{{short description|State highway in Klamath County, Oregon, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OR |county=Klamath |type=OR |route=422 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Oregon Route 422}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=OR 422 highlighted in red and OR 422S in blue |length_mi=5.29 |length_ref=<ref name=inventory>Oregon Department of Transportation, Public Road Inventory (primarily the Digital Video Log), {{cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/PublicRoadsInventory.shtml |title=Trans Dev - Transportation Data Public Road Inventory |access-date=2008-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224153306/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/PublicRoadsInventory.shtml |archive-date=2008-02-24 }}, accessed January 2014.</ref> |established=2002 |direction_a=West |terminus_a=Modoc Point Road near Klamath Agency |junction={{jct|state=OR|OR|62}} near Klamath Agency<br />{{jct|state=OR|US|97}} near Chiloquin |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=OR|US|97}} near Chiloquin |previous_type=OR |previous_route=414 |next_type=OR |next_route=429 }} '''Oregon Route 422''' ('''OR 422''') is an Oregon state highway running from Modoc Point Road near Klamath Agency to US 97 near Chiloquin. OR 422 is known as the '''Chiloquin Highway No. 422'''<ref name=crossreference_table>Oregon Department of Transportation, Routes / State Highway Cross Reference Table, http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/Pages/otms/Route_Hwy_CrossRef.aspx, accessed January 2014.</ref> (see Oregon highways and routes). It is {{convert|5|mi|km}} long and runs east–west, entirely within Klamath County.
OR 422 was established in 2002 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned.<ref name=descriptions>Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Engineering/TRSDocs/HWY-Route-Descriptions.pdf, page 31.</ref> The route is mentioned on signage along U.S. 97, but no signage exists on OR 422 itself or at its junction with OR 62 as of July 2017.
OR 422 has an unsigned spur in Chiloquin, which runs {{convert|0.19|mi|km}}.<ref name=spur_chart />
== Route description == OR 422 begins at an intersection with Modoc Point Road approximately one mile south of Klamath Agency and heads east, crossing OR 62 {{convert|0.16|mi|km}} east of the start of the route.<ref name=chart>Oregon Department of Transportation, Chiloquin Highway No. 422 Straightline Chart, http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy422.pdf</ref> OR 422 then continues east, crossing US 97 approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} west of Chiloquin and turning southeast into Chiloquin.<ref name=chart /><ref name=chiloquin_map>Oregon Department of Transportation, [https://web.archive.org/web/20061007040918/http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/gis/docs/citymaps/chil.pdf Chiloquin City Map], archived from [http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/gis/docs/citymaps/chil.pdf the original] on October 7, 2006</ref> At the intersection of Chocktoot Street and Chiloquin Road in Chiloquin, OR 422S heads southeast along Chocktoot Street and OR 422 turns southwest along Chiloquin Road, ending at an intersection with US 97 approximately {{convert|0.60|mi|km}} beyond the city limits.<ref name=chiloquin_map />
== History == The Chiloquin Highway No. 422 was approved for designation as a secondary highway on November 13, 1931. It was designated on December 6, 1933.<ref name=hsho>{{cite web|title=History of State Highways in Oregon|url=https://www.oregon.gov/odot/ETA/Documents_Geometronics/ROW-Eng_State-Highway-History.pdf|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|access-date=February 6, 2014|pages=523–524|year=2011}}</ref> The OR 422 designation was applied to the Chiloquin Highway on May 14, 2002.<ref name=descriptions />
== Major intersections == {{ORinttop|length_ref=<ref name=inventory />|county=Klamath}} {{ORint |location=none |mile=0.00 |road=Modoc Point Road, Agency Lake }} {{ORint |location=none |mile=0.16 |road={{jct|state=OR|OR|62|city1=Klamath Falls|city2=Fort Klamath|city3=Crater Lake}} }} {{ORint |location=none |mile=3.30 |road={{jct|state=OR|US|97|city1=Klamath Falls|city2=Chemult|city3=Bend}} |notes=Interchange }} {{ORint |location=Chiloquin |mile=4.39 |road={{jct|state=OR|OR|422S|dir1=east}} }} {{ORint |location=none |mile=5.29 |road={{jct|state=OR|US|97|city1=Klamath Falls|city2=Chemult|city3=Bend}} }} {{jctbtm}}
== Spur route == {{infobox road small |state=OR |type=OR |route=422S |location=Chiloquin, Oregon |length_mi=0.19 |length_ref=<ref name=spur_chart>Oregon Department of Transportation, Chiloquin Spur Highway No. 488 Straightline Chart, http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy488.pdf, accessed January 2014.</ref> |formed=2002}} '''Oregon Route 422S''' ('''OR 422S''') is a spur route of OR 422 in Chiloquin. OR 422S is known as the '''Chiloquin Spur No. 488'''.<ref name=crossreference_table /> OR 422S begins at the intersection of Chocktoot Street and Chiloquin Road in Chiloquin and heads southeast, ending just past the Williamson River.<ref name=chiloquin_map /> {{clear}}
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