Washington State Route 285 Explained

State:WA
Type:SR
Route:285
Spur Type:SR
Spur Of:28
Section:517
Map:Washington State Route 285.svg
Map Notes:SR 285 is highlighted in red.
Length Mi:5.04
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1977[2]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in East Wenatchee
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Sunnyslope
Counties:Douglas, Chelan
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:283
Next Type:SR
Next Route:290

State Route 285 (SR 285) is a short state highway serving Douglas and Chelan counties, located in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway serves Wenatchee and runs 5miles from an interchange with State Route 28 (SR 28) in East Wenatchee to Downtown Wenatchee, crossing the Columbia River on the Senator George Sellar Bridge. After traversing downtown, the highway ends at an interchange with U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and US 97 north of the Wenatchee River in Sunnyslope.

The highway originally crossed the Columbia River on an earlier bridge built in 1908. The bridge was signed as part of State Road 7 in 1909 and later State Road 2 (the Sunset Highway) in 1923. The roadway was used by US 10 from 1926 until 1940, when it was re-routed and replaced by an alternate route. US 2 was extended from Idaho into Washington in 1946 and used the bridge until the newer Senator George Sellar Bridge was built to the south in 1950. SR 285 was designated in 1977 after US 2 was routed onto the Richard Odabashian Bridge north of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee. The area around the Senator George Sellar Bridge is being improved by the Washington State Department of Transportation to handle increased traffic.

Route description

SR 285 begins its 5.04adj=midNaNadj=mid long route at a partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 28 west of the Wenatchee Valley Mall in East Wenatchee.[1] [3] The freeway crosses the Columbia River from Douglas County into Wenatchee and Chelan County on the Senator George Sellar Bridge, listed as a part of the National Register of Historic Places.[4] [5] The highway becomes Stevens Street and has a small interchange with Wenatchee Avenue before turning north onto Mission Street.[6]

SR 285 serves Downtown Wenatchee and splits into a one-way pair with southbound lanes on Chelan Avenue and northbound lanes staying on Mission Street,[7] passing the Wenatchee branch of the North Central Regional Library at Memorial Park and the Wenatchee Valley Hospital.[8] [9] The one-way pair rejoins the main route,[7] turning north as Miller Street and then northwest as Wenatchee Avenue into West Wenatchee near Wenatchee Confluence State Park.[10] Wenatchee Avenue crosses the Wenatchee River into Sunnyslope and becomes a freeway, intersecting Penny Road and Easy Street in an incomplete diamond interchange before ending at an interchange with US 2 and US 97.[11]

The Senator George Sellar Bridge is the busiest section of SR 285, being used by a daily average of 52,000 vehicles in 2011. The southern end of the one-way pair, at the intersection of Chelan Avenue and Mission Street, had a daily average of 22,000 vehicles in 2011.[12]

History

The cantilever truss Columbia River Bridge was built in 1908 by the Washington Bridge Company and purchased by the Washington State Highway Commission the following year to serve Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, divided by the Columbia River.[13] [14] [15] The bridge and the streets were signed as State Road 7 in 1909 as part of the highway from Renton to Idaho,[16] [17] later named the Sunset Highway in 1913.[18] The Sunset Highway became State Road 2 in a 1923 renumbering before the creation of US 10 in 1926.[19] [20]

State Road 2 became Primary State Highway 2 (PSH 2) in 1937 during the creation of the primary and secondary state highway system.[21] US 10 was re-routed south to cross the Columbia River at Vantage in the 1940s and was designated as US 10 Alternate,[22] until US 2 was extended from Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Everett in 1946.[23] [24] [25] The Columbia River Bridge was replaced by a new bridge (since 2000 named Senator George Sellar Bridge) in 1950 and US 2 was re-routed south onto the bridge.[5] [26] [27] PSH 2 was decommissioned during the 1964 renumbering and US 2 remained.[28] [29] US 2 was re-routed, along with US 97, onto the Richard Odabashian Bridge in Sunnyslope, bypassing Wenatchee in 1975.[30] SR 285 was established in 1977 to maintain the Senator George Sellar Bridge and only included the short route until 1991,[31] when it was extended to Sunnyslope.[2] [32]

