Washingtons Interstate Highways PDF Download

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Interstate 182, Interstate 205 (Oregon-Washington), Interstate 405 (Washington), Interstate 5 in Washington, Interstate 605 (Washington), Interstate 705, Interstate 82, Interstate 90 in Washington, List of Interstate Highways in Washington. Excerpt: Interstate 5 in Washington (I-5) is a 276.62-mile (445.18 km) highway in the U.S. state of Washington that extends from its border with Oregon to its border with Canada. Serving the cities of Vancouver, Kelso, Chehalis, Centralia, Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Mount Vernon, and Bellingham, it is the main route between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the only interstate to traverse the whole north-south length of Washington, but the state highways U.S. Route 97 and U.S. Route 395 do also. I-5 is also the only north-south primary interstate highway in Washington. The road is the busiest in the state; an estimated 240,000 motorists use the road daily. The second busiest is I-405 at 201,000. The Interstate Bridge carries I-5 over the Columbia River from Portland to Vancouver.I-5 enters Washington at the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. It initially heads north through Vancouver and intersects SR 14, the first segment of SR 501, and SR 500 until the interchange with I-205 in Salmon Creek, where the freeway begins a turn to the northeast. I-5 closely follows the alignment of old U.S. Route 99, and in some locations the US 99 alignment has become I-5. The interstate passes the Vancouver branch of the Washington State University. Southeast of Ridgefield, the highway intersects SR 502 and the second segment of SR 501 before continuing north along the Columbia River to Woodland. In Woodland, I-5 intersects SR 503 and starts to curve northwest towards Longview and Kelso. At Longview Junction, east of...