Everything about Washington State Route 14 totally explained
State Route 14, also called the
Lewis and Clark Highway, is a
state highway in
Washington,
U.S.A. It extends for approximately 180 miles from a junction with
Interstate 5 in
Vancouver in the west, to a junction with
Interstate 82 and
U.S. Route 395 in the east; just across the state line from
Umatilla,
Oregon, and south of
Kennewick.
Route description
State Route 14 originates in downtown Vancouver at a junction with
Interstate 5 just north of the
Interstate Bridge. It proceeds east as a
freeway for approximately 18 miles until it reaches the city of
Camas, at which point it becomes a two-lane road. It then continues east along the north bank of the
Columbia River (through the
Columbia River Gorge) for the remainder of its journey.
Other than the stretch of freeway in
Clark County, SR 14 is a two-lane highway which often runs along steep bluffs as high as 800 feet through the Columbia Gorge, where frequent high winds can be a driving hazard. At the town of
Lyle the forest scenery gives way to arid grasslands in a remarkably rapid transition.
History
The stretch of SR 14 between Vancouver and
Maryhill was formerly designated as
U.S. Route 830.
The section east of Maryhill was formerly designated as State Route 12.
In 1967,
U.S. Route 12 was extended from
Lewiston, Idaho, into Washington state along what had been State Route 14 from near
Centralia to
Naches. At that point, what had been State Route 12 was redesignated State Route 14.
In 1968, U.S. Route 830 was dropped from the
U.S. Highway System, and State Route 14 was extended west to Vancouver.
Prior to the
1964 renumbering, current State Route 14 from Vancouver to Maryhill had been a part of
Primary State Highway 8 , and east of Maryhill was the Maryhill-
Kennewick branch of PSH 8. Former State Route 14 from Centralia to Naches was part of
Primary State Highway 5.
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