In the US state of Washington, US. The 97 (97 97) route is a 322-mile (518 km) route that crosses from the Oregon state line at the north end of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge at Maryhill, north to the Canadian-US border in Okanogan County near Oroville. The highway serves major cities such as Goldendale, Yakima, Ellensburg and Wenatchee before proceeding to the Alaska Highway on the Yukon border as the British Columbia Highway 97. Along the length of the road, US 97 coincides with State Route 14 (SR 14) at Maryhill, Interstate 82 ( I-82) and US 12 between Union Gap and Ellensburg, I-90 briefly in Ellensburg, US 2 between Peshastin and rural Douglas County and SR 20 near Omak. An alternative route connects the highway with Chelan.
The first segment of what is now US 97 in Washington to be included in the state highway system is a road that runs from Wenatchee to Twisp, set in 1897. Because, four early highways form a modern route from the road: State Road 8, State Road 3, State Road 2 and State Road 10, were all signed in 1923. The United States No. Two Roadway was established in 1926 and 97 US signed together with the four state roads, including two concurrencies with US 410 and US 10. State part of the road became the primary state highway in 1937, retaining their number from the previous system and 10 US was moved southward in 1940 and its original alignment, including concurrency, became US 2 in 1946. The Sam Hill Memorial Bridge, originally named the Biggs Bridge The Rapids, first opened on November 1, 1962, but the river has been traversed by ferries in the same location since the early 19th 20s. During the re-establishment of the 1964 highway, all four highways were replaced by US 97 and in 1956, the Interstate Highway System was established, including two highways (I-82 and I-90) simultaneously with US 97. US 12 superseded US 410 during its western extension in 1967. In 1987, US 97 was moved across the Columbia River in Chelan County, establishing US 97 Alternate and decadenisation SR 151. Until 2006, US 197 was signed along with SR 14 between Dallesport and Maryhill. The bridge deck was replaced between 2007 and 2009 and the bridge was closed in 2008. Five other small projects, such as the appointment and addition of sidewalks, have been completed, but eight projects have not been completed.
Video U.S. Route 97 in Washington
Route description
US 97 is the main highway in Washington that stretches 321.61 miles (517,581 km) and consists of two lanes; it is not divided except for parts that are in urban areas, such as Wenatchee and simultaneously with I-82 and I-90. The entire route from the Oregon state line to the Canada-US border is part of the National Highway System, a highway system deemed essential to the nation's economy, defense and mobility. At the southern terminal I-82 - US 12 concurrency at Union Gap, US 97 has a daily average of about 20,000 riders in 2007, making it the busiest segment on the Washington highway and the fifth busiest segment on the US route. in Washington. The busiest segment of US 97 in 1970 was on Main Street in Selah, with a daily average of 17,100 riders.
US 97 begins in the Oregon state line above the Columbia River at the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge. After exiting the bridge, the highway enters Maryhill, passes Maryhill State Park and crosses the railway line on the Vancouver-Pasco route operated by BNSF Railway. From the intersection, the road becomes short with the State Route 14 (SR 14) west for 0.42 miles (0.68 km) before turning north to bypass SR 14 Spur (via couplet) and leave the Maryhill area.
From Maryhill, a curved road to the northeast and then north to pass through Centerville and cut Goldendale to bypass SR 142. US 97 then turn northeast through Brooks Memorial State Park and enter the Yakama Indian Reservation past Satus Pass then exit from Cascades to Yakima Valley through Toppenish National Wildlife Reserve and Toppenish, where he cut SR 22 and Fort Road, SR 220 to 1991. After leaving Toppenish in the northwest, the highway is parallel to the Tacoma-Pasco route from BNSF Railway and Interstate 82 (I- 82) - 12 US concurrency short passes through Wapato and some small roads to also parallel with the Yakima River and enter the Union Gap, where the road connects I-82 and US 12 concurrency.
From the intersection where US 97 joins I-82/US 12, exit number 37, the highway exchanges with many of the small streets in Union Gap and several major highways, including state routes, in Yakima, including Valley Mall Boulevard at exit 36, SR 24 and Nob Hill Boulevard at exit 34, Terrace Heights Way and Yakima Avenue at exit 33; at exit 31, US 12 ends with a long 31.35-mile (50.45Ã, km) long concurrency in the southern terminal of SR 823. After leaving Yakima, the highway enters Selah and exchanges with SR 823 and Rest Haven Road and then leaves the city after interchanging Selah Road to cross Selah Creek at Fred G. Redmon Bridge. Approaching Ellensburg, the road swaps with SR 821 at exit 26, Military Road at exit 11 and north end of SR 821 at exit 3 before entering Ellensburg. I-82 then concludes 37.81 miles (60.85 km) of concurrency and routes on I-90, is a short concurrency begins.
The I-90 concurrency starts at exit 110, which is a trumpet interchange. Later, the I-90/US 97 switched Canyon Road at exit 109 and then US 97 left the concession 19.73 miles (31.75 km) at exit 106. From I-90, the highway turned north-west, passing SR 10 southeast of Thorp, the railway line owned by the BNSF Railway, and SR 970 at Virden to Blewett Pass, where US 97 crossed the Cascades. In Peshastin, the road started a 27.98 miles (45.03 km) convention with US 2 at the diamond junction.
