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Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.
State Route 18 (SR 18) is a 28.41-mile-long (45.72 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving southeastern King County.The highway travels northeast, primarily as a controlled-access freeway, from an intersection with SR 99 and an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Federal Way through the cities of Auburn, Kent, Covington, and Maple Valley.
In 1923, the State Highways Department separated from the Public Works Department and organized the first official system of highways, Washington's state road system. In 1926, the U.S. government approved the U.S. route system, which connected the country by road. 11 U.S. Routes entered Washington at the time. Later in 1929, the Highway ...
The system spans 8.5% of the state's public road mileage, but carries over half of the traffic. [2] [3] All other public roads in the state are either inside incorporated places (cities or towns) or are maintained by the county. [4] The state highway symbol is a white silhouette of George Washington's head (whom the state is named after).
Eastern Washougal city limits US 97 in Maryhill: 1967 [1] Follows SR 14 through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area [6] Cranberry Coast Scenic Byway: 48 77 US 101 in Raymond: US 101 in Aberdeen: 1967 [1] Follows SR 105 along Willapa Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and Grays Harbor: Hidden Coast Scenic Byway: 41 66 US 101 in Hoquiam: Cuitan ...
South Main Street in Warden: 1970: current SR 170 — — Ringold River Road near Basin City: SR 17 near Mesa: 1965: 1967 SR 171: 3.79: 6.10 I-90 in Moses Lake: SR 17 in Moses Lake: 1964: current SR 172: 35.01: 56.34 US 2 at Farmer: SR 17 near Mansfield: 1964: current SR 173: 11.86: 19.09 SR 17 in Bridgeport: US 97 in Brewster
SR 14 at its interchange with I-205, built in the 1970s. The first highway that traveled through the Columbia River Gorge was surveyed in 1905 at a cost of $15,000 (equivalent to $508,667 in 2025 [27]) by the state of Washington as a wagon road connecting Washougal in Clark County to Lyle in Klickitat County that was designated as secondary State Road 8. [28]
State Route 3 (SR 3) is a 59.81-mile-long (96.25 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the Kitsap Peninsula in Mason and Kitsap counties. The highway begins at U.S. Route 101 (US 101) south of Shelton and travels northeast onto the Kitsap Peninsula through Belfair to Gorst, where it intersects SR 16 and begins its freeway.