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Drivers, take heed: Winter has officially touched down at Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90. On Monday morning, the Washington State Department of Transportation cautioned travelers headed toward ...
A section of I-90 crossing the Washington–Idaho state line was upgraded to Interstate standards with the opening of the Post Falls bypass in July 1977. [169] The final traffic signal on I-90 and what remained of US 10 was removed on October 13, 1978, with the opening of a bypass around North Bend. [170]
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at 3,099.7 miles (4,988.5 km). It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and the Northeast, ending in Boston, Massachusetts.
I-90 is the primary commercial artery between Seattle and points east, carrying an average of 29,000 vehicles through the pass per day. [2] I-90 is the only divided highway crossing east–west through the state. [a] The pass lends its name to a census-designated place (CDP) located at the summit (Snoqualmie Pass, Washington).
Drivers in Washington state may soon face better odds of getting caught on camera if they run a red light, speed through a work zone on a city street or fail to stop at a crosswalk.
The current bridge is the second Vantage Bridge. The first was built in 1927 as part of the Sunset Highway (later US 10), a precursor to I-90. In 1962 the second bridge was built because the reservoir pool backing up behind the new Wanapum Dam would soon overwhelm the old bridge; it was dedicated by the state on November 9, 1962. [2] The first ...
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]
State Route 26 (SR 26) is a state highway in central Washington in the United States. It travels east–west for 114 miles (183 km) from Interstate 90 (I-90) near Vantage to U.S. Route 195 (US 195) in Colfax. The highway intersects several major north–south highways, including SR 24, SR 17, US 395, and SR 261 before ending in Colfax.