U.S. Route 97

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=97

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yrcom=1927 [http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm US Highways from US 1 to US 830] Robert V. Droz]
length_mi=663
length_ref=
length_km=1,067
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
from=jct|state=CA|I|5 in Weed, CA
junction=jct|state=OR|US|20 in Bend, OR
jct|state=OR|US|26 in Madras, OR
jct|state=OR|US|197 in Shaniko Junction, OR
jct|state=OR|I|84|US|30 in Biggs Junction, OR
jct|state=WA|I|82|US|12 near Yakima, WA
jct|state=WA|I|90 in Ellensburg, WA
jct|state=WA|US|2 in Cashmere, WA
to=Jct|state=BC|Hwy|97 at Canadian Border

U.S. Route 97 is a major north-south United States highway in the western United States. It begins at a junction with Interstate 5 at Weed, California, and travels north, ending in Okanogan County, Washington, at the Canadian Border, across from Osoyoos, British Columbia, becoming British Columbia Highway 97 upon entering Canada. Major cities that lie on U.S. Highway 97 include Klamath Falls, Oregon, Bend, Oregon, Yakima, Washington, Ellensburg, Washington, and Wenatchee, Washington. For a time, the Alaska portion of the Alaska Highway was planned to be signed as U.S. 97, with signs even being produced. [http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm]

A portion of the highway in California and Oregon is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway.

Route description

California

Oregon

Washington

The Washington section of U.S. 97, with the exception of concurrencies with Interstate 82, Interstate 90, and U.S. 2, is defined at Washington Revised Code § 47.17.155. [ [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.155 RCW 47.17.155: State route No. 97 ] ]

The route of Alternate U.S. 97 is defined at Washington Revised Code § 47.17.157. [ [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.157 RCW 47.17.157: State route No. 97-alternate ] ]

ee also

Related U.S. Routes

*U.S. Highway 197

References

External links

* [http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm Alaska's US Highway(s)]