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Oregon Route 244
Length:	47.22 mi (75.99 km)
West end:	US 395 near Ukiah
East end:	I-84 / US 30 in Hilgard
Oregon highways (lists: Routes - Highways) < OR 242 OR 245 >

Oregon Route 244 is an Oregon state highway running from Ukiah in Umatilla County to Hilgard in Union County. OR 244 is known as the Ukiah-Hilgard Highway No. 341 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 47.22 miles long and runs east-west.

Route description

OR 244 begins at an intersection with US 395 one mile west of Ukiah and continues east and northeast to Hilgard, where it ends at an intersection with Interstate 84.

History

This is the 2nd Oregon Route to use the number 244. The first OR 244 was located in suburban Portland, connecting U.S. 99W near Tualatin with OR 43 in West Linn. This route later became part of an extended Oregon Route 212, but was deleted from the state highway system after Interstate 205 (Oregon-Washington) was completed.

Major intersections

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, page 22.
• Oregon Department of Transportation, Ukiah-Hilgard Highway No. 341, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy341_1996.pdf