Oregon Route 245 is an Oregon

Oregon

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 state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 running from Salisbury

Salisbury, Oregon

Salisbury is an unincorporated historic locale in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Powder River at the junction of Oregon Route 7 and Oregon Route 245 about 10 miles southwest of Baker City. The elevation is 3655 feet ....

 to Unity

Unity, Oregon

Unity is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States, located in the Burnt River Valley. The population was 131 at the 2000 census.-History:While the town was never platted, a post office was established in Unity in 1891...

. OR 245 is known as the Dooley Mountain Highway No. 415 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 38.62 miles (62.2 km) long and runs north–south, entirely within Baker County

Baker County, Oregon

Baker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is included in the 8 county definition of Eastern Oregon. It is named for Edward Dickinson Baker, a senator from Oregon who was killed at Ball's Bluff, a battle of the Civil War in Virginia in 1861. It was split from the eastern part...

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OR 245 was the highest-numbered state route in Oregon before 2002, when the state began issuing route numbers to previously unrouted highways.

Route description

OR 245 begins at an intersection with US 26 near Unity and continues north, east, and north through Hereford

Hereford, Oregon

Hereford is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Hereford has a post office with a ZIP code of 97837. Hereford lies on Oregon Route 245 northeast of its intersection with U.S. Route 26 in Unity....

 to Salisbury, where it ends at an intersection with OR 7.

History

The Dooley Mountain Highway can be traced to a private toll road constructed in the mid-19th century. It was owned by John J. Dooley, an Eastern Oregon pioneer who arrived in 1862, and the mountain was subsequently named after him. In 1889, it was acquired by Baker County and became a public road.

The road was made part of the Baker-Unity Highway in 1917. In 1932, the Baker-Unity Highway was designated OR 7.

In 1981, the Baker-Unity Highway was divided between the Whitney Highway No. 71 and the Dooley Mountain Highway. The Dooley Mountain Highway was redesignated OR 245.

Major intersections

Milepost	City	Intersection
0.00	Near Unity Unity, Oregon Unity is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States, located in the Burnt River Valley. The population was 131 at the 2000 census.-History:While the town was never platted, a post office was established in Unity in 1891...	US 26
36.62	Salisbury Salisbury, Oregon Salisbury is an unincorporated historic locale in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Powder River at the junction of Oregon Route 7 and Oregon Route 245 about 10 miles southwest of Baker City. The elevation is 3655 feet ....	OR 7