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April 27, 2014
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Castle RockA majestic scenic landmark on the Washington side of the river, seen for miles from the Columbia River Highway. It was formerly a lookout for the Indians and until 1901 its summit had never been scaled by white men. Covering at its base but 17 acres, it stands above the river, a lonely spire, eleven hundred feet high.
Lipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920. University of California Librarieshttps://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips
Lipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920. University of California Librarieshttps://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips
Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
State Route 14 (SR 14) is a 180.66-mile-long (290.74 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels east-west on the north side of the Columbia River, opposite Interstate 84 (I-84) to the south in Oregon. SR 14 forms a section of the Lewis and Clark Trail Scenic Byway...
SR 14 was established in 1968 as the successor to US 830, created in 1926 with the original United States Numbered Highways, and Primary State Highway 8 (PSH 8). PSH 8 was added to the state highway system in 1905 as a short road along the Columbia River between Washougal and Lyle and was extended westwards to Vancouver and eastwards to Maryhill by 1913. PSH 8, designated as the Evergreen Highway, was extended east to the Tri-Cities in 1949 and this section was retained during the 1964 state highway renumbering and the decommissioning of US 830.
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Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
The first highway that traveled through the Columbia River Gorge was surveyed in 1905 at a cost of $15,000 (equivalent to $393,722 in 2015[28]) by the state of Washington as a wagon road connecting Washougal in Clark County to Lyle in Klickitat County that was designated as secondary State Road 8.[29] State Road 8 was extended east from Lyle to Maryhill and northeast to the county seat of Goldendale in 1907.[30][31] The secondary highway, named the North Bank Highway, was re-aligned in 1913 to follow closer to the Columbia River and was extended west to Vancouver and east to Mabton via Satus Pass.[32][33][34] State Road 8 was co-signed with US 830 after the United States Numbered Highways were approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) on November 11, 1926,[35][36] also creating a short concurrency with US 97.[37][38]
The North Bank Highway was constructed with macadam pavement and was dedicated from Lyle to Dallesport in 1934,[39]
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PSH 8 / Evergreen Highway
PSH 8 / Evergreen Highway
"...State Road 8 was re-designated as PSH 8 and the Evergreen Highway in 1937,[40]traveling east from Vancouver to Mayhill and north to Yakima.[41] SSH 8E, a branch of PSH 8, was also established in 1937 and ran east from PSH 8 in Maryhill to Paterson and north to PSH 3 in Prosser.[41][42] SSH 8E was replaced by the Maryhill–Kennewick branch of PSH 8 in 1943,[43] amidst proposals to extend the Evergreen Highway to the Tri-Cities in 1949.[44] US 197, a spur of US 97, was created in 1952 and became concurrent with US 830 and PSH 8 from the Dallesport area to a junction with its parent route in Maryhill.[45]"
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_Route_14"...State Road 8 was re-designated as PSH 8 and the Evergreen Highway in 1937,[40]traveling east from Vancouver to Mayhill and north to Yakima.[41] SSH 8E, a branch of PSH 8, was also established in 1937 and ran east from PSH 8 in Maryhill to Paterson and north to PSH 3 in Prosser.[41][42] SSH 8E was replaced by the Maryhill–Kennewick branch of PSH 8 in 1943,[43] amidst proposals to extend the Evergreen Highway to the Tri-Cities in 1949.[44] US 197, a spur of US 97, was created in 1952 and became concurrent with US 830 and PSH 8 from the Dallesport area to a junction with its parent route in Maryhill.[45]"
US 830 / SR 14
US 830 / SR 14
Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
Wikipedia: Washington State Route 14
PSH 8 was replaced fully by US 830 during the 1964 state highway renumbering,[46] but US 830 was decommissioned in 1968 before the new state routes were codified.[47][48] SR 14, previously on the route of US 12,[49] was established in 1968 and remains the designation for the Evergreen Highway.[1]
... begins at an interchange with I-5 in Vancouver. The highway travels east as a four lane freeway through Camas and Washougal and intersects I-205. SR 14 continues east as a two-lane highway through Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, and Benton counties before it ends at an interchange with I-82 and U.S. Route 395 (US 395) near Plymouth.
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