Washington State Route 251 Explained

State:WA
Type:SR
Route:251
Alternate Name:Northport–Boundary Road
Section:470
Spur Type:SR
Spur Of:25
Map:Washington State Route 251.png
Map Notes:A map highlighting the route of SR 251 prior to 1983.
Maint:none
Length Mi:10.86
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1964[2]
Decommissioned:1983[3]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Northport
Direction B:North
Terminus B: at the Canada–United States border
Counties:Stevens
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:243
Next Type:SR
Next Route:260

State Route 251 (SR 251, now Northport–Boundary Road) is a former 10.862NaN2 long state highway in Stevens County, Washington. The highway began at in Northport and continued northeast parallel to the Columbia River to Boundary, an unincorporated community, where it crossed the Canada–United States border into British Columbia as . SR 251 was originally a county road until 1913, when it was added to the state highway system, but was later removed. The roadway was re-added as an extension to an already existing state highway. In 1937, it was reclassified as a secondary highway named Secondary State Highway 22A (SSH 22A) until 1964, when it became SR 251. In 1984, control of the road was relinquished by the state to Stevens County and it was renamed Northport–Boundary Road.

Route description

State Route 251 (SR 251), now known as the Northport–Boundary Road or Boundary Highway, began in Northport at an at-grade intersection at Center Street, known as SR 25. The highway turned north from SR 25 and followed the Columbia River upstream as well a railroad owned by the Kettle Falls International Railway.[4] [5] The highway traveled northeast, then east through a series of hairpin turns before turning north to Boundary, an unincorporated community in Stevens County, where SR 251 entered Canadian customs and continued into British Columbia as British Columbia Highway 22A (BC 22A).[6]

History

SR 251 was once a county road connecting Northport with British Columbia that has existed since at least 1912.[7] In 1913, it became part of the Inland Empire Highway,[8] but was removed in 1915.[9] [10] [11] The road was transferred to county maintenance after removal from the state highway system.[12] In 1931, it was officially added to the state highway system as part of an extension of from Kettle Falls to British Columbia.[13] [14] In 1937, it became Secondary State Highway 22A (SSH 22A), a branch of (PSH 22).[15] [16] When Washington renumbered its highways in 1964 and switched to a new system, SSH 22A became SR 251 and PSH 22 became SR 25.[2] [17] [18] SR 251 remained one of only four state highways in Washington that remained gravel roads.[19] In 1983, SR 251 was removed from the state highway system and control was relinquished to Stevens County.[2] [3] After it was turned over, Stevens County continues to maintain the roadway and no realignments or significant events have occurred.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1982 Annual Traffic Report . Washington State Department of Transportation . 1982 . 98 . November 7, 2010 . Washington State Department of Transportation .
  2. Web site: 47.17.470: State route No. 251 . Washington State Legislature . 1970 . 1983 . Repealed. November 7, 2010. Washington State Legislature .
  3. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1983 . 1984 . Washington State Legislature . . Chapter 251.
  4. Washington State Department of Transportation . Washington State Rail System, 2009 . 2009 . WSDOT State Rail and Marine Office . November 7, 2010 . PDF.
  5. . Kettle Falls International Railway . 2005 . DeskMap Systems . November 7, 2010.
  6. Washington State Highway Commission. Washington State Highways. November 8, 2010. 1950. DjVu.
  7. Washington State Highway Commission . Washington State Highways . November 25, 2010 . 1912 . DjVu.
  8. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . November 25, 2010 . 1913 . March 12, 1913 . Washington State Legislature . . 221 . Chapter 65: Classifying Public Highways.
  9. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . November 25, 2010 . 1915 . March 19, 1915 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Wash. . 488 . Chapter 164.
  10. Washington State Highway Commission . Washington State Highways . November 25, 2010 . 1915 . DjVu.
  11. United States Geological Survey . Bissel (1919) . 1919 . United States Army Corps of Engineers (cartography c. 1944) . 1:125,000 .
  12. United States Geological Survey . Colville (1929) . 1963 . United States Army Corps of Engineers (cartography c. 1929) . 1:125,000 . November 7, 2010.
  13. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1931 . 1931 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Wash. . Chapter 37.
  14. Washington State Department of Transportation . State Roads As Established by Legislature, 1893 to 1935 . 18 . 1931 . November 7, 2010 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051106090227/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/History/stateroads1893-1935.pdf . November 6, 2005 .
  15. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . November 7, 2010 . 1937 . March 18, 1937 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Wash. . 1011–1012.
  16. United States Geological Survey . Sandpoint, 1958 . 1958 . United States Army Corps of Engineers . 1:250,000 . November 7, 2010.
  17. Web site: Identification of State Highways, Part 1. C. G.. Prahl. December 1, 1965. Washington State Highway Commission. November 7, 2010.
  18. United States Geological Survey . Sandpoint, 1966 . 1966 . United States Army Corps of Engineers . 1:250,000 . November 7, 2010.
  19. News: December 1966 . Motorists On These State Highways Still Travel on Gravel . 32 . Washington Highways . Washington State Department of Highways . 13 . 4 . 29654162 . WSDOT ibrary Digital Collections . December 24, 2018.

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