Between May 2009 and July 2011, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) added an additional eastbound lane on the Sellar Bridge by moving the sidewalks to a new structure on the outside of the bridge,[33] opening on July 29, 2011.[34] A southbound bypass lane for SR 28 was completed in 2013.[35] [36] At the west end of the bridge, in Downtown Wenatchee, a new off-ramp to Crescent Street and signal improvements at Mission Street were completed in December 2013.[37]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Staff . 2012 . State Highway Log: Planning Report 2011, SR 2 to SR 971 . . 1321–1326 . January 10, 2013.
  2. Web site: 47.17.517: State route No. 285 . 1977 . . . January 10, 2013.
  3. Web site: January 12, 2011 . SR 28 - Junction SR 285/SR 28 CO WENTCH . Washington State Department of Transportation . January 11, 2013.
  4. Web site: June 16, 1995 . National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List of Actions - June 16, 1995 . . 36 . January 11, 2013.
  5. Web site: Krier . Robert H. . Barber . J. Byron . Bruce . Robin . Holstine . Craig . December 12, 1991 . National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form: Columbia River Bridge at Wenatchee . United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service . January 11, 2013.
  6. Web site: February 11, 2003 . SR 285 - Junction Wenatchee Avenue . Washington State Department of Transportation . January 11, 2013.
  7. Web site: October 1, 2004 . SR 285 - Junction SR 285 CO WENTCH . Washington State Department of Transportation . January 11, 2013.
  8. Web site: 2008 . Wenatchee Public Library . . January 11, 2013.
  9. Web site: 2008 . Wenatchee Valley Hospital . . January 11, 2013.
  10. Web site: 2013 . Complete Information for Wenatchee Confluence . . January 11, 2013.
  11. Web site: April 3, 2013 . US 2/97 - Junction SR 285 . Washington State Department of Transportation . January 11, 2013.
  12. Web site: Staff . 2011 . 2011 Annual Traffic Report . Washington State Department of Transportation . 167, 230 . January 11, 2013.
  13. Web site: Soderberg . Lisa . June 1980 . HAER Inventory: Bridges, Trestles, and Aqueducts - Columbia River Bridge . . January 11, 2013.
  14. Web site: March 1, 1983 . National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties . United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service . 44 . January 11, 2013.
  15. . Topography of the State of Washington: Wenatchee Quadrangle . October 1915 . 1:62,500 . JPG . January 11, 2013.
  16. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1909 . March 13, 1909 . January 11, 2013 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . Chapter 51: Providing for the Survey of Certain State Roads . 95.
  17. . State of Washington Highway Map . April 1, 1933 . . January 11, 2013.
  18. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1913 . March 17, 1913 . January 11, 2013 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . Chapter 65: Classifying Public Highways . 221.
  19. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1923 . March 19, 1923 . January 11, 2013 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . Chapter 185: Primary and Secondary State Highways . 628.
  20. . . 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.
  21. Book: Washington State Legislature . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1937 . March 17, 1937 . January 11, 2013 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington . Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways . 934.
  22. . Northwest, 1946 . 1946 . January 11, 2013.
  23. Web site: Weingroff . Richard . April 7, 2011 . U.S. 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington . . January 11, 2013.
  24. Rand McNally . Rand McNally Road Map of the United States . 1947 . 1:7,500,000 . January 11, 2013.
  25. United States Geological Survey . Wenatchee, 1948 . 1948 . 1:250,000 . JPG . January 11, 2013.
  26. United States Geological Survey . Wenatchee, 1963 . 1963 . 1:250,000 . JPG . January 11, 2013.
  27. Rand McNally . Northwest, 1967 . 1967 . January 11, 2013.
  28. Web site: Prahl . C. G. . Identification of State Highways . . December 1, 1965 . January 11, 2013 . 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 .
  29. United States Geological Survey . Wenatchee, 1971 . 1971 . 1:250,000 . JPG . January 11, 2013.
  30. Web site: Staff . 1970 . 1970 Annual Traffic Report . Washington State Department of Transportation . 31–32 . January 11, 2013 . October 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017094005/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/1970_ATR.pdf . dead .
  31. Web site: Staff . 1990 . 1990 Annual Traffic Report . Washington State Department of Transportation . 112 . January 11, 2013.
  32. Book: Washington House of Representatives . Washington House of Representatives . Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes — Revisions To (House Bill 5801)" . 1991 . Session Laws of the State of Washington . 1991 . Washington State Legislature . Olympia, Washington.
  33. Web site: July 29, 2011 . SR 285 - George Sellar Bridge - Additional EB Lane - Complete July 2011 . Washington State Department of Transportation . January 11, 2013.
  34. News: Irwin . Mike . July 29, 2011 . New bridge walk puts pedestrians high above the flow . . January 11, 2013.
  35. News: McNiel . Michaell . August 21, 2013 . Eastside bridge work winds down after two years . The Wenatchee World . subscription . August 21, 2018.
  36. News: Pratt . Christine . August 24, 2012 . Sellar Bridge work taking shape . The Wenatchee World . January 11, 2013.
  37. Web site: SR 285 - W End George Sellar Bridge - Intersection Improvement . Washington State Department of Transportation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140730190422/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR285/WestSellarBridgeIntersection/ . July 30, 2014 . August 21, 2018.

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