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Oregon Route 140

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397: 1187: 1201: 530:. The ascent is steep, the road narrow, and there are no shoulders nor guardrails. Heading east it provides a spectacularly exciting view for any front seat passenger as the cliff face is impossible to see giving the impression of being high in the air with no support. At the top of the Doherty Slide the route levels out and is fairly flat over the remaining 10 miles (20 km) to the Nevada state line, where it becomes 1060: 1014: 918: 870: 33: 1142: 962: 723: 214: 787: 1066: 1020: 333: 318: 195: 181: 968: 924: 876: 793: 765: 729: 641: 599: 167: 153: 135: 130: 116: 88: 594: 83: 537:
Almost exactly 30 miles (48 km) west of Lakeview, there is a rest stop featuring an informational sign on a "balloon bomb" explosion that took place on May 5, 1945, and resulted in the only civilian casualties of World War II in the continental United States.
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No. 19 and runs concurrently with it north for 4.6 miles (7.4 km). Then it heads east as
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to White City, where the highway uses several city streets. OR 140 then intersects
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Sykotyk's Super Trip: Nevada/Oregon Route 140 - A motorist's trip along SR 140
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OR 140 continues east of here, on an alignment known either as the
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
32: 368:, running 237 miles (381 km) from the community of 1082: 1054: 1036: 1008: 940: 912: 892: 864: 802: 760: 745: 717: 1182: 476:No. 21, and the two highways soon intersect with 1407: 456:. It then runs along the southwestern shore of 1299:"Road Assets and Mileage: Straightline Charts" 803:Interchange; eastern end of OR 66 overlap 491:. Southeast of town, OR 140 intersects with 1274: 1395: 444:). It passes by its namesake, the scenic 1426:Transportation in Klamath County, Oregon 1421:Transportation in Jackson County, Oregon 499:No. 50, and then continues east towards 395: 1436:Transportation in Harney County, Oregon 1408: 1392:Template:Attached KML/Oregon Route 140 1119:Former Warner Highway (north to Plush) 541: 468:(which runs between Klamath Falls and 1431:Transportation in Lake County, Oregon 1341:Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway No. 20 1268: 1139: 1131: 1100: 1092: 1044: 998: 958: 950: 902: 854: 843: 834: 818: 810: 750: 707: 680: 672: 638: 630: 591: 583: 505:Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway No. 20 408:OR 140 begins at an interchange with 1232: 1101:Plush-Adel Road, Twenty Mile Road – 391: 68:237.01 mi (381.43 km) 1329:South Klamath Falls Highway No. 424 1303:Oregon Department of Transportation 1247:Oregon Department of Transportation 485:South Klamath Falls Highway No. 424 364:, United States. It is the longest 13: 1335:Klamath Falls-Malin Highway No. 50 1291: 1240:"Descriptions of US and OR Routes" 1083:Eastern end of US 395 overlap 1037:Western end of US 395 overlap 560: 19:For the unsigned Highway 140, see 14: 1447: 1364: 1317:Lake of the Woods Highway No. 270 941:Eastern end of OR 39 overlap 893:Western end of OR 39 overlap 746:Western end of OR 66 overlap 438:Lake of the Woods Highway No. 270 1275:Peter Murphy (August 25, 2015). 1215:List of state highways in Oregon 1199: 1185: 1140: 1064: 1058: 1018: 1012: 966: 960: 922: 916: 874: 868: 791: 785: 763: 727: 721: 639: 597: 592: 428:(which runs between Medford and 331: 316: 212: 193: 179: 165: 151: 133: 128: 114: 86: 81: 31: 510:In Lakeview, the highway meets 1: 1225: 1220:List of highways numbered 140 555: 1323:Green Springs Highway No. 21 522:, skirting the south end of 462:Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway 432:) and travels east into the 46:Route 140 highlighted in red 7: 1178: 497:Klamath Falls-Malin Highway 21:Hillsboro-Silverton Highway 10: 1452: 480:at a freeway interchange. 460:, where it is part of the 442:Oregon highways and routes 18: 1154: 1149: 1137: 1134: 1128: 1123: 1118: 1098: 1095: 1087: 1049: 1041: 1003: 993: 988: 984: 956: 953: 945: 907: 897: 859: 851: 846: 840: 837: 829: 825: 816: 813: 807: 755: 712: 702: 694: 691:Crater Lake National Park 678: 675: 669: 664: 660: 636: 633: 627: 622: 589: 586: 580: 575: 570: 567: 564: 559: 554: 551: 548: 430:Crater Lake National Park 309: 269: 264: 260: 250: 240: 235: 231: 208: 105: 77: 72: 64: 56: 51: 44: 28: 1396:KML is not from Wikidata 1279:. 1859 Oregon's Magazine 1161:     1150:Continuation into Nevada 366:state highway in Oregon 1416:State routes in Oregon 1353:Warner Highway No. 431 1347:Fremont Highway No. 19 532:Nevada State Route 140 520:Warner Highway No. 431 405: 402:Nevada State Route 140 1277:"Oregon's Ranch Road" 681:Westside Road – 474:Green Springs Highway 399: 1107:Hart Mountain Refuge 697:Klamath Lake Highway 454:Sky Lakes Wilderness 1256:on October 26, 2007 542:Major intersections 107:Major intersections 458:Upper Klamath Lake 406: 370:White City, Oregon 1207:U.S. Roads portal 1176: 1175: 446:Lake of the Woods 434:Cascade Mountains 392:Route description 347: 346: 343: 342: 52:Route information 16:Highway in Oregon 1443: 1386: 1358: 1313: 1311: 1309: 1295: 1289: 1288: 1286: 1284: 1272: 1266: 1265: 1263: 1261: 1255: 1249:. 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Index

Hillsboro-Silverton Highway
Oregon Route 140 marker
ODOT
I-5
OR 99
Central Point
OR 62
White City
US 97
OR 66
Klamath Falls
OR 39
Altamont
OR 70
Dairy
US 395
Lakeview
US 395
SR 140
Nevada
Adel
United States
Oregon
Oregon Highways
Interstate
US
State
Named
Scenic
OR 138

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