From Peshastin, US 2/US 97 parallels other BNSF routes and passes Dryden and Cashmere before entering Wenatchee and bypass Washington State Route 285 and then US 97 Alternate. After the intersection with US 97 Alternate, which is actually a partial clover crossing, the road crosses the Columbia River at the Richard Odabashian Bridge to East Wenatchee, where it intersects SR 28, turns north and begins parallel with the Wenatchee - Oroville route from Cascade and Columbia River Railroad. After aligning the Columbia River, US 2 abandoned the concurrency in Orondo. Drive north and then east along the Columbia River from Orondo to Chelan Falls, where US 97 once again crosses the Columbia River, at Beebe Bridge and then cuts SR 150. After leaving Chelan Falls, the highway follows the Columbia River and passes the northern end US 97 Alternate, which goes west to Chelan, and continues north to bypass SR 153 south of Pateros. After leaving town, the highway headed northeast to Brewster, where he cut SR 173.
After leaving Brewster, US 97 crossed the Okanogan River and past Anderson Field to bypass SR 17 in the northern Fort Okanogan State Park. From SR 17, the highway parallels the Okanogan River north of Monse and Malott to Okanogan, where the road enters the Colville Indian Reservation and initiates a long 28.65 mile (46.11 km) long concurrency with SR 20. From the beginning of concurrency, the road crosses a railroad and bypass SR 155. US 97/SR 20 then crosses SR 155 on the bridge and across the Okanogan River.
After crossing, the road leaves Omak, along with the Colville Indian Reservation and bypass SR 215. From SR 215, the highway continues north past North Omak and Riverside to cross the Okanogan River again and into Tonasket, where the SR 20 leaves concurrency. After leaving Tonasket, the road continues north along the Okanogan River to Oroville, the last major community on US 97 before the border. The Okanogan River becomes Lake Osoyoos at this point and the lane parallels the lake to the Canadian-US border, where the road becomes British Columbia Highway 97 (BC 97) and continues north towards Alaska.
Maps U.S. Route 97 in Washington
History
The 19th and early 20th centuries
The first segment of US 97 to be included in the Washington State Highway system is a road that runs from Wenatchee to Twisp, although the US 97 segment ends at Pateros, founded in 1897. In 1905, another avenue from Pateros to Okanogan was added to system, to be extended to the Canadian-US border in 1907. The road was from Wenatchee to Canada, named Wenatchee-Oroville Road and State Road number 10. A different road, located along the Oregon state line on the Columbia River, was founded as State Road 8, Columbia River Road and ran north from Maryhill to Goldendale.
Six years later, in 1913, State Road 7 was built on the Virden-Wenatchee route. The Inland Empire Highway was founded in 1915 and part of it overlaps with the current US 97 run from Buena northwest to Ellensburg. State Road 2 replaced State Road 7 in 1919 and the branch, Southern Division of the Sunset Highway, was established in 1919 and ran south from State Road 2 in Virden to Ellensburg.
During the early 1920s, the ferry was erected on the Columbia River between Biggs Junction, Oregon and Maryhill. State Road 8 between Goldendale and Buena was founded in 1923. US 97 was established along with the rest of the US route in 1926, including US 10 and US 410, which coincided with US 97. All state roads became the primary state highway in 1937 and they keep their numbers; Primary State Highway 8 (PSH 8) branch was also established, connecting the Maryhill ferry to PSH 8 at Maryhill. Another concordance was added in 1946, when US 2 was extended to the west, signed along with US 97 between Peshastin and Wenatchee.
End of the 20th century
On June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956 into law, building a highway system that would later become the Interstate Highway System. Included in the system are Interstate 82 (I-82) and I-90, which will be equivalent to US 97. The Biggs Rapids Bridge (later renamed Sam Hill Memorial Bridge) opened on November 1, 1962, replacing the ferries that have been operating on the route since the early 1920s. The new highway system was introduced in 1964 and ultimately led to US 97 replacing the main state roads.
The US 410 was replaced by a US western extension of 12 in 1967, when the western terminal of the highway was moved to Aberdeen. In 1973, the 97 US segment between Selah and Ellensburg was reconfigured eastward from the Yakima River and to I-82, while the previous route became SR 821. Between US 97/US 10, which was to close in 1970, near Thorp and US 97 in Virden, there was SR 131. In 1975, to reduce SR 10 concurrency, US 97 replaced SR 131 and the old route became SR 10 and SR 970. SR 131 would later be directed to another route in the Randle Region in 1991. In Selah , US 97 was also moved to I-82 away from the city, making the old route to SR 823 in 1984. Prior to 1987, US 97 ran on the west side of the Columbia River between Wenatchee and Chelan, while SR 151 ran on the east side. US 97 was transferred to SR 151 in 1987 and US 97 long into US 97 Alternate.
