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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).
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).
The Brier area was known for its mink farms and later gave way to suburban ranch houses in the 1950s and 1960s. [6] The Shasta Park subdivision was created in 1924 and further developed into smaller lots by the early 1950s. [5]: 9 Brier was named for an existing road that bisected the subdivision where the community was developed in the 1950s. [7]
The U.S. Routes in Washington are segments of the United States Numbered Highway System that are owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Washington through the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).
State Route 203 (SR 203) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington that traverses part of King and Snohomish counties. It runs north–south for 24 miles (39 km) through the Snoqualmie Valley, connecting Fall City, Carnation, Duvall, and Monroe.
The Sunset Highway was numbered as State Road 2 in 1923 and later PSH 2 in 1937. [7] Its route was adopted by U.S. Route 10 in 1926 (replaced by Interstate 90 ) from Seattle to near Ellensburg, then U.S. Route 97 to Peshastin , then U.S. Route 2 to Spokane, then US 10/I-90 from Spokane to the Idaho state line.
Swamp Creek is a tributary of the Sammamish River in Snohomish and King counties, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is also known as dxʷɬ(ə)q̓ab in Lushootseed, meaning "a wide place".
State Route 3 (SR 3) is a 59.81-mile-long (96.25 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the Kitsap Peninsula in Mason and Kitsap counties. The highway begins at U.S. Route 101 (US 101) south of Shelton and travels northeast onto the Kitsap Peninsula through Belfair to Gorst, where it intersects SR 16 and begins its freeway.