John Day Highway No. 5

John Day Highway No. 5
John Day Highway No. 5
	Map John Day Highway highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by ODOT
Length	270.14 mi (434.75 km)
Existed	1917–present
Component; highways	OR 19; US 26;
Major junctions
West end	I-84 / OR 19 near Arlington
	OR 207 in Service Creek; US 26 near Dayville; US 395 at Mount Vernon; OR 7 at Austin Junction;
East end	US 20 in Vale
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Counties	Gilliam, Wheeler, Grant, Baker, Malheur
Highway system
	Oregon Highways; Interstate; US; State; Named; Scenic;

John Day Highway No. 5 is a highway in eastern Oregon. It comprises Oregon Route 19 (OR 19) and U.S. Route 26 (US 26), as well as short segments of OR 206, OR 207, and US 395.

Route description

The northwestern half of the John Day Highway comprises the entirety of OR 19, which begins at an interchange with Interstate 84 one mile (1.6 km) north of Arlington. The highway travels south through Arlington on Locust Street and follows China Creek, which traverses Alkali Canyon along with a railroad. OR 19 crosses the Shutler Flat, home to a wind farm, after it splits from the creek and railroad. The highway descends into Juniper Canyon and rejoins the railroad near Condon, where OR 19 is briefly concurrent with OR 206. The highway continues south from the city and crosses Thirtymile Creek at the bottom of Condon Canyon, from which it ascends Dyer Creek. OR 19 crosses the Cummings Hill Summit and intersects OR 218 in Fossil.^[1]

The highway travels southeast from Fossil and passes through several state parks in the Kinzua Hills, including Julia Henderson Pioneer Park, to reach Service Creek. Here, OR 19 becomes concurrent with OR 207 for 16 miles (26 km) as the routes follow the John Day River east to Spray and split. OR 19 continues to follow the John Day River southeast into Grant County and turns south through Kimberly and a portion of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. OR 19 ends at a junction with US 26 northwest of Dayville; the John Day Highway continues east on US 26 from this junction.^[1]

US 26 continues east along the John Day River through Dayville, Mount Vernon, Prairie City, Unity, Ironside, and Jamieson. The John Day Highway ends at Vale, where US 26 becomes concurrent with US 20 near the Idaho state line.

The John Day Highway from Fossil to Austin Junction is also a part of the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway,^[2] an Oregon state byway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Gilliam	Arlington	0.00	0.00	I-84 / US 30 – The Dalles, Pendleton	Two separate directional interchanges; western end of OR 19 overlap
	Arlington	0.31	0.50	To I-84 / US 30 – The Dalles, Pendleton	Access to opposite directions
	Condon	38.05	61.24	OR 206 west – Wasco	Western end of OR 206 overlap
	Condon	38.25	61.56	OR 206 east – Eightmile, Heppner	Eastern end of OR 206 overlap
Wheeler	Fossil	57.50	92.54	OR 218 south – Antelope, Shaniko
	Service Creek	76.94	123.82	OR 207 south – Mitchell, Prineville	Western end of OR 207 overlap
		89.21	143.57	OR 207 north – Hardman, Heppner	Eastern end of OR 207 overlap
Grant	Kimberly	98.88	159.13	OR 402 east – Monument, Long Creek
		117.37	188.89	OR 19 ends / US 26 west – Mitchell, Prineville	Eastern end of OR 19 overlap; western end of US 26 overlap
	Mount Vernon	147.16	236.83	US 395 north – Long Creek, Pendleton	Western end of US 395 overlap
	John Day	155.42	250.12	US 395 south – Canyon City, Burns	Eastern end of US 395 overlap
	Bates	183.76	295.73	OR 7 east – Sumpter, Baker City
Baker		203.00	326.70	OR 245 north – Hereford, Baker City
Malheur	Vale	270.08	434.65	US 20 west – City Center, Burns	One-way couplet; eastern end of US 26 overlap
Malheur	Vale	270.14	434.75	US 20 east / US 26 east – Ontario, Nyssa	One-way couplet; eastern end of US 26 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus