Primary State Highway 6 (Washington) Explained

State:WA
Type:PSH
Route:6
Alternate Name:Pend Oreille Highway, Newport Highway
Maint:Washington DoH
Map:Map-WA-PSH6.svg
Map Notes:PSH 6 highlighted in red
Length Mi:114.79
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1937
History:Originally State Road 23 in 1915, State Road 6 in 1923, US 195 in 1926, US 2 in 1948
Decommissioned:1964
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Spokane
Junction: near Diamond Lake
in Newport
in Usk
in Tiger
Direction B:North
Terminus B: at Canada–US border near Metaline Falls
Previous Type:PSH
Previous Route:5
Next Type:PSH
Next Route:7

Primary State Highway 6 (PSH 6) was a Washington state highway in the older primary and secondary system that existed from 1937 until 1964 in Spokane and Pend Oreille counties. The road ran from an intersection with, (US 2, formerly and) and in Spokane north to (BC 6) at the Canada–US border near Metaline Falls, passing its branch route and two secondary routes.

PSH 6 was originally named State Road 23 in 1915 and ran from Spokane to Newport until it was extended to the Canada–US border in 1921. State Road 23 was renumbered to State Road 6 and later co-signed with US 195 from Spokane to Newport in 1926. In 1937, the primary and secondary system was created, renumbering State Road 6 to PSH 6 and creating two branch routes and two secondary routes, (SSH 6A) and . US 195 was later replaced with US 2 when it was expanded west in 1946 and later was decommissioned in 1964, when a new system, the sign routes (later state routes) were introduced. PSH 6 was divided into US 2 from Spokane to Newport and (SR 31) from Newport to Canada as part of the new system.

Route description

Primary State Highway 6 (PSH 6) began at a 3-way junction with, co-signed with U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and, formerly with and US 10 Alternate, north of Downtown Spokane. From the junction, the highway became co-signed with US 2 (formerly US 195 and US 10 Alternate and traveled northeast to intersect what was US 2 prior to 1955 in Mead. The roadway then turned north, paralleling railroad tracks that belonged to the Great Northern Railway (now owned by BNSF Railway), which it would parallel to Newport.[2] [3] At Colbert, an overpass over the road served another Great Northern Railway line where the current BNSF Railway left PSH 6; from Colbert, the roadway passed Chattaroy and Milan before it left Spokane County to enter Pend Oreille County.[2] [3]

Once in Pend Oreille County, the highway curved northeast past (SSH 6B) and Diamond Lake, which also has a community named after the lake, into Newport. In Newport, the road turned north and intersected its branch route, which connected east to Idaho and US 2 left to become co-signed with the branch. After US 2 left, PSH 6 once again turned northwest along the Pend Oreille River and a former route of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (now the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad) to Usk,[3] where SSH 6B was intersected again. From Usk, the roadway continued north past Cusick, Locke, Jared and Ruby to Tiger, where branched off the highway and traveled west to Colville. The road traveled through Ione and Metaline to Metaline Falls, the terminus of the railroad and the last major community on the roadway until the Canada–US border.[3] PSH 6 bridged the Pend Oreille River at Metaline Falls and traveled north to the Canada–US border, where it became (BC 6).[4] [5] The southern terminus in Spokane was the busiest section of the highway in 1960, with a daily average of 4,850 motorists; the busiest section in Pend Oreille County was at Newport city limits with a daily average of 2,150 motorists in 1960.[1]

History

See also: U.S. Route 2 in Washington and U.S. Route 195.

