Washington State Route 140 Explained

State:WA
Type:SR
Route:140
Alternate Name:Washougal River Road
Section:270
Map:Washington State Route 140.svg
Map Alt:A map of southern Clark and Skamania counties in the U.S. state of Washington showing the former route of SR 140 highlighted in red.
Map Notes:Former route of SR 140 highlighted in red.
Length Mi:14.08
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1968[2]
Decommissioned:1992[3]
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Washougal
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Prindle
Counties:Clark, Skamania
Spur Type:SR
Spur Of:14
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:131
Next Type:SR
Next Route:141

State Route 140 (SR 140) was a state highway in Clark and Skamania counties in southwestern Washington. The highway began and ended at in Washougal and Prindle, respectively, and followed the Washougal River and Canyon Creek. The roadway first appeared as Canyon Creek Road in a 1911 map and was designated Secondary State Highway 8B (SSH 8B) in 1937. SSH 8B was a spur route of (PSH 8), which became in the 1964 highway renumbering. SR 120 replaced SSH 8B in the same renumbering and SR 12 was renumbered in 1967 to SR 14 after was extended into Washington. SR 120 was also renumbered to SR 140, decommissioned in 1992.

Route description

State Route 140 (SR 140) originated as 15th Street at an intersection with in Washougal, located about 1.47miles east of the eastern terminus of on the shoreline of the Columbia River.[4] 15th Street traveled north through Downtown, crossing the Vancouver–White Salmon rail route of the BNSF Railway and intersecting the former alignment of SR 14, E Street,[5] before turning northeastward onto 17th Street.[6] The highway crossed the Washougal River out of Washougal in a large forest and became the Washougal River Road. The roadway paralleled the river northeast and later east into the forests and mountains of Skamania County until the river turned north. SR 140, renamed Canyon Creek Road, turned southeast and encountered a series of sharp turns until terminating at SR 14 in Prindle.

History

SR 140 began as Canyon Creek Road and first appeared on a map in 1911.[7] The first numbered highway on the road was Secondary State Highway 8B (SSH 8B), established in 1937.[8] The roadway traveled along the Washougal River and Canyon Creek between (PSH 8), co-signed as (US 830), between Washougal and Prindle.[9] SSH 8B remained unchanged until the 1964 highway renumbering, when the route was renumbered as State Route 120 and PSH 8 became .[10] After was extended west across Washington in 1967, SR 12 became SR 14 and SR 120 became SR 140.[11] [12] In 1968, US 830 was deleted and SR 14 was realigned south onto a newer alignment. In 1992, SR 140 was removed from the state highway system.[3] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1991 Annual Traffic Report . 1991 . Washington State Department of Transportation . Washington State Department of Transportation . 102 . September 27, 2009 . June 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616140334/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_1991.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: RCW 47.17.270 State route No. 140 . 1970 . 1991 . Repealed . Washington State Legislature . September 27, 2009.
  3. Web site: Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes — Revisions To (House Bill 5801) . 1991 . Washington House of Representatives . Washington House of Representatives . . September 28, 2009 . August 4, 2012 . https://archive.today/20120804092641/http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1991-92/Htm/Bills/Session%20Law%201991/5801.SL.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: 2008 State Highway Log . 2008 . Washington State Department of Transportation . September 28, 2009.
  5. . . Vancouver, 1967 . 1967 . 1:250,000 . September 28, 2009.
  6. Washington State Department of Transportation . Washington State Railroad System . 2008 . September 28, 2009 . January 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110105154044/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1DFCBFA0-1A9D-4838-A74F-7841BF22E9C3/0/Railmap_update_Sept2008.pdf . dead .
  7. Mount Hood and Vicinity (1911) . 1911 . . United States Geological Survey . 1:125,000 . September 28, 2009 . August 29, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060829053746/http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/pview.exe?CISOROOT=%2Fmaps&CISOPTR=517&CISORESTMP=%2Fqbuild%2Fbuildplate11.html&CISOVIEWTMP=%2Fqbuild%2Fbuildplate12.html&CISOROWS=2&CISOCOLS=5&CISOCLICK=title%3Asubjec%3Acreato%3Adate%3Atype . dead .
  8. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . September 28, 2009. 1937 . March 18, 1937 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . 1005 . Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways . (b) Secondary State Highway No. 8B; beginning at Washougal on Primary State Highway No. 8, thence in a northerly and easterly direction by the most feasible route following the general course of the Washougal river to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 8 east of Washougal..
  9. University of Texas at Austin . Vancouver, 1949 . United States Geological Survey . 1949 . 1:250,000 . September 28, 2009.
  10. Web site: Identification of State Highways . C. G. Prahl . . December 1, 1965 . September 28, 2009 . October 30, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081030044024/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: U.S. 12 Michigan to Washington . Weingroff, Richard F. . . January 1, 2009 . September 28, 2009.
  12. Web site: Annual Traffic Report, 1970 . Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways . Washington State Department of Transportation . 1970 . September 28, 2009 . June 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080625093148/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/1970_ATR.pdf . dead .

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