User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/U.S. Highways

=General notes=


 * Highway lengths (from 1932 state map)
 * US 10: 351 miles via Blewett Pass
 * US 97: 335 miles
 * US 99: 304 miles
 * US 101: 370 miles
 * US 195: 151 miles to Newport
 * US 295: 44 miles
 * US 395: 126 miles truncated at Spokane
 * US 410: 463 miles
 * US 830: 232 miles via old Goldendale route

=Status=

=U.S. Route 101 in Washington=


 * Possible numbering history:

History

 * Pre-road: steamship lines and railroads (1912 map)
 * 1905: SR 9 established, Montesano to Port Angeles
 * 1909: SR 14 established, Duckabush (near Brinnon) to Hoodsport
 * 1909 map: Port Angeles to Montesano (via inland route instead of Hoh), proposed extensions down to Naselle
 * 1913: Olympic Highway established, Olympia to Aberdeen to Olympia via SR 7 and SR 14; National Park Highway established from Holman (near Seaview) to Raymond
 * 1915: SR 20 established, Raymond to Aberdeen
 * 1919: National Park Highway becomes Ocean Beach Highway, from Holman/Seaview to Raymond to Chehalis
 * 1919: State government considers routes for Quinault to Forks highway
 * 1919 map: Forks to Olympia (with Lake Crescent gap), Quinault to Aberdeen
 * 1921: Astoria-Megler ferry begins operation
 * May 1, 1922: Lake Crescent Highway (10.8 miles) completed, finishing earlier work started by Clallam County
 * Replaced ferries that operated from 1913 to 1922 (75 cents for automobiles); last ferry was Storm King (21 autos, 150 passeners)
 * 1923: SR 9 established, Aberdeen to Olympia loop; SR 12 established, Megler to Raymond; SR 13 established, Raymond to Aberdeen
 * 1924: Construction begins on last sections of Olympic Loop Highway
 * 1924 map: Forks to Olympia, Quinault to Aberdeen, South Bend to Ilwaco
 * 1925 map: Dirt/unpaved from Raymond to Aberdeen, with alternate crossing of Chehalis River
 * 1926: USH established, US 101 from Oregon to Olympia
 * Overlap with US 410 from Mud Bay to Olympia
 * 1927: Work on Hoh River/Ruby Beach section begins with dynamiting
 * 1927 map: Unpaved from Raymond to Cosmopolis and Chinook to Megler
 * 1929 map: Port Crescent to Quilcene
 * 1930 map: Sporadic pavement
 * August 26–27, 1931: 330-mile-long Olympic Loop Highway officially, final section was Hoh River to Kalaloch
 * NY Times: 335 miles, $11 million of state and federal aid
 * Most sections remain unpaved but "all-weather"
 * 1937: SR 9 becomes PSH 9, SR 12 becomes PSH 12, SR 13 becomes PSH 13
 * Fully paved by 1939
 * 1953: Olympic National Park expanded to include coastline section, putting US 101 under more NPS jurisdiction
 * 1955 proposal denied by AASHO: redirect to Mount Vernon via Discovery Bay, Keystone Ferry and modern SR 20/536
 * Supported by Olympic Peninsula Development League


 * Modern history
 * December 1958: Olympia-area section of I-5 opened
 * 1964: Highway renumbering, PSH 9, PSH 12, PSH 13 to become US 2
 * July 21, 1965: Olympia-Shelton freeway completed (2.4 miles, $610,000)
 * August 27, 1966: Astoria-Megler Bridge completed over Columbia River by Oregon Highway Department
 * Tolled until 1993
 * 1967: Lewis and Clark Trail Highway becomes Washington state byway
 * 1970: US 101 officially takes over PSH 9, PSH 12, PSH 13; alternate route at Ilwaco established
 * February 28, 2001: Earthquake causes damage?


 * Bypasses and upgrades
 * July 21, 1965: Olympia–Shelton freeway opens (2.4 miles, $610,000)
 * 1966: Raymond section widened to four lanes?
 * 1970: Shelton bypass construction begins
 * October 11, 1974: Shelton bypass opens, old route is partially signed as SR 3
 * August 18, 1999: 4.6-mile bypass of Sequim opens (costing $18 million)
 * First studied in 1972
 * Special feature: elk crossing light triggered by radio collars
 * 2001: Nisqually earthquake causes sinkhole?
 * 2004: Hoh River: engineered logjams
 * November 2014: Port Angeles to Sequim widened to four lanes
 * 2021: Morse Creek redone
 * 2017 to 2019: Lake Crescent repaving and repairs
 * Fish passage projects


 * Future projects and proposals
 * Port Angeles bypass: brought up in 1980s, reintroduced in 2008

Route description
US-2 enters Idaho from Newport, Washington, where it continues south towards Spokane. State Highway 41 (SH-41) runs south along the state line in Oldtown from a junction with US-2 towards Spirit Lake and Post Falls. The highway crosses the Pend Orielle River and travels east along the river through the city of Priest River, where it intersects SH-57.


