What is U.S. Route 97?
{{Infobox road |country=USA |type=US |route=97 |established=1926 |length_mi=669.61 |length_ref=<ref>{{cite web |author=California Department of Transportation |title=Postmile Services Query Tool |url=https://postmile.dot.ca.gov/PMQT/PostmileQueryTool.html |publisher=[[California Department of Transportation]] |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Road Inventory and Classification Services |title=Road Assets and Mileage: Straightline Charts |url=https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/pages/road-assets-mileage.aspx |publisher=[[Oregon Department of Transportation]] |accessdate= }} * [https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Documents/SLC_Hwy004.pdf The Dalles–California Highway No. 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201120244/https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Documents/SLC_Hwy004.pdf |date=2022-02-01 }} (May 2017)<!-- Mileposts 67.17 to 291.73--> * [https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Documents/SLC_Hwy042.pdf Sherman Highway No. 42] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131105810/https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Data/Documents/SLC_Hwy042.pdf |date=2022-01-31 }} (June 2015)<!--Mileposts -0.43 to 68.66--></ref> |length_round=2 |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|country=USA|I|5}} in [[Weed, California|Weed, CA]] |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|country=USA|US|20}} in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend, OR]] *{{jct|country=USA|US|26}} in [[Madras, Oregon|Madras, OR]] *{{jct|country=USA|US|197}} at Shaniko Junction *{{jct|country=USA|I|84|dab1=Oregon–Utah|US|30}} in [[Biggs Junction, Oregon|Biggs Junction, OR]] *{{jct|country=USA|I|82|US|12}} near [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima, WA]] *{{jct|country=USA|I|90}} in [[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg, WA]] *{{jct|country=USA|US|2}} in [[Cashmere, Washington|Cashmere, WA]] }} |terminus_b={{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|97}} at the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] near [[Oroville, Washington|Oroville, WA]] |states=[[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] |previous_type=US |previous_route=96 |next_type=US |next_route=98 }} '''U.S. Rou