several highways of the Oregon state highway system: Whitney Highway No. 71, part of the La Grande–Baker Highway No. 66, and part of the Baker–Copperfield Highway No 12.{{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|archive-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608072720/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/routes2hwycrossref.pdf|url-status=live}} A short spur, Oregon Route 410, serves the city of Sumpter.
Route description
OR 7 has its southern terminus at a junction with U.S. Route 26 at the unincorporated locale of Austin Junction. From Austin Junction, it runs roughly northeast, passing near Bates and Austin, and crossing the Middle Fork John Day River. The route continues northeast through the Malheur National Forest until it crosses the North Fork Burnt River and passes into the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. The road follows the river roughly eastward until it reaches the community of Whitney, where it turns northeast again. South of Sumpter the route crosses the Powder River—in an area covered with gold dredge tailings—and forms a junction with Oregon Route 410. OR 7 continues southeast along the Powder River and passes Phillips Lake, an impoundment of the river dating from 1968. At its junction with Oregon Route 245 at Salisbury, the route veers north as it continues to follow the river, terminating in Baker City at an interchange with I-84.
History
The route of Oregon Route 7 once followed the current route of Oregon Route 245 to Unity, but it was changed in favor of the Sumpter routing.
Major intersections
{{ORinttop|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=August 30, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075108/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/Pages/StraightlineCharts.aspx|url-status=live}}
- [http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy071.pdf Whitney Highway No. 71] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517110509/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy071.pdf |date=2024-05-17 }} (November 2011)
- [http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy066.pdf La Grande–Baker Highway No. 66] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430153237/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy066.pdf |date=2017-04-30 }} (May 2012)
- [http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy012.pdf Baker–Copperfield Highway No 12] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430153145/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy012.pdf |date=2017-04-30 }} (May 2012)|location_ref=
}}
{{ORint
|county=Grant
|cspan=2
|location=none
|milepoint=71 0.00
|road={{jct|state=OR|US|26|dir1=west|city1=Prairie City|city2=John Day}}
{{jct|state=OR|US|26|dir1=east|city1=Unity|city2=Vale}}
}}
{{ORint
|location=none
|milepoint=71 6.74
|place=Tipton Summit, elevation {{convert|5124|ft}}
}}
{{ORint
|county=Baker
|cspan=7
|location=none
|milepoint=71 21.48
|place=Larch Summit, elevation {{convert|5082|ft}}
}}
{{ORint
|location=none
|milepoint=71 25.23
|road={{jctname|state=OR|OR|410|city1=Sumpter|city2=Granite}}
}}
{{ORint
|location=none
|milepoint=71 34.15
|place=Viewpoint
}}
{{ORint
|location=Salisbury
|milepoint=71 41.85
|road={{jct|state=OR|OR|245|city1=Unity}}
}}
{{ORint
|location=Baker City
|lspan=3
|milepoint=71 50.96
|milepoint2=66 52.04
|line=yes
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OR|US|30|dir1=east|city1=Ontario|city2=Huntington}}
|notes=Southern end of concurrency with US 30
}}
{{ORint
|milepoint=66 51.79
|milepoint2=12 0.00
|line=yes
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=OR|US|30|dir1=west|location1=North Baker Business District|city2=Haines|location3=Anthony Lakes}}
|notes=Northern end of concurrency with US 30
}}
{{ORint
|milepoint=12 1.14
|milepoint2=12 1.57
|road={{jct|state=OR|I|84|city1=Ontario|city2=Richland|city3=Hells Canyon|city4=La Grande}}
|notes=Exit 304 on I-84
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
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