diff --git a/pkg/route/OWNERS b/pkg/route/OWNERS
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index 0000000000..58f1af8214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/route/OWNERS
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+approvers:
+  - frobware
+  - knobunc
+  - Miciah
+  - sgreene570
+  - smarterclayton
+reviewers:
+  - danehans
+  - frobware
+  - knobunc
+  - Miciah
+  - sgreene570
+  - smarterclayton
+component: Routing
diff --git a/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers.go b/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f108144af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers.go
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+// Package routeapihelpers contains utilities for handling OpenShift route objects.
+package routeapihelpers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+
+	routev1 "github.com/openshift/api/route/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+// IngressURI calculates an admitted ingress URI.
+// If 'host' is nonempty, only the ingress for that host is considered.
+// If 'host' is empty, the first admitted ingress is used.
+func IngressURI(route *routev1.Route, host string) (*url.URL, *routev1.RouteIngress, error) {
+	scheme := "http"
+	if route.Spec.TLS != nil {
+		scheme = "https"
+	}
+
+	for _, ingress := range route.Status.Ingress {
+		if host == "" || host == ingress.Host {
+			uri := &url.URL{
+				Scheme: scheme,
+				Host:   ingress.Host,
+			}
+
+			for _, condition := range ingress.Conditions {
+				if condition.Type == routev1.RouteAdmitted && condition.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+					return uri, &ingress, nil
+				}
+			}
+
+			if host == ingress.Host {
+				return uri, &ingress, fmt.Errorf("ingress for host %s in route %s in namespace %s is not admitted", host, route.ObjectMeta.Name, route.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if host == "" {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("no admitted ingress for route %s in namespace %s", route.ObjectMeta.Name, route.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
+	}
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("no ingress for host %s in route %s in namespace %s", host, route.ObjectMeta.Name, route.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers_test.go b/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba6b8a662b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/route/routeapihelpers/routeapihelpers_test.go
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+package routeapihelpers
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	routev1 "github.com/openshift/api/route/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+func TestIngressURI(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		route   *routev1.Route
+		host    string
+		uri     *url.URL
+		ingress *routev1.RouteIngress
+		error   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no ingress",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+			},
+			error: "^no admitted ingress for route example-name in namespace example-namespace$",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no admitted ingress, host-agnostic",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			error: "^no admitted ingress for route example-name in namespace example-namespace$",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "explicitly non-admitted ingress, host-agnostic",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionFalse,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			error: "^no admitted ingress for route example-name in namespace example-namespace$",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no admitted ingress, unrecognized host",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			host:  "a.example.com",
+			error: "^no ingress for host a.example.com in route example-name in namespace example-namespace$",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no admitted ingress, host not admitted",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			host: "example.com",
+			uri: &url.URL{
+				Scheme: "http",
+				Host:   "example.com",
+			},
+			ingress: &routev1.RouteIngress{
+				Host:       "example.com",
+				RouterName: "example-router",
+			},
+			error: "^ingress for host example.com in route example-name in namespace example-namespace is not admitted$",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "admitted ingress, host-agnostic",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "a.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+						},
+						{
+							Host:       "b.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Host:       "c.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			uri: &url.URL{
+				Scheme: "http",
+				Host:   "b.example.com",
+			},
+			ingress: &routev1.RouteIngress{
+				Host:       "b.example.com",
+				RouterName: "example-router",
+				Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+					{
+						Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+						Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+						Message: "Example message",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "admitted ingress, host-specific",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "a.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+						},
+						{
+							Host:       "b.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Host:       "c.example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			host: "c.example.com",
+			uri: &url.URL{
+				Scheme: "http",
+				Host:   "c.example.com",
+			},
+			ingress: &routev1.RouteIngress{
+				Host:       "c.example.com",
+				RouterName: "example-router",
+				Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+					{
+						Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+						Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+						Message: "Example message",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "admitted ingress, TLS",
+			route: &routev1.Route{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: "example-namespace",
+					Name:      "example-name",
+				},
+				Spec: routev1.RouteSpec{
+					TLS: &routev1.TLSConfig{},
+				},
+				Status: routev1.RouteStatus{
+					Ingress: []routev1.RouteIngress{
+						{
+							Host:       "example.com",
+							RouterName: "example-router",
+							Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+								{
+									Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+									Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+									Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+									Message: "Example message",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			uri: &url.URL{
+				Scheme: "https",
+				Host:   "example.com",
+			},
+			ingress: &routev1.RouteIngress{
+				Host:       "example.com",
+				RouterName: "example-router",
+				Conditions: []routev1.RouteIngressCondition{
+					{
+						Type:    routev1.RouteAdmitted,
+						Status:  corev1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason:  "ExampleReason",
+						Message: "Example message",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			uri, ingress, err := IngressURI(testCase.route, testCase.host)
+			if testCase.error != "" && err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("returned no error, expected %s", testCase.error)
+			} else if testCase.error == "" && err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected no error, returned %v", err)
+			} else if err != nil && !regexp.MustCompile(testCase.error).MatchString(err.Error()) {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(uri, testCase.uri) {
+				t.Fatal(uri)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(ingress, testCase.ingress) {
+				t.Fatal(ingress)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}