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Primary State Highway 2, the '''Sunset Highway''', was a Highway in the State of Washington , U.S.A. , from 1937 to 1964 . The Sunset Highway was the primary east-west route through Washington, with the main (trunk) route of the highway extending from Seattle in the west through Spokane in the east, terminating at the Idaho state line. PSH 2 was originally established as "State Road No. 2" by the state legislature in stages between for the state road's entire length, and the Yellowstone Trail between Seattle and Cle Elum and between Spokane and the Idaho state line. State Road No. 2 was designated Primary State Highway 2 by the state legislature when it created the primary and secondary state highways systems in 1937 . When commissioned, PSH 2 coincided with U.S. Route 10 for most of its length. By the early 1940s, US-10 between Teanaway and Spokane had been rerouted onto the more southerly alignment currently used by Interstate 90 ; the northern route was initially designated Alternate US-10 and then, in 1948, U.S. Route 2 . in late 1946.]]Originally, PSH 2 (and US-10) took a southerly route around Lake Washington through Renton . When the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge opened in 1940 , both highways were routed onto the bridge and through Mercer Island and Bellevue , rejoining their original alignments in Issaquah . PSH 2 crossed the Cascade Range at Snoqualmie Pass , 3010 feet above sea level. At Teanaway, PSH 2 turned north and followed U.S. Route 97 on a zigzag course through the Cascade foothills, crossing the Columbia River at Wenatchee . Leaving the riverbank about 15 miles north of Wenatchee, PSH 2 headed east along the new US-2 alignment into Spokane, where it again joined up with US-10, and ended at the Idaho state line a few miles east of the city. Highways in Washington were Renumbered In 1964 , and PSH 2 was removed from the state highway system. Today, PSH 2 between Seattle and Teanaway is part of I-90; between Teanaway and Orondo , US-97; between Peshastin and Spokane, US-2 ( Multiplexed with US-97 for about 30 miles between Peshastin and Orondo); and I-90 again between Spokane and the Idaho state line. BRANCHES PSH 7 had three named branches.
SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAYS PSH 2 had 12 designated child routes, or secondary state highways (SSH). See: Child Routes Of Primary State Highway 2 . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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