. U.S. Route 97 is a most important north-south United States highway inside the western United States. It begins at an intersection with Interstate 5 at Weed in California, and travel towards north and ended up in Okanogan County, Washington, at the Canadian Border, crossways from Osoyoos, British Columbia, becoming British Columbia Highway 97 ahead entering Canada. The foremost cities that lie on U.S. Highway 97 consist of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Bend, Oregon, Yakima, Washington, Ellensburg, Washington as well as Wenatchee, Washington.
. For a time, the Alaska portion of the Alaska Highway was intended to be signed as U.S. 97, with signs even being produced. A segment of the highway in California along with Oregon is component of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway.