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A reassurance shield on the Hewitt Avenue Trestle, carrying US 2 over the Snohomish River between Everett and Ebey Island. US 2 is defined by the Washington State Legislature as SR 2, part of the Revised Code of Washington as §47.17.005. [3] Every year, WSDOT conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume.
The wooden trestle had deteriorated by the 1980s and necessitated a replacement. [6] The narrow lane configuration and lack of a shoulder caused drivers to have anxiety attacks and contributed to hazardous driving conditions. [7] A new 2.5-mile (4.0 km) eastbound trestle was built between 1991 [8] and 2001 for $100 million, using reinforced ...
State Route 204 (SR 204) is a short state highway in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It connects U.S. Route 2 (US 2) at the eastern end of the Hewitt Avenue Trestle to the city of Lake Stevens, terminating at a junction with SR 9. The highway runs for a total length of 2.4 miles (3.9 km) and passes through several suburban ...
The tunnel was still plagued by snow slides in the area. On March 1, 1910, an avalanche at Wellington (renamed Tye after the disaster) near the west portal of the original 2.6 miles (4.2 km) Cascade Tunnel, killed 96 [7]-101 [8] people, the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history. [9] This disaster prompted the construction of the current ...
US 2 is an east–west highway that runs through North Dakota's northern tier of larger cities: Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, and Grand Forks. US 2 intersects US 85 at Williston, US 52 and US 83 at Minot, US 281 at Churchs Ferry (west of Devils Lake), and the I-29/US 81 concurrency at Grand Forks. US 2 is four lanes from North Dakota's eastern ...
Columbia River Belt Line 7, also known as Skookum, is a preserved 2-4-4-2 Mallet-type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909. It was used to pull logging trains in the Pacific Northwest, until 1955, when the locomotive fell on its side, and it was abandoned.
The Vance Creek Bridge is an arch bridge in the Satsop Hills of Mason County, Washington that was built for a logging railroad owned by the Simpson Logging Company in 1929. At 347 feet (106 m) in height, it is the second-highest railroad arch in the United States after the nearby High Steel Bridge. [2]
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