Oregon Route 216

Oregon Route 216
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	61.30 mi (98.65 km)
Existed:	1952 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 26 in Warm Springs Junction
	US 197 near Maupin US 197 in Tygh Valley
East end:	US 97 in Grass Valley
Highway system
Oregon highways Routes • Highways ← OR 214 OR 217 →

Oregon Route 216 is an Oregon state highway running from U.S. Route 26 at Warm Springs Junction to U.S. Route 97 in Grass Valley. OR 216 is 61.30 miles (98.65 km) long and runs east–west.

Route description

OR 216 begins at an intersection with US 26 at Warm Springs Junction on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. It heads east along the border between the reservation and Mt. Hood National Forest, then continues through Pine Grove and past Wapinitia to an intersection with U.S. Route 197 about two miles (3 km) west of Maupin. At this intersection, OR 216 overlaps U.S. 197 and continues north to Tygh Valley. The concurrency ends at Tygh Valley, and OR 216 continues east to Grass Valley, ending at an intersection with US 97.

Highways comprising

OR 216 comprises the following named highways (see Oregon highways and routes):

• The Wapinitia Highway No. 44;
• Part of The Dalles-California Highway No. 4; and
• The Sherars Bridge Highway No. 290.

History

The Wapinitia Highway was originally designated part of OR 50. In 1950, it was redesignated OR 52, as the OR 50 designation was moved to the Warm Springs Highway No. 53, and is now part of US 26. In 1952, when the former OR 90 was renumbered OR 52 to conform to its intersection with ID 52, the Wapinitia Highway was renumbered as part of OR 216.

The Sherars Bridge Highway can be traced to a bridge over the Deschutes River, built in 1860 and rebuilt in 1862. The bridge was purchased by Deschutes County in 1912, the modern highway built some time thereafter.

Major intersections

Highway	Milepost	City	Intersection
Wapinitia	0.18	Warm Springs Junction	US 26
Wapinitia / The Dalles-California	26.03 / 42.43	Near Maupin	US 197 (Begin concurrency)
The Dalles-California / Sherars Bridge	33.89 / -0.05	Tygh Valley	US 197 (End concurrency)
Sherars Bridge	28.42	Grass Valley	US 97

Related routes

• U.S. Route 26
• U.S. Route 197
• U.S. Route 97
• U.S. Route 395
• Former OR 50
• OR 52

References

• Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf, pages 2, 20.
• Oregon Department of Transportation, Wapinitia Highway No. 44, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy044_1997.pdf
• Oregon Department of Transportation, The Dalles-California Highway No. 4, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy004_1999.pdf
• Oregon Department of Transportation, Sherars Bridge Highway No. 290, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy290_1997.pdf
• Oregon History Project, Sherar's Hotel & Toll Bridge, http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=8A131DA8-92FB-C912-7A9F8C3B09FBF50D
• ORoads: Oregon Route 52, http://www.angelfire.com/or3/oroads/roads/or52/