PSH 6 was first established in 1915 as State Road 23 (SR 23) on a Spokane–Tiger route, which would be extended to the Canada–US border in 1921.[6] [7] In 1923, the road became SR 6 and was co-signed with U.S. Route 195 (US 195) from Spokane to Newport in 1926 during the creation of the U.S. routes.[8] [9] During the creation of the Primary and secondary state highways in 1937, SR 6 became PSH 6 and two secondary highways along with a short branch were created. A roadway extending from Colville to Tiger (PSH 6) became (SSH 6A), a short bypass of Newport became and a short connector to US 195 in Idaho within Newport became the branch.[10] [11] In 1946, was also co-signed onto the highway,[12] replacing, which had used the same route before 1946.[4] The Washington State Legislature introduced a new system of highways in 1964 that replaced the Primary and secondary highways, including PSH 6. PSH 6 was replaced by US 2 from Spokane to Newport and (SR 31) from Newport to the Canada–US border; SSH 6A became ; SSH 6B became and the branch became US 2.[13] [14] was later extended over SR 294 and SR 31 between Newport and Tiger in 1973;[15] SR 311 was renumbered to in 1975.[16] [17]

Branch

See main article: U.S. Route 2 in Washington.

PSH 6 had only one branch that ran 0.27miles long within Newport.[1] The road started at PSH 6 and went east, co-signed with (US 2) and, to the Idaho state line, which also was an intersection with (SH-41). The branch was designated in 1937 during the creation of the Primary and secondary system and became co-signed with US 195 in 1926 and US 2 in 1946,[9] [11] [12] the former was later shortened south to Spokane by 1979.[18]

Secondary State Highways

SSH 6A

The 35.732NaN2 long SSH 6A began at,[1] co-signed with, in Colville, the county seat of Stevens County.[19] From Colville, the highway passed the Colville Municipal Airport, a Dolomite mine and a sawmill before paralleling Pend Oreille Creek and passing the 41568acres Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge.[20] [21] From the wildlife refuge, the roadway paralleled the shoreline of Lake Thomas into Pend Oreille County and passed another mine to end at PSH 6 in Tiger.[5] The road, named the Colville–Tiger Road, was established in 1937,[11] even though a segment extending from a radar station south of Lake Thomas to the Pend Oreille County line wasn't built until after 1966.[14] During the 1964 highway renumbering, SSH 6A became,[13] which became in 1973.[15] [22] The busiest segment on the highway was east of Colville with a daily average of 1,400 in 1960.[1]

SSH 6B

See main article: Washington State Route 211.

SSH 6B began its 15.282NaN2 long route at PSH 6, co-signed with west of Diamond Lake, which also has a community named after the lake. From Diamond Lake, the highway traveled north past Davis Lake to end at PSH 6 in Usk, a community south of Cusick.[5] The roadway was established in 1937 and became during the highway renumbering in 1964,[11] [13] which became in 1975.[16] [17] The busiest segment on the highway was the southern terminus near Diamond Lake, with a daily average of 600 in 1960.[1]

