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The Stevens Pass Highway was transferred to state maintenance in 1931 with the establishment of State Road 15, traveling from Everett to Peshastin. The United States Highway System was adopted on November 11, 1926, and designated US 10 on the future route of US 2 from Peshastin to Spokane and US 195 from Spokane to Newport.
Stevens Pass (elevation 4,061 ft (1,238 m)) is a mountain pass through the Cascade Mountains located at the border of King County and Chelan County in Washington, United States. [1] U.S. Route 2 travels over the pass, reaching a maximum elevation of 4,061 feet (1,238 m). The Pacific Crest Trail crosses the highway at Stevens Pass. [1]
Stevens Pass, located in the Cascade Range The U.S. state of Washington , located in the Pacific Northwest , has several major mountain ranges that are traversed various passes . The state is divided by the Cascade Range , which have the highest passes, and is also home to the Olympic Mountains , Selkirk Mountains , and Blue Mountains .
Drivers in the Puget Sound are inching closer to a season of traffic jams. Washington State Department of Transportation has several construction projects currently in the works or planned for summer.
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. ...
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).
U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway spanning 2,571 miles (4,138 km) across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada .
A snow shed, constructed in 1950 when the road was known as US 10, formerly covered the westbound lanes, but it has been replaced by avalanche bridges that stand away from the slope to allow slides to pass under the road, as of April 2014. [9] WSDOT maintains cameras at selected locations along the pass to monitor weather conditions. Some of ...