 * Google Maps

History

 * 1926: USH established: US 2 from Bonners Ferry to Sault Ste. Marie, MI; US 95 from Weiser, ID to Canada (via Sandpoint-Bonners Ferry)
 * 1946: US 2 extended to Everett, WA, via former US 195 (1926-1939) and US 10 Alternate (1939-1946)

History

 * "Chillowist Trail" between Okanogan and Methow valleys (sign near Malott)
 * Historic Okanagan Trail, used from 1858 onward
 * Caribou Trail (The Dalles to Oroville) in 1860s?
 * 1935: Yakima River canyon road constructed
 * circa 1930 route: Goldendale further east to Sunnydale
 * 1937 map shows "Temp US 97" on west side of Columbia from Wenatchee to Chelan and unfinished US 97 on east side (with US 10)
 * 1956: Blewett Pass alignment changed to Swauk Pass (Blewett name retained), reducing curves from 248 to 37 and using lesser grade
 * 1956: Proposal to create US 97 Alternate from Union Gap to Toppenish along modern alignment; old alignment was via US 410 concurrency
 * 1950s: Rocky Reach Dam alignment
 * Beebe Bridge history
 * Late 1950s: US 97 moved from west to east side of Okanogan River between Brewster and south Okanogan
 * Late 1959: 18-mile section near Rocky Reach opened
 * Mid 1959: 25-mile section from Brewster to Okanogan opened


 * Bypasses and route changes
 * October 1959: Cashmere bypass opened
 * November 20, 1964: Bypass of Okanogan and Omak opens
 * 1971: I-82 opens at top of Yakima Canyon
 * SR 821 created on old route, retained as state scenic byway (designated in 1967)
 * 1975: Ellensburg realignment onto SR 131 (SSH 2-I), creating SR 970 out of former route
 * 1961: Alternate route proposed on this corridor
 * Resubmitted as a reroute in 1967, and 1974
 * SR 131 alignment was not completed until "late summer of fall of 1974"
 * 1987 realignment near Chelan via SR 151

Klamath Falls, Oregon
U.S. Route 97 Business (US 97 Bus.) is a business route of US 97 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. It follows a former section of US 97 prior to the opening of the city's western expressway bypass in November 1959.

It begins at an interchange with US 97 southwest of downtown Klamath Falls.

Under Oregon's named routes system, US 97 Bus. is also signed as the following highways:


 * Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway No. 20
 * The Esplanade Spur, concurrent with Oregon Route 39
 * Klamath Falls-Malin Highway No. 50.

Bend, Oregon
U.S. Route 97 Business (US 97 Bus.) is a business route of US 97 in Bend, Oregon, following a former section of the highway prior to the opening of the Bend Parkway in 2001. It is partially concurrent with US 20.

The highway was designated in 2003 as a realignment of the McKenzie–Bend Highway No. 17.


 * Earlier US 97 Bus. route serving downtown directly in 1980s maps
 * Created in 1962 with initial bypass on 3rd Street

Redmond, Oregon
U.S. Route 97 Business (US 97 Bus.) is a business route of US 97 in Redmond, Oregon. It follows a former section of US 97 that was bypassed by a new expressway in the late 2000s.

Cashmere, Washington

 * Former alignment before bypass opened in October 1959
 * Aplets Way and Cotlets Avenue named in 1997 amid controversy

Okanogan–Omak, Washington

 * Bypass opened November 1964

Toppenish–Union Gap alternate route

 * Approved by AAHSO in 1955 over SSH 3A
 * Not included in state highway maps?
 * Hwys of WA: Created in 1954 from SSH 3A, replaced in 1964 by US 97 realignment
 * 1964 map: signed as part of SR 22
 * 1964: AASHO approves US 97 realignment away from US 410, replacing US 97 Alt

Wenatchee–Chelan alternate route
U.S. Route 97 Alternate (US 97A) follows a former section of US 97 between Wenatchee and Chelan in north-central Washington. It travels along the west side of the Columbia River, while the mainline route uses the east side. The highway was created in 1987 after the realignment of US 97 onto the river's east side.