The beginning of the 21st century
Started in 2006, the Washington State Department of Transport (WSDOT) completed five construction projects in the US 97 corridor, starting from the replacement of the bridge deck at Maryhill to repair roads between the Oroville and Canada areas. Construction on a three-part project to install fences on the hazardous part of the highway began on May 16, 2006. The project was completed on August 17, 2006 and increased the 32-mile (51 km) segment near Blewett Pass, an 18-mile (29 km) Colville Indian Reservation and a 20 mile (32.19 km) segment between Riverside and Oroville.
Prior to October 5, 2006, US 197, an additional route of US 97, ending at US 97, was signed with SR 14, at Maryhill. On October 5, the American State Highway Association and the Transportation Service (AASHTO) closed US 197 between Dallesport and Maryhill. Between May 29 and September 28, 2007, WSDOT repaired the road between Cordell, located south of Oroville, and the Canada-US border. In July 2008, WSDOT completed the installation of a fence on the road in Klickitat County. Between August 11 and December 5, 2008, WSDOT added sidewalks and illuminations along the 0.59 mile (0.95 km) long stretch of highway between Main Street and SR 173 at Brewster.
Since the opening of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge in 1962, this bridge uses lightweight concrete and an asphalt bridge deck. Now, the bridge is a widely used truck route and requires a heavy concrete deck. By the end of 2006, the replacement project is planned and the estimated cost of $ 16 million USD is shared between the governments of Washington and Oregon. The entire bridge was replaced by WSDOT, including the Oregon side. The project was accelerated until Autumn 2007, but the bridge was not closed until January 2, 2008. During construction on January 15, around 8pm (PST), a worker was seriously injured after the excavator fell to the Columbia River. After the area was cleared, the project continued on January 23 and a worker died after falling from the bridge on 26 February. In April, half of the new deck was completed and the bridge reopened on May 19th, at 6pm (PST)). Although the bridge was reopened, it once again closed on 3 September for further refinement. The bridge was reopened on December 24 and all road repairs completed on March 23, 2009.
Upcoming projects
In 2009, eight projects in the corridor were unfinished and partially under construction. Between April 27 and June 30, completing the second phase of emergency flood repair to US 97 at Blewett Pass due to flood January 5, January 6 sweeping the road. The third and final phase will begin on 17 August. The Janis Bridge was first built and completed in 1957 and on 15 June 2009, a construction project to rehabilitate the deck deck of the bridge. Construction will stop on July 27th. On June 22, construction began on a project to install new traffic signals at the intersection of SR 155 in Okanogan, two variable message marks and two traffic cameras near the Canadian-US border. On July 27th, WSDOT will begin repairing unstable slopes north of Blewett Pass, 8 miles (13 km) south of the US 2 intersection. Another project will begin on July 27 to improve the unstable slope of US97 near Blewett Pass. WSDOT will add a passing lane on the highway at Blewett Pass in the summer of 2010. The bridge over Satus Creek, located within the Yakama Indian Reserves in Klickitat County will be replaced in 2010. A repetition project between Orondo and Chelan Falls has been delayed until 2016, originally scheduled for 2010.
Custom route
Maryhill couplet
At the intersection with State Route 14 Spur (SR 14 Spur) at Maryhill, US 97 becomes split into two different paths and a 0.09 mile (0.14 km) southern avenue that cuts spurs is identified as a couplet. The busiest section of the US 97 bait in 2007 was at the intersection of US 97, with an average daily 2,000 riders.
Alternate route
The US Route 97 Alternate ( US $ 97 Alt. ) is an alternate route along the 39.35 mile (63.33 km) extending from the US 97/US 2 conver- north of Wenatchee along the western side of the Columbia River to US 97 east of Chelan, fully in Chelan County. The highway starts at a partial clover crossing with US 97/US 2 north of Wenatchee and west of the Richard Odabashian Bridge over the Columbia River. After leaving the intersection, this road parallels the eastern border of the Wenatchee National Forest to cross the Entiat River and passes Entiat before cutting SR 971 twice, the second time being on the southern shore of Lake Chelan. The road continues east across the Chelan River to Chelan as various roads, such as Woodin Avenue, Webster Avenue and Saunders Street before cutting SR 150, leaving Chelan, passing Chave Lake Airport and ending at US 97. In 1897, US 97 Alternate was part of the Wenatchee-Twisp highway. The highway became part of US 97 in 1926 and then US 97 Alternate in 1987 when US 97 was moved to the east of the river over SR 151. The busiest part of US 97 Alternate in 2007 was north of the intersection of US $ 97/US 2, with a daily average of 9,700 riders.
Orondo spur
The US Route 97 Spur ( US $ 97 Spur ) is a 0.26 mile (0.42 km) long spur route connecting US 97 north of the terminal from US 2 concurrency to US 2 east of the concurrency end, which is fully located in Orondo, a community in Douglas County. The busiest part of US 97 Spur in 2007 was at the intersection of US 97, with an average daily 250 riders.
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References
External links
- Highway from Washington State
- WSDOT Traffic Cam
- WSDOT Project
- Complete WSDOT Project
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