Nearly one year after In-N-Out Burger opened its first location in Oregon, the Beaver State is bracing for another. This time, it's in Caveman country.

The City of Grants Pass on Friday confirmed that it received plans from the company to build a new restaurant on Northeast Morgan Lane, just off Interstate 5 Exit 58. The lot is flanked by three different gas stations and a swathe of fast food joints further down the road.

In-N-Out will be the closest fast food place to the interstate in Grants Pass city limits.

Lora Glover, the city's director of park and community development, told KEZI that a groundbreaking is scheduled for early 2017.

The burger chained had confirmed late last year that it had bought the property on Morgan Lane with the intent of expanding beyond Medford, where its first Oregon location opened late last year.

--Eder Campuzano

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