 Oregon Route 205 | ||||
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 Route 205 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 73.35 mi[1] (118.05 km) | |||
| Tourist routes | High Desert Discovery Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Roaring Springs Ranch | |||
| North end |  OR 78 near Burns | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oregon | |||
| Counties | Harney | |||
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Oregon Route 205 (OR 205) is a state highway in Harney County, Oregon, running from Roaring Springs Ranch to OR 78 near Burns. OR 205 is known as the Frenchglen Highway No. 440 (see Oregon highways and routes). [2] It is 73.35 miles (118.05 km) long and runs north–south, connecting the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to Burns. The highway has also been designated the High Desert Discovery Scenic Byway by the Bureau of Land Management. Part of OR 205 also is used in the Steens Mountain Back Country Byway, a loop road around Steens Mountain.[3][4]
- ^ Transportation Development Division (April 2015). "Straightline Charts: Frenchglen Highway No. 440" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- ^ Staff. Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes (PDF) (Report). Oregon Department of Transportation. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-02.
- ^ Staff. "Scenic Byway" (PDF). Harney County Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ Staff (September 15, 2010). "Steens Mountain National Back Country Byway: Oregon Scenic Drives". GORP. Orbitz Away.