Oregon Route 540

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Oregon Route 540 is an Oregon state highway running from North Bend to Cape Arago State Park. OR 540 is known as the Cape Arago Highway, which is Highway 240. It is 14.20 miles long and runs northeast to southwest, entirely within Coos County.

OR 540 was established in 2003 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 540 begins at an intersection with U.S Route 101|US 101 in North Bend and heads southwest through Coos Bay and Charleston to Cape Arago State Park, where it ends, becoming Cape Arago Road.

[edit] History

OR 540 was assigned to the Cape Arago Highway in 2003.

[edit] Major intersections

Milepost	City	Intersection
0.00	North Bend	US 101
2.74	Coos Bay	City Limits (Begin City Maintenance)
4.49	Coos Bay	City Limits (End City Maintenance)
14.15	Cape Arago State Park	End Route

[edit] Related routes

• US 101

[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, Cape Arago Highway No. 240, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy240_2000.pdf