Major intersections

SSH 6B intersections

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . . Annual Traffic Report, 1960 . 94–96, 188–189 . 1960 . July 1, 2009 . June 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616141236/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/1960_ATR.pdf . live .
  2. Spokane, 1955 . . . 1:250,000 . 1955 . July 1, 2009 . November 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111111184455/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-spokane-1955.jpg . live .
  3. Washington State Railroad System. Washington State Department of Transportation. 2008. United States Geological Survey. July 1, 2009. October 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003151347/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8CFBC47D-3549-4CB9-9DE6-14CE9739671F/0/RailSystemMap_Sept2008_update.pdf. dead.
  4. . Northwest, 1946 . 1946 . 16 . July 1, 2009 . February 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094145/http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Northwest/randmcnally_ra_1946_016.html . live .
  5. Sandpoint, 1958 . United States Geological Survey . University of Texas at Austin . 1:250,000 . 1958 . July 1, 2009 . August 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090805164612/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-sandpoint-1958.jpg . live .
  6. . State Roads Established By Legislature of 1915; 1921 . 1915 . 1921 . 10; 13 . July 1, 2009 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20051106090227/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/History/stateroads1893-1935.pdf . November 6, 2005 .
  7. Book: . Session Laws of the State of Washington . July 1, 2009 . 1915 . March 11, 1915 . Chapter 53: Public Highway Appropriation . 184 . There is hereby established a secondary highway, commencing at Spokane, Spokane county, Washington, thence northeasterly following the most feasible route through the town of Mead to Newport in Pend Oreille county, Washington, and there is hereby appropriated for survey and construction of said secondary highway... . Washington State Legislature . . October 13, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131013020527/http://books.google.com/books?id=w7w4AAAAIAAJ . live .
  8. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . July 1, 2009 . 1923 . March 19, 1923 . Chapter 185: Primary and Secondary Highways . 629 . A primary state highway, to be known as State Road No. 6 or the Pend O'Reille Highway, is established as follows: Beginning at Spokane; thence by the most feasible route in a northeasterly direction to Newport in Pend O'Reille County; thence in a northerly direction through Metaline Falls to the international boundary line. . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . January 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107201304/http://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ . live .
  9. . . November 11, 1926 . United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials . 1:7,000,000 . Washington, DC . . 32889555 . November 7, 2013 . . amp . April 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153913/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg . live .
  10. Web site: Forty Years With the Washington Department of Highways . Washington State Department of Transportation . 17, 21 . May 28, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081030044027/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/AFDDA538-123B-43F8-A166-B30BAA34C492/0/40yearsReport.pdf . October 30, 2008 .
  11. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . May 28, 2009 . 1937 . March 18, 1937 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . 937, 1004 . Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways; Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways . A primary state highway to be known as Primary State Highway No. 6, or the Pend Oreille Highway, is hereby established according to description as follows: Beginning at a junction with Primary State Highway No. 3, in the vicinity north of Spokane, thence in a northerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Newport and Metaline Falls to the international boundary line; also beginning at Newport on Primary State Highway No. 6, as herein described, thence in an easterly direction to the Washington–Idaho boundary line; a) Secondary State Highway No. 6A; beginning at Tiger on Primary State Highway No. 6, thence in a southwesterly direction by the most feasible route to Colville to [on] Primary State Highway No. 3; (b) Secondary State Highway No. 6B; beginning at Usk on Primary State Highway No. 6, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Sacheen Lake to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 6 southwest of Newport. . January 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107201304/http://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ . live .
  12. Web site: U.S. 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington . Richard Weingroff . . January 30, 2008 . July 1, 2009 . December 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211216170538/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us2.cfm . live .
  13. Web site: Identification of State Highways . C. G. Prahl . . December 1, 1965 . July 1, 2009 . February 17, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217112902/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf . dead .
  14. Sandpoint, 1966 . United States Geological Survey . University of Texas at Austin . 1:250,000 . 1966 . July 1, 2009 . August 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090805175713/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-sandpoint-1966.jpg . live .
  15. Web site: RCW 47.17.080: State route No. 20 . Washington State Legislature . 1970 . 1973 . July 1, 2009 . June 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616183019/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.080 . live .
  16. Web site: RCW 47.17.416: State route No. 211 . Washington State Legislature . 1975 . July 1, 2009 . June 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616184726/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.416 . live .
  17. Web site: RCW 47.17.570: State route No. 311 . Washington State Legislature . 1970 . 1975 . repealed . July 1, 2009 . December 14, 2012 . https://archive.today/20121214080605/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.570 . live .
  18. Web site: RCW 47.17.380: State route No. 195 . Washington State Legislature . 1970 . 1979 . July 1, 2009 . October 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004103827/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=47.17.380 . live .
  19. Web site: About Stevens County . Stevens County, WA . April 13, 2010 . November 18, 2010 . Stevens County, Washington . December 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207164232/http://www.co.stevens.wa.us/Misc/about.htm . live .
  20. Web site: Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge . . April 19, 2010 . November 18, 2009 . November 23, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091123131932/http://www.fws.gov/littlependoreille/ . live .
  21. United States Fish and Wildlife Service . Little Pend Oreille Wildlife Refuge . July 1, 2009 . May 10, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090510213957/http://www.fws.gov/littlependoreille/locationmaps.jpg . live .
  22. Web site: RCW 47.17.535: State route No. 294 . Washington State Legislature . 1970 . 1973 . repealed . July 1, 2009 . December 14, 2012 . https://archive.today/20121214075843/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.535 . live .

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