Since the 1964 state highway renumbering, which established the current state route system, the Washington State Department of Transportation has decommissioned thirty state routes. Once a highway has been decommissioned, the highway is turned over to the local county or city that it is in, they are then responsible for all maintenance on the former highway. All former highways are codified in Washington law under the Revised Code of Washington, chapter 47.17, section 420.
The portion of Washington State Route 20 within Jefferson and Island Counties was once known as SR 113.
State Route 126
State Route 126
Existed
1970–April 1, 1992
SR 126 was a state route in the U.S. state of Washington. It was an auxiliary route of US 12. It started at US 12 (at Dayton), then headed east to US 12 again (near Pomeroy), where it ended. In January 1964, SSH 3L became SR 126. SR 126 was dropped out of the system in 1992 because it was mostly very steep and unpaved. The approximate route follows Patit Road, Hartstock Grade Road, Tucannon Road, Blind Grade Road, Linville Gulch Road, and Tatman Mountain Road.
State Route 131
State Route 131
Existed
1970–1975
SR 131 was a section of what is now known as US 97, north of Ellensburg.
State Route 407 was an auxiliary route of SR 4 that connected Cathlamet to Elochoman State Forest. It was previously designated as SSH 12D prior to the 1964 renumbering and was removed as a state highway in 1992.
A 1973 proposal to extend SR 407 to a junction with SR 506 near Vader was considered by the state legislature but was not recommended for construction.[1]
SR 514 was a state route in the U.S. state of Washington. It was an auxiliary route of Interstate 5. It started at SR 99 in Fife, then headed east to SR 161, where it ended in Milton. In January 1964, SSH 1X became SR 514, which originally began at an interchange with I-5 in Fife before being truncated to SR 99.[2] On April 1, 1992, SR 514 became defunct.
SR 540 was an auxiliary route connecting Interstate 5 near Ferndale to the Lummi Indian Reservation. It was added to the state highway system in 1953 as Secondary State Highway 1Z, replacing an earlier county road that served an oil refinery.[3] It was renumbered to SR 540 in 1964 and removed from the state highway system in 1984.[4]
SR 901 was created in 1964 from Secondary State Highway 2D. At the time of its creation, SR 901 began at the intersection of Lake Washington Boulevard and State Route 520, on the border of Kirkland and Bellevue. It then traveled north along Lake Washington Blvd. to downtown Kirkland. At the intersection of Lake St. and Central Way, SR 901 turned right, traveling east along Central Way. It then continued as Redmond Way into Redmond turning south onto West Lake Sammamish Parkway when the roads intersected. It then followed West Lake Sammamish Parkway into Issaquah, ending at its intersection with State Route 900. SR 901 also had a spur leading from West Lake Sammamish Parkway into downtown Redmond along Redmond Way.
In 1971, SR 901 was broken into two parts. The western part, from SR 520 to the intersection of Redmond Way and West Lake Sammamish Parkway (including the spur into Redmond), was renamed State Route 908. The remainder retained the SR 901 designation, with one exception; West Lake Sammamish Parkway lost its state route designation from Exit 13 of Interstate 90 to its intersection with SR 900.
Effective April 1, 1992, SR 901's path was changed again; now it ran through the city of Sammamish along East Lake Sammamish Parkway from Front Street in Issaquah to State Route 202 east of downtown Redmond. In June, SR 901 was completely dropped as a state route in Washington, following outcry from residents on East Lake Sammamish Parkway.[5]
State Route 920 (SR 920) was the temporary designation for a section of SR 520 bypassing downtown Redmond. It was created in 1975 and opened in July 1977, connecting SR 901 to SR 202.[7][8] Four years after the missing link in SR 520 was completed in 1981,[9] SR 920 was deleted from the state highway system.[10]
References
^"Chapter 6: Highway Route Studies". Report of the Legislative Transportation Committee (Report). Washington State Legislature. January 1973. p. 20. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
^Washington State Department of Highways (1969). Washington State Highways (Map). Olympia: Washington State Highway Commission. Retrieved May 4, 2021 – via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.