Washington State Route 203

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Basic data
Overall length:  24.26 mi. / 39.04 km
Opening:  1964
Starting point:  WA-202.svg WA 202 in Fall City
End point:  US 2.svg US 2 in Monroe
Counties:  King County
Snohomish County
Important cities:  Carnation
Duvall

Washington State Route 203 (short SR 203 ) is a state route in King County and Snohomish County . The 39.04 km long road begins south on Washington State Route 202 in Fall City and heads north via Carnation and Duvall to the terminus on US Highway 2 in Monroe . All of these cities lie on the Snoqualmie River , the course of which the SR 203 roughly copies.

The route originally consisted of four separate road sections, Fall City-Carnation, Carnation-Duvall, Duvall-Monroe and Lewis Street in Monroe. The latter was the first paved road in Monroe in 1912; the four roads were combined to form Secondary State Highway 15B (SSH 15B) in 1937 . SSH 15B became SR 203 when the highway was renumbered in 1964. Two expansion projects along the route are currently in the planning stage and are to be tackled in 2010.

Route description

State Route 203 (SR 203) begins in the south at the junction with Washington State Route 202, a trunk road that runs largely in an east-west direction, in Fall City. There the street is called Fall City-Carnation Road and runs in a north-westerly direction along the Monroe- Tanner railway , which is operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad . After the road crossed Rutherford Slough twice, the road approaches the bank of the Snoqualmie River. SR 203 leads north, crosses the Tolt River into Carnation. After leaving the village, the highway becomes Carnation-Duvall Road and crosses Carnation Farm Road before arching west to cross Stillwater Hill Road. Eventually the road follows the original direction north through a roundabout at 124th Street to Duvall. There, SR 203 intersects Woodinville- Duvall Road and Cherry Valley Road, before winding along the banks of the Snoqualmie River into Snohomish County. Outside of Duvall and outside of King County, SR 203 becomes Duvall – Monroe Road, which crosses the Skykomish River on its way north and leads to Monroe as Lewis Street. In Monroe, the road runs along Woods Creek and crosses Main Street Monroes near the Greyhound Lines bus station . The road then crosses the Everett - Spokane railroad operated by the BNSF Railway and finally ends at the junction with US Highway 2 and Chain Lake Road. South of the intersection, Lewis Street is used by around 13,000 drivers a day.

history

Signage for Secondary State Highway 15B (SSH 15B).

SR 203 originally consisted of four lines that connected the cities on it, Fall City, Carnation, Duvall and Monroe; they were referred to as Fall City – Carnation Road, Carnation – Duvall Road, Duvall – Monroe Road and Lewis Street - these names are still used today to designate the individual street sections. Lewis Street became the region's first paved highway in 1912. The road runs parallel to the former Monroe – Tanner railway line. These four individual routes were connected to Secondary State Highway 15B (SSH 15B) in 1937 when the Primary and secondary highway system was created. In 1964 the highway system was changed and the highways in the state were renumbered; SSH 15B became SR 203.

Since then, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has carried out various projects aimed at improving traffic flow. In 2004 a roundabout was set up at the intersection with 124th Street, south of Duvall.

In 2002, four fatal accidents occurred in the first seven kilometers from the south. In response, WSDOT planned to build noise-generating strips and guard rails on the 18 miles of road within King County. A similar project was also planned on the ten-kilometer section in Snohomish County, where 348 accidents occurred between 2002 and 2009. These two projects were implemented by August 2010.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mark Finch: State Highway Log - Planning Report 2010. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Washington State - Department of Transport, Strategic Planning Division, 2010, pp. 1216–1223 , accessed on October 22, 2012 (English) .
  2. ↑ RCW 47.17.390: State Route 203 ( English ) Washington State Legislature . Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b c Rand McNally (2008). King, Pierce & Snohomish Counties Street Guide [map], 1: 24,000. Pp. 438, 458, 478, 509, 538-539, 569, 599. ISBN 978-0-528-86671-5 .
  4. ↑ a b United States Geological Survey : Wenatchee, 1948 (JPG) University of Texas at Austin . 1948. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  5. ↑ 2015 Annual Traffic Report. (PDF, 5.15 MB) Washington State Department of Transportation, April 19, 2016, p. 159 , accessed November 16, 2016 .
  6. ^ Nellie E. Robertson: Monroe - Thumbnail History ( English ) HistoryLink . November 23, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2009: "Autos and Roads: The push for paving Monroe streets hit high gear in 1912. The council adopted a resolution ordering the pavement of Main and Lewis streets. The resolution provided for parking strips in the center. "
  7. ↑ Washington State Legislature: Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways . In: Session Laws of the State of Washington ( English ) (= Session Laws of the State of Washington), 1937 Edition, Washington State Legislature, Olympia, Washington 18 March 1937, p 1010 (Accessed on May 28, 2009) : "(B) Secondary State Highway No. 15B; beginning at Monroe on Primary State Highway No. 15, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Duvall to Falls City on Primary State Highway No. 2. "
  8. ↑ CG Prahl: Identification of State Highways ( English , PDF; 681 kB) Washington State Highway Commission , Department of Highways . December 1, 1965. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  9. ^ SR 203 Novelty Hill Road / NE 124th St. Vicinity Roundabout. (PDF; 1.2 MB) (No longer available online.) Washington State - Department of Transport, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 22, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wsdot.wa.gov  
  10. ↑ SR 203 - Corridor Safety - Complete August 2010. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; accessed on November 16, 2016 .

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