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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)
All state highways are designated by the Washington State Legislature and codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), namely Chapter 47.17 RCW. These routes are defined generally by termini and points along the route; WSDOT may otherwise choose the details, and may bypass the designated points as long as the road serves the general vicinity.
This is a map of the state highways in Washington as they existed in 1970, just before the old primary-secondary split was removed. Primary routes are red and secondary routes are purple. Thin orange is just current routes. Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created for the highways. Date: 2 April 2008 (original upload date) Source
The highway system is defined through acts by the state legislature and is encoded in the Revised Code of Washington as State Routes (SR). It was created in 1964 to replace an earlier numbering scheme and ratified by the state legislature in 1970. The system's 196 highways are almost entirely paved, with the exception of a gravel section on SR 165.
The state legislature created another classification—the code city—in 1967 to grant greater control to cities, who sought expanded home rule authority to address complex issues as they urbanized. As of 2022 [update] , the state has 197 municipalities that are code cities—the most of any classification. [ 3 ]
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A number of Primary State Highways were designated, while Secondary State Highways were suffixed spurs off those. For instance, Primary State Highway 1 was the Pacific Highway (present Interstate 5), and Secondary State Highway 1B was a spur from Bellingham to the Canadian border (now State Route 539). U.S. Routes kept dual designations with ...