Route description

 * Old segments
 * "Highway 99" through Vancouver and Hazel Dell
 * SR 411/West Side?
 * Jackson Highway (Cowltiz)
 * Named in 1961 for early pioneer and judge John R. Jackson
 * Capitol Boulevard/Way (Tumwater and Olympia)
 * Pacific Avenue and Martin Way (Lacey)
 * South Tacoma Way
 * SR 99/Pacific Highway/International Boulevard (Fife to Seattle)
 * Aurora Avenue
 * SR 99 (Shoreline to Everett)
 * Evergreen Way?
 * Broadway/State Avenue/Smokey Point Blvd. (Everett–Marysville)
 * Pioneer Highway (Stanwood, bypassed earlier?)
 * Riverside Drive (Mount Vernon)
 * Burlington Blvd. (Burlington)
 * Lake Samish Drive, Samish Way, Northwest Drive (Bellingham)
 * Portal Way (Ferndale to Blaine)


 * Resources
 * 

History

 * Followed historic Cowlitz Trail (Vancouver to Nisqually) and Great Northern Railroad
 * 1860 military road from Vancouver to Seattle
 * 1909: Survey into north-south highway proposed, from Blaine to Vancouver
 * 1910: Pacific Highway Association of North America established on September 19, 1910
 * 1911: Appropriation for Skagit River bridge to serve future Pacific Highway (State Road 6)
 * 1912: Good roads association suggests network of three trunk routes, including Pacific Highway
 * 1912: First concrete highway, 4-mile stretch near Toledo
 * 1913: Pacific Highway established, from Oregon state line in Vancouver to Canadian border at Blaine, different routing from Tacoma to and Burlington to Bellingham (via Chuckanut Highway)
 * 1915: Pacific Highway dedicated at Blaine, Peace Arch proposed by J. J. Donovan, vice president of the Pacific Highway Association in Whatcom County
 * 1917: Southbound Interstate Bridge (drawbridge) opens to traffic in January, second bridge to span Columbia (after Wenatchee), links Pacific Highway in Vancouver to Oregon's Pacific Highway No. 1 (est. November 1917)
 * 1917: 3.52 miles of Pacific Highway in Thurston County (east of Olympia) built using funds from the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916
 * 1921: Peace Arch at Blaine dedicated by Sam Hill (founder of Washington State Good Roads Association)
 * 1921: Signs and markings with distances added by Automobile Club of Western Washington
 * 1923: State Road 1 (named Pacific Highway) established, from Oregon/Vancouver to Canada/Blaine
 * 1923: Pacific Highway inaugurated at Peace Arch on September 4, attended by 60,000
 * 1926 guide
 * 1925–1927: Four bridges built to span Snohomish River delta between Everett and Marysville, avoids old route via Cavelero Corner
 * 1927: Everett to Seattle completed
 * 1923: New routing to Everett via North Trunk Road to replace Victory Way (now SR 522) and to Tacoma via Highline endorsed by state highway committee of legislature
 * October 1924: Work begins in Snohomish County
 * October 9, 1927: Completed and opened to traffic
 * November 1927: Salmon Creek to Vancouver cut-off opened
 * 1928: Highline road bypasses White/Green River Valley highway
 * March 16, 1928: Boulevard of Remembrance with memorial trees near Fort Lewis dedicated
 * I-5 renamed in 2016 to honor the old designation
 * 1930: Construction of Aurora Avenue extension through Woodland Park approved
 * 1931: Aurora Avenue name adopted
 * December 1936: Lake Samish Highway (from Burlington to Bellingham) opened; old route becomes US 99 Alt

National highway and freeways

 * US 99
 * 1926: USH established, US 99 from El Centro, California to Canadian border at Blaine, concurrent with US 830 (Vancouver to Kelso) and US 410 (Olympia to Tacoma)
 * 1927: Marysville–Everett cutoff opened to traffic and inaugurated on August 23
 * 1931: State Road 1 re-aligned from Burlington to Bellingham via Lake Samish route, old route becomes US 99 Alternate/branch of State Road 1
 * 1937: PSH 1 (Pacific Highway) established, from Oregon/Vancouver to Canada/Blaine
 * September 1937: Lacey/Olympia cutoff opens on Martin Way
 * By 1941, most of the highway widened to four lanes, most used road in Northwest


