Oregon Route 501

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Oregon Route 501
Length:	9.49 mi (15.27 km)
Formed:	2002
South end:	Benton-Lane County line near Alsea
North end:	OR 34 in Alsea
Oregon Routes < OR 454 OR 528 >

Oregon Route 501 is an Oregon state highway running from Alsea to the Benton-Lane County line. OR 501 is known as the Alsea-Deadwood Highway, which is Highway 201. It is 9.49 miles long and runs north-south, entirely within Benton County.

OR 501 was established in 2002 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 Related routes 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Route description

OR 501 begins at an intersection with OR 34 at Alsea and heads south to the Benton-Lane County line, where it ends.

[edit] History

The Alsea-Deadwood Highway originally continued south into Lane County to end at OR 36, but has since been truncated to the county line. OR 501 was assigned to the Alsea-Deadwood Highway in 2002.

[edit] Major intersections

Milepost	City	Intersection
0.00	Alsea	OR 34
9.49	Near Alsea	End route

[edit] Related routes

• OR 34
• OR 36

[edit] See also

• State highways in Oregon

[edit] 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 25.
• Oregon Department of Transportation, Alsea-Deadwood Highway No. 501, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy201_2001.pdf
• Oregon Highways, Secondary State Highways by County of Origin, http://web.archive.org/web/20050313200205/www.ylekot.com/orehwys/highways_secondary.html