OREGON ROUTE 86

Oregon Route 86 is an Oregon state highway running from Interstate 84 at Baker City to the Idaho state line at Copperfield. OR 86 is comprised of most of the 'Baker City-Copperfield Highway', which is Highway 12. It is 67.82 miles long and runs east-west. OR 86 has an unsigned spur near Halfway, which runs for 1.15 miles.

Contents

Route description

History

Major intersections

Main highway

Spur

Related routes

See also

References

Route description

OR 86 begins at an intersection with I-84 near Baker City. It heads east through Richland and turns north toward Halfway, to which the spur connects. Shortly after the spur departs, OR 86 intersects OR 414, which also heads to Halfway. OR 86 then turns northeast and continues to the Idaho state line on the Snake River at Copperfield, where the road continues as ID 71.
The spur begins at an intersection near Halfway and heads northeast into Halfway, where it ends at an intersection with OR 413 and OR 414.

History

Highway 12 was established in 1917 as the 'Baker-Cornucopia Highway', running from Baker (now Baker City) to Cornucopia. It was designated OR 86 when the Oregon route numbering system was initiated in 1932.
In 1935, Highway 12 was divided at Halfway into the 'Baker-Halfway Highway' and the 'Halfway-Cornucopia Highway', which is Highway 413. The OR 86 designation was removed from the Halfway-Cornucopia highway.
In 1959, Highway 12 was rebuilt between Richland and Halfway, and the portion of the 'Pine Creek Highway', which is Highway 414, from Halfway to Copperfield was reassigned to Highway 12. Highway 12 was then renamed the 'Baker-Copperfield Highway' and the OR 86 designation extended along its full length.
In 1976, with the construction of what was then Interstate 80N and is now Interstate 84, the Baker-Copperfield Highway was realigned onto the freeway and the OR 86 designation removed from the freeway section and the section west of the freeway. The section west of I-84 was added to OR 7.
In 1993, with the renaming of Baker to Baker City, the Baker-Copperfield Highway was renamed the 'Baker City-Copperfield Highway'.

Major intersections

Main highway

Milepost	City	Intersection
2.43	Baker City	Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 30
53.55	Halfway	OR 86 Spur
54.39	Halfway	OR 414
70.80	Copperfield	Idaho state line, ID 71

OR 86 begins at milepost 2.43 because Oregon numbers mileposts along highways.

Spur

Milepost	City	Intersection
Y53.55	Halfway	OR 86
Y54.70	Halfway	OR 413 and OR 414

Related routes

★ Interstate 84

★ OR 7

★ OR 413

★ OR 414

★ ID 71

See also

★ State highways in Oregon

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 12.

★ Oregon Department of Transportation, Baker City-Copperfield Highway #12, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy012_2002.pdf

★ Oregon Highways, Baker City-Copperfield Highway #12 (Archive), http://web.archive.org/web/20050206182806/www.ylekot.com/orehwys/hwy-12.html

★ Mapquest, Driving Directions from Halfway, OR to Cambridge, ID, http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?do=nw&go=1&r=f&aoh=&aot=&aof=&2a=&2c=Cambridge&2s=ID&2z=&2n=Washington%20County&2y=US&2l=Ks4rPweAoZDU2d7wlpyDMQ%3d%3d&2g=jubuWY%2fOQMbviEZuvocXxA%3d%3d&2v=CITY&1a=&1c=Halfway&1s=OR&1z=&1y=US&1l=8snyNs4kwxI5yJhflMapiA%3d%3d&1g=VpOYfTZAQY4wCGFGDneAyQ%3d%3d&1pn=&1pl=&1v=CITY&1ffi=&1ex=&1n=Baker%20County