 * Freeway bypasses of US 99
 * 1951: State legislature approves bond sales to fund four-lane expansion of US 99
 * Bypasses of various cities, while other sections are upgraded to limited access standards
 * Vancouver to Centralia completed by 1953
 * Program scheduled to be completed by 1954
 * 1952: Kalama to Kelso section completed
 * 1953: State Toll Bridge Authority authorized to study toll superhighways, including Tacoma–Everett corridor
 * April 1953: Alaskan Way Viaduct opens, as part of US 99 program
 * To be signed US 99 Bypass or US 99W, while freeway becomes US 99E
 * July 26, 1953: 4-lane section from Toutle River (near Castle Rock) to Foster Creek (near Toledo) opens
 * October 1953: Castle Rock to Foster Creek; first 60 mph section in the state
 * November 20, 1953: Vancouver freeway opened from Interstate Bridge to Broadway Street (now C Street exit)
 * Extended 2 miles through to city limits (approximately Main & 49th) on April 1, 1955 ($7 million; began November 1951, dedicated day before)
 * Dedicated on March 31 with a 19-gun artillery salute; first real freeway in Washington state
 * September 15, 1954: 4-lane highway opens from National Avenue in Chehalis to Fort Borst Park in Centralia
 * September 17, 1954: Kelso to Castle Rock (6.5 mi, $1 million) opened to four-lane traffic in present northbound lanes
 * October 30, 1954: Marysville bypass opened (9 mi, 4 lanes, $7 million)
 * Ebey Slough Bridges upgraded and twinned
 * November 24, 1954: Tumwater to Grand Mound cutoff opens (14 miles, $2.75 million), bypassing Tenino (saving 5.2 miles)
 * Initially two lanes, expanded to four on December 17
 * 1955: Yellow Book published by Bureau of Public Roads, outlines interstate highway from San Diego to Bellingham and a bypass of Seattle
 * December 22, 1955: 4-lane section of US 99 from Chehalis to Cowlitz River near Toledo opens (14 mi, $3.3 million); entire Vancouver–Tumwater "superhighway" dedicated
 * Two-lane segment near Napavine (SR 508)/Chehalis (National Ave) had opened in November
 * December 30, 1955: Northbound lanes of Centralia to Grand Mound section completed (5.2 miles)
 * May 15, 1956: Southbound lanes open, eliminating last traffic signal south of Tumwater
 * June 29, 1956: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed, creates Interstate Highway System
 * $168 million appropriated for Everett-Seattle-Tacoma freeway to replace tollway
 * 1956: Mount Vernon to Conway?
 * August 1956: Burlington section opens, including Skagit River bridge
 * December 1956: State Supreme Court declares use of bond issues to finance $227 million toll road plan unconstitutional
 * 1969: Final section of I-5 opened, Everett to Marysville, on May 14
 * AASHO decertification in June meeting

Route description

 * Former segments that are intact
 * Ritzville (historic shields) on Loop I-90

History

 * Sunset Highway designation in 1913, completed across Snoqualmie Pass in 1915
 * 1925: Yellowstone Trail designation moved to Snoqualmie Pass route
 * November 11, 1926: USH established, follows modern-day US 97 from Cle Elum to Wenatchee and US 2 from Wenatchee to Spokane (1937 map)
 * 1940: Moved to Vantage and onto PSH 18, creating US 10 Alt on old route
 * 1940: Floating bridge opens, new US 10 Alt through Renton
 * 1954: Colored signs for Spokane super-concurrency
 * 1950s: Expressway upgrades and bypasses built
 * 1957: I-90 designation announced
 * June 23, 1969: AASHO approves deletion of US 10 and 99 within Washington
 * June 17, 1975: AASHO deletes remainder from Spokane to Idaho as part of Idaho deletion


 * Since deletion
 * SR 10 designated near Ellensburg
 * I-90 completed in 1993 (Seattle)
 * 1999: West Downtown Historic Transportation Corridor in Spokane designated as NRHP
 * 2016: Ritzville historic shields on Loop I-90

History

 * 1940: Spokane to Ravalli, MT segment designated as US 10 Alt
 * Spokane to Newport to Sandpoint to Thompson Falls to Plains to Ravalli to Missoula
 * Movement began in 1930s by Inland Automobile Association and celebrated by communities
 * 1946: US 2 extended to Everett, WA
 * 1950s: Washington segment deleted
 * October 1967: AASHO approves deletion within Idaho and Montana


 * Since deletion
 * Replaced by Idaho State Highway 200 and Montana State Highway 200

