Oregon Route 46
Oregon Route 46, also known as Caves Highway, is an Oregon state highway that runs between the city of Cave Junction and the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. OR 46 traverses the Oregon Caves Highway No. 38 of the Oregon state highway system.[2]
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 19.33 mi[1] (31.11 km) | |||
| Existed | 1932–present | |||
| Component highways | Oregon Caves Highway No. 38 | |||
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| East end | Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve | |||
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The two-lane road is paved with asphalt along its entire length.
Route description
OR 46 starts in Cave Junction, at an intersection with U.S. Route 199. It then heads east into the Siskiyou Mountains, terminating at a parking lot for the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. A forest service road (Grayback Road, NF-4611) splits east from OR 46, eventually reaching the Rogue Valley and Oregon Route 238.
US 199 and Oregon Caves Highway Intersection
US 199 & Oregon 46 Sign
Major intersections
The entire route is in Josephine County. [1]
| Location[1] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Cave Junction | 0.00 | 0.00 | | ||
| | 19.33 | 31.11 | Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve Main Parking Lot | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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gollark: And production-lining it is stupid because there are so many disparate components. I just shove the recipes into AE2.
gollark: OC isn't horribly *expensive*, sure, just insanely annoying.
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gollark: People would use OC if it was not horrendously irritating to craft.
References
- Road Inventory and Classification Services Unit. "Straightline Charts". Transportation Development Division, Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- Oregon Caves Highway No. 38 (September 2015)
- Road Inventory and Classification Services Unit. "2012 Cross Reference Table of Highway Route Number to State Highway Number" (PDF). Transportation Development Division, Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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