Washington State Route 128 Explained

State:WA
Type:SR
Route:128
Section:255
Map:Washington State Route 128.svg
Map Notes:A map of Washington's highway system in the
Clarkston area with SR 128 highlighted in red.
Length Mi:2.30
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1964[2]
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Clarkston
Junction: near Clarkston
Direction B:East
Terminus B: at Idaho state line near Clarkston
Spur Type:US
Spur Of:12
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:127
Next Type:SR
Next Route:129

State Route 128 (SR 128) is a Washington state highway located in Asotin and Whitman counties, west of the Idaho state line. The 2.32NaN2 long route runs north from (US 12) in Clarkston to cross the Snake River and turn east after intersecting to terminate at (SH 128) on the Idaho state line. The highway was originally created in 1964 on a Pomeroy–Clarkston route, replacing (SSH 3K), which had been established in 1937; in 1991, the route was changed to its present form.

Route description

State Route 128 (SR 128) begins at an intersection with (US 12) in Clarkston, a city in Asotin County. The road then crosses the Snake River over the Red Wolf Crossing into Whitman County, where it crosses the Starbuck, WA–Spalding, ID route of the Great Northwest Railroad and intersects the eastern terminus of .[3] [4] At the SR 193 intersection, the highway turns east and continues to the Idaho state line, where it becomes (SH-128); which continues for another 2.198miles before ending at north of Lewiston, Idaho.[5] SR 128 after the US 12 intersection was used by 5,000 motorists daily in 2007 based on annual average daily traffic (AADT) data collected by the Washington State Department of Transportation.[6]

History

The first highway that would later become SR 128 was Secondary State Highway 3K (SSH 3K), which was first designated in 1937.[7] The road ran from Pomeroy in Garfield County southeast to Peola and later northeast to Clarkston, terminating at (PSH 3), co-signed with (US 410) at both termini.[7] [8] During the 1964 highway renumbering, SSH 3K became SR 128, which ran 42.19miles;[9] [10] the current route of the highway was occupied by, which was from 1969 to 1970.

In 1990, the state legislature approved an extension of SR 128 across the Red Wolf Crossing (replacing a section of SR 193) and east to the Idaho state line. The extension was in response to the state of Idaho designating Idaho State Highway 128 on the other side of the border.[11] [12] A year later, SR 128 was truncated from Pomeroy to Clarkston along its current route,[13] a loss of 42.19miles in total.[10] The transfer was estimated to cost the county government $250,000 for maintenance, due in part to 1miles of new pavement required near Peola.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Highway Log: Planning Report, SR 2 to SR 971 . Washington State Department of Transportation . Washington State Department of Transportation . 2006 . June 4, 2009.
  2. Web site: RCW 47.17.255: State route No. 128. Washington State Legislature. Washington State Legislature. June 4, 2009.
  3. Washington State Department of Transportation . Washington State Rail System . September 2008 . United States Geological Survey . June 4, 2009.
  4. Watco Companies . Great Northwest Railroad . June 4, 2009.
  5. Web site: Idaho Transportation Department . Idaho Transportation Department . State Highway 128 . December 18, 2006 . June 4, 2009.
  6. Web site: Washington State Department of Transportation . 2007 Annual Traffic Report . 2007 . June 4, 2009.
  7. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . June 4, 2009 . 1937 . March 18, 1937 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . 1001 . Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways . (j) Secondary State Highway No. 3K; beginning at Pomeroy on Primary State Highway No. 3, thence in a southeasterly direction by the most feasible route to Peola, thence in a northeasterly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 3 in the vicinity west of Clarkston..
  8. . . 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.
  9. Web site: Identification of State Highways . C. G. Prahl . . December 1, 1965 . June 4, 2009.
  10. Web site: Annual Traffic Report, 1970 . Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways . Washington State Department of Transportation . 132–133 . 1970 . June 4, 2009.
  11. Book: March 19, 1990 . Session Laws of Washington, 1990 . Chapter 108: State Route 128—Rerouting Of . 764 . https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1990c108.pdf . Washington State Legislature . October 10, 2021.
  12. Web site: Legislative Report of the Fifty-first Washington State Legislature, 1990 Regular and First Special Sessions . 81 . Washington State Legislature . October 10, 2021.
  13. Web site: Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes - Revisions To (House Bill 5801) . 1991 . Washington House of Representatives . Washington House of Representatives . . June 4, 2009 . Sec. 13. RCW 47.17.255 and 1990 c 108 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: A state highway to be known as state route number 128 is established as follows: Beginning at a junction with state route number 12 ((at Pomeroy, thence southeasterly to Peola)) in Clarkston, thence northeasterly and easterly by way of the Red Wolf crossing to the Idaho state line..
  14. News: April 26, 1990 . Route 128 could be costly for county . Lewiston Morning Tribune . . limited . September 13, 2021.

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