Oregon Route 216 is an Oregon state highway running from U.S. Route 26 at Warm Springs Junction to U.S. Route 97 in Grass Valley. OR 216 is 61.30 miles (98.65 km) long and runs east–west.

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Oregon Route 216
Route 216 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	61.30 mi (98.65 km)
Existed	1952–present
Major junctions
West end	US 26 in Warm Springs Junction
Major intersections	US 197 near Maupin US 197 in Tygh Valley
East end	US 97 in Grass Valley
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Highway system
Oregon Highways Interstate US State Named Scenic
← OR 214 → OR 217

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OR 216 begins at an intersection with US 26 at Warm Springs Junction on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. It heads east along the border between the reservation and Mt. Hood National Forest, then continues through Pine Grove, and past Wapinitia to an intersection with U.S. Route 197 about two miles (3 km) west of Maupin. At this intersection, OR 216 overlaps U.S. 197 and continues north to Tygh Valley. The concurrency ends at Tygh Valley, and OR 216 continues east to Grass Valley, ending at an intersection with US 97.

The Wapinitia Highway was originally designated part of OR 50. In 1950, it was redesignated OR 52, as the OR 50 designation was moved to the Warm Springs Highway No. 53, and is now part of US 26. In 1952, when the former OR 90 was renumbered OR 52 to conform to its intersection with ID 52, the Wapinitia Highway was renumbered as part of OR 216.

The Sherars Bridge Highway can be traced to a bridge over the Deschutes River, built in 1860 and rebuilt in 1862. Joseph Sherar and his wife, Jane, bought the log bridge in 1871, replaced it with a wooden toll bridge, and improved 60 miles (97 km) of an existing wagon road that crossed the bridge.^[1] The bridge was purchased by Deschutes County in 1912, the modern highway built some time thereafter.