History

 * Resources
 * Floodgap Research


 * Designations
 * I-82 to SR 240 at Kennewick
 * 1943 as PSH 8 (c 239); became SR 14 in 1970; became US 395 in 1985 (c 177)
 * SR 240 at Kennewick to I-182 at Pasco
 * 1913 as Inland Empire Highway (c 65); became SR 3 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 3 in 1937 (c 190); became *US 12 in 1970
 * I-182 at Pasco to I-90 at Ritzville
 * 1913 as Central Washington Highway (c 65); became SR 11 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 11 in 1937 (c 190); became US 395 in 1970
 * US 2 near Spokane to SR 292 near Loon Lake
 * 1913 as Inland Empire Highway (c 65); became SR 3 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 3 in 1937 (c 190); became US 395 in 1970
 * SR 292 near Loon Lake to SR 231 near Chewelah
 * 1957 as PSH 3 (c 172); became US 395 in 1970
 * SR 231 near Chewelah to SR 20 at Colville
 * 1913 as Inland Empire Highway (c 65); became SR 3 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 3 in 1937 (c 190); became US 395 in 1970
 * SR 20 to Orient
 * 1905 as SR 2 (c 7) - but note that until 1907 (c 151) it took a more northerly route west of Tiger; became Inland Empire Highway in 1915 (c 164); became SR 3 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 3 in 1937 (c 190); became US 395 in 1970
 * Orient to Canada
 * 1915 as Inland Empire Highway (c 164); became SR 3 in 1923 (c 185); became PSH 3 in 1937 (c 190); became US 395 in 1970


 * Timeline
 * 1867: Spokane-Chewelah road built by military
 * 1926: USH, only from Spokane to Canada
 * 1935 to 1937: Extended south from Spokane to California
 * 1960s: Re-aligned onto I-90
 * June 11, 1965: Two-lane Pasco bypass opens for US 410 (2.6 miles; $2 million, mostly on $1.5 million railroad overpass); follows modern US 395 and concurrency with I-182
 * 1985: Re-aligned onto I-82
 * Delayed until October 1986 due to Blue Bridge refurbishment


 * Other plans
 * 1990s: SR 25 switch proposed (Spokesman)
 * 2010s study of Kennewick section


 * Upgrades from Pasco to Ritzville
 * 1956: Lind bypass plans announced
 * After I-82/I-182 completion, widening US 395 to 4 lanes was made a priority for the Tri-Cities
 * October 1979: New alignment opened between Eltopia and Connell (17 miles, $11 million), initially 2 lanes with room for 4-lane expansion
 * 1991: $54.5 million earmarked by Congress
 * 1995: 15 miles near Lind completed, finishing all four-lane work and allowing for speed limit to be raised to 70 mph


 * North Spokane
 * Planned since 1950s
 * 2009: First section completed


 * Other notes
 * 2018: Tom Foley and Samuel Grashio designation proposed by legislature (SJM 8011 / HJM 4002)
 * Samuel Grashio honor was voted down
 * Signs installed in August, reading Thomas Stephen "Tom" Foley Memorial Highway

History

 * 1926: US 410 created, from Aberdeen to Lewiston via Puyallup


 * Tri-Cities to Walla Walla and Clarkston
 * October 17, 1973: Walla Walla bypass opened to traffic
 * 1985: I-182 opened with US 12 designation
 * 2004: First phase of four-laning from Tri-Cities to Walla opened
 * 2010: New alignment west of downtown Walla Walla, including new Myra Road (SR 125 Spur) interchange
 * 2012: Burbank interchanges (SR 124) completed
 * 2020: Final sections bypassing Wallula and Touchet planned to open; new US 730 interchange

Route description
US 395 enters Oregon from California at New Pine Creek on the east side of Goose Lake in Lake County. In California, the highway continues south along the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, serving Reno, Nevada, and part of the Mojave Desert before terminating near Victorville, California. US 395 travels north to Lakeview in the foothills of the Warner Mountains.


 * "Three Flags Highway"
 * Forlorn federal highway
 * Bend Bulletin travel guide
 * Floodgap
 * Part of Outback Scenic Byway from Lakeview to OR 31?

History

 * 1927: New US route from Los Angeles to Klamath Falls via Reno and Susanville (CA 139/OR 39?) proposed and denied
 * Extended in 1935 over former Oregon Route 11 (signed in 1932)
 * 1955: Proposal to create US 30 Bypass from Stanfield to Boardman via US 395 and US 730 rejected by Oregon
 * 1969: Reroute via Hermiston and Stanfield proposed using four-lane highway to be built regardless of I-82 configuration; US 395 would continue onto Umatilla toll bridge
 * Part of Route 32 (No. 6 Columbia) from 1945 to 1973
 * 1977 legislative change
 * Washington entry moved from Wallula to Umatilla in 1986
 * AASHTO meetings: SR 32/Umatilla routing (1972); Umatilla Bridge and Tri-Cities (1984)
 * 1995 corridor study by ODOT
 * Prelude to 1999 interstate proposal?
 * 2015: Designated as World War I Veterans Memorial Highway