Oregon Route 173

Oregon Route 173
Oregon Route 173
Route information
	Maintained by ODOT
Length	5.37 mi (8.64 km)
Existed	2002–present
Major junctions
South end	US 26 near Government Camp
North end	Timberline Lodge
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Highway system
	Oregon Highways; Interstate; US; State; Named; Scenic;

Oregon Route 173 is an Oregon state highway running from Timberline Lodge in Clackamas County to U.S. Route 26 near Government Camp. OR 173 is known as the Timberline Highway No. 173 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 5.37 miles (8.64 km) long and runs in a northeast to southwest "L" pattern, entirely within Clackamas County.[1], [2]

OR 173 was established in 2002 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned, and, as of September 2010, was unsigned.

Route description

OR 173 begins at Timberline Lodge. It heads south and then west down Mount Hood to an intersection with US 26 approximately one mile east of Government Camp, where it ends.[3]

History

OR 173 was assigned to the Timberline Highway in 2002.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clackamas County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations
Near Government Camp	0.00	0.00	US 26
	5.37	8.64	Timberline Lodge
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

U.S. Route 26

References

Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, https://web.archive.org/web/20051102084300/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf, page 27.
Oregon Department of Transportation, Timberline Highway No. 173, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy173_1997.pdf