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Regional Boards => Northwest => Topic started by: xonhulu on July 11, 2011, 11:19:52 PM
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I finally had time to drive the length of OR 380 after discovering a new reassurance marker at its western end, and was pleased to see the route signed in multiple locations. Here's the new signage, from west to east:
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380Prineville3.jpg?t=1310439658)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver1.jpg?t=1310440401)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver2.jpg?t=1310440307)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver3.jpg?t=1310440259)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver4.jpg?t=1310440207)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver5.jpg?t=1310440146)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver6.jpg?t=1310440095)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver7.jpg?t=1310440049)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver8.jpg?t=1310440003)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver9.jpg?t=1310439950)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver10.jpg?t=1310439776)
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380Paulina3.jpg?t=1310439730)
Always great to see a new route properly signed, although there is still no indication of OR 380 at its junction with US 26.
Plus, as a bonus, I spotted this really goofy-looking US 97 near Smith Rock:
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Sign%20Goofs/US97SmithRockGoofySign1.jpg?t=1310440674)
Probably from the Deschutes County sign shop as it is posted on a county road some distance from US 97.
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(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380CrookedRiver9.jpg?t=1310439950)
I definitely recognize that house, and that shield certainly wasn't there. In fact I don't think the guide sign gantry was there in general!
I believe I have a photo of that house with no post at all in front of it.
I missed these new signs by a matter of days.
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Holy crap. That US 97 really needs a facelift.
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(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Sign%20Goofs/US97SmithRockGoofySign1.jpg?t=1310440674)
It has jowls!
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Here's a couple other photos of note: I believe this mileage sign at the very eastern end of 380 was also new, I certainly don't remember it:
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380Paulina2.jpg?t=1310441979)
State maintenance ends at that bridge visible in the background, just east of Paulina. There's no "END" sign; in fact, the only indication of the beginning of OR 380 is this sign just east of that bridge heading west:
(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/xonhulu/Oregon%20State%20Routes/OR380Paulina1.jpg?t=1310442249)
In the background, you can just about see where OR 380 climbs the small hill; that's about where the first westbound 380 shield was posted (the last of the photos above).
I probably would have also shot a photo of that old house even without the shield in front, it was pretty cool looking,
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I wonder if the route to John Day is now clearly labeled. I did not see any signs with Izee or John Day on them. And of course I got badly, badly lost.
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I wonder if the route to John Day is now clearly labeled. I did not see any signs with Izee or John Day on them. And of course I got badly, badly lost.
Jake, got lost? Never! :-P :-D
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Jake, got lost? Never! :-P :-D
it does not help that my GPS labeled a critical connector as paved when it was, in reality, dirt - and, given the weather conditions, mud. note to self: get a more accurate map.
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I should drive that route just for fun. But why do they end the highway in the middle of nowhere when they can extend the road to US-395? The mileage sign does list John Day as the control point.
Unless there's a stretch of dirt road that I don't know of. Never driven it.
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I should drive that route just for fun. But why do they end the highway in the middle of nowhere when they can extend the road to US-395? The mileage sign does list John Day as the control point.
Unless there's a stretch of dirt road that I don't know of. Never driven it.
Paved all the way to 395. Just don't make a wrong turn. It is a fun drive, too.
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Paved all the way to 395. Just don't make a wrong turn. It is a fun drive, too.
hopefully they made the navigation a bit easier since I tried it in late May. I made the wrong turn. I found myself on a dirt road in a pouring rain, and did the 83 miles back to Prine as opposed to risking running out of gas or sliding into a ditch many miles from civilization.
it was a fun drive - someday I'd really like to complete it successfully from Prine to John Day!
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Man, that 97 shield is horrible. And it somehow managed to combined a Series E(M) "9" with a Series D "7." Maybe one of the worst shields I've ever seen.