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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT or WashDOT, both / ˈ w ɒ ʃ d ɒ t /) is a governmental agency that constructs, maintains, and regulates the use of transportation infrastructure in the U.S. state of Washington. Established in 1905, it is led by a secretary and overseen by the governor.
WSDOT completed a major overhaul of the system in July 2021. Some of the changes included the elimination of a required $30 pre-paid account, and the ability to pay a negative balance online. [ 2 ] The changeover, which included a two-week system blackout, was scheduled to take place in June but was postponed by a month due to errors found in ...
The Nickel Project was designed to generate $3.9 billion over a ten-year period to finance 158 transportation projects across Washington. The funding was sourced through:
[84] [85] On July 27, WSDOT will start to fix an unstable slope north of Blewett Pass, 8 miles (13 km) south of the US 2 intersection. [86] [87] Another project set to begin on July 27 to fix an unstable slope on US 97 near Blewett Pass. [88] [89] WSDOT will add a passing lane on the highway at Blewett Pass in summer 2010.
In 2007, WSDOT also studied possible improvements to SR 202 in the Sammamish area, recommending the construction of new lanes, traffic signals, guardrails, and other projects. [41] The study's recommended projects would cost an estimated $52.9 million to complete, and were not funded by the state government. [42]
WSDOT was considering dropping SR 903 from the state highway system and turning over the highway to Kittitas County in 1992; [8] however, the idea was quickly dropped. [9] The roundabout at Bullfrog was first proposed in 2002, [ 10 ] and was estimated to cost $1.2 million, paid for by Suncadia Resort . [ 11 ]
State Route 7 (SR 7) is a state highway in Lewis and Pierce counties, located in the U.S. state of Washington.The 58.60-mile (94.31 km) long roadway begins at U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in Morton and continues north to intersect several other state highways to Tacoma, where it ends at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) and I-705.
WSDOT plans to move US 2 onto a northern bypass of Monroe, which would avoid the business district and intersect SR 522 with a roundabout. [86] From Monroe to Gold Bar , US 2 would be expanded to a four-lane highway, with a roundabout connecting the highway to the city of Gold Bar, [ 87 ] and become a two-lane highway with wider shoulder lanes ...