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The transportation department has a social-media account dedicated to Washington passes. That X account, @wsdot_passes, reported snow at Snoqualmie Pass on Monday, with slush and snow on the road. ...
Travelers driving across the Cascade Mountains to Western Washington will need to be prepared for snow, with up to 14 inches of fresh snow possible on Friday night at Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90.
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The Snoqualmie Pass foothills (below ~1-2000 ft elevation) [5] have a Csb (warm-summer mediterranean) climate, but climbing higher into the Cascades advances through a microclimate (warm-summer mediterranean continental, Dsb) characterized by considerable precipitation, especially during winter, and at times hazardous conditions for travelers.
A combined state department of transportation was proposed in the mid-1960s and gained the support of Governor Dan Evans. [10] Charles Prahl, who resigned as head of the Department of Highways, criticized the Evans administration's proposal to create a transportation "superagency" and the prioritization of rapid transit in plans for the urban transportation system of Seattle. [11]
The highway travels southeast between two interchanges with Interstate 90 (I-90) in Snoqualmie Pass and Hyak. SR 906 was formed out of segments of the former Sunset Highway that were bypassed by the construction of the controlled-access Interstate Highway over the pass. Between 360 and 2,100 vehicles used the road on an average day in 2012.
Significant snowfall is forecast for the Cascade Mountains of Washington, including at Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90. In the Tri-Cities, the weather service recorded 0.17 inch of rain on Sunday.
The road across Snoqualmie Pass was mostly complete by September 1914, leading to plans for a formal dedication, but heavy rainfall delayed earthwork along the highway and postponed its use by motorists. [71] The completed Sunset Highway was briefly opened for traffic on October 1, 1914, before closing for the winter season. [72]