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Orondo is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States, located alongside the eastern part of the Columbia River. It is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is well known for its robust agriculture industry, and produce fruits such as apples, cherries and pears.
The U.S. state of Washington has over 7,000 miles (11,000 km) of state highways maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). [1] The highway system is defined through acts by the state legislature and is encoded in the Revised Code of Washington as State Routes (SR).
A map of cities and towns in the U.S. state of Washington. Date: 29 October 2016: Source: Own work Created using data collected from the Washington State Department of Transportation. Author: SounderBruce: Permission (Reusing this file)
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).
Longest special U.S. route in Washington, serves Entiat and Chelan US 97 Alt. — — US 97/SSH 3A in Toppenish: US 97 in Union Gap: 1955 [11] 1973 [12] Replaced by US 97 US 97 Spur: 0.26: 0.42 US 97 near Orondo: US 2 near Orondo — — Shortest special U.S. route in Washington US 97 Bus. — — US 97 near Okanogan: US 97/SR 20 near Omak: c. 1967
[12] [16] Existing cities and towns are allowed to reorganize as a code city if they meet the population threshold and the change is approved by voters. [12] [17] As of 2022, one city remains unclassified—Waitsburg, in Walla Walla County—and continues to use the 1881 territorial charter under which it was organized. [12]
U.S. Route 97 Alternate (US 97 Alt., also abbreviated as US 97A) is an alternate route of US 97 within the state of Washington.It runs for 40 miles (64 km) from Wenatchee to Chelan, following the west bank of the Columbia River opposite from US 2 and US 97.
The first segment of what is now US 97 in Washington to be included in the state highway system was a road extending from Wenatchee to Twisp, designated in 1897. Since, four early highways formed the modern route of the roadway: State Road 8, State Road 3, State Road 2 and State Road 10, all signed in 1923.