- Century Drive Highway
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The Century Drive Highway No. 372 (seeOregon highways and routes ) is astate highway in theU.S. state ofOregon . It runs from the city of Bend to theMount Bachelor ski area , and is nearly 22 miles long. The Century Drive Highway forms part of theCascade Lakes Scenic Byway , signed as Forest Route 46.Description
The Century Drive Highway begins at an interchange with US 97 (the
Bend Parkway ) in Bend. It heads west along Colorado Avenue and Century Drive, which it follows to the entrance to the Mount Bachelor Ski Resort, where the Century Drive Highway ends. TheCascade Lakes Scenic Byway continues south, carrying the local name of Century Drive along the west side ofMount Bachelor . South ofCrane Prairie Reservoir , the two routes split, with the scenic byway continuing to head south towards its terminus atOregon Route 58 . Century Drive instead heads back to the east, north of theWickiup Reservoir , and then heads northeast parallel to the western shore of the Deschutes River. It eventually crosses the river, runs north for several miles, and then terminates at an intersection with US 97 near the resort community of Sunriver.References
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