Washington State Route 14

State Route 14
Route information
Defined by RCW 47.17.060
Maintained by WSDOT
Length:	180.68 mi[1] (290.78 km)
Existed:	1968 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-5 in Vancouver
	I-205 in Vancouver SR 500 in Camas SR 141 in Bingen SR 142 in Lyle US 197 near Dallesport US 97 in Maryhill SR 221 in Paterson
East end:	I-82/US 395 in Plymouth
Highway system
State highways in Washington Interstate • US • State Former PSH • 1964 renumbering • Former SR ← US 12 SR 16 →

State Route 14, also called the Lewis and Clark Highway, is a state highway in Washington. It extends for approximately 180 miles (290 km) 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 (29 km) 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 (240 m) 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.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	#	Destinations	Notes
Clark	Vancouver	0.00		I-5 south – Portland	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		0.00		C Street, 8th Street-Vancouver City Center	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		0.00		I-5 north – Seattle	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		1.04	1	Southeast Columbia Way – Vancouver National Historic Reserve
		3.00	3	Evergreen Boulevard, Riverside Drive
		4.36	4	Lieser Road, Southeast 88th Avenue
		5.58	5	Southeast Ellsworth Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		6.09	6	I-205 to I-84 – Seattle, Northeast Portland, Salem
		8.53	8	Southeast 164th Avenue
		10.10	10	Southeast 192nd Avenue
	East end of freeway
	Camas	12.33	12	SR 14 Bus. east (Sixth Avenue) / Norwood Street – Camas	Interchange
		14.64		SR 500 west
	Washougal	16.11		15th Street – Washougal	Former SR 140
		18.90		SR 14 Bus. west (Evergreen Boulevard) – Washougal
Skamania		26.20		Canyon Creek Road	Former SR 140
		41.48		Bridge of the Gods – Cascade Locks
Klickitat		63.45		SR 141 Spur – Trout Lake
	White Salmon	64.99		Hood River Bridge – Hood River
	Bingen	66.32		SR 141 north – White Salmon, Trout Lake
	Lyle	75.78		SR 142 east – Klickitat, Goldendale
		83.44		US 197 south – The Dalles
		100.93		US 97 north – Goldendale, Yakima	West end of US 97 overlap
		101.35		US 97 south to I-84 – Bend	East end of US 97 overlap
Benton	Paterson	167.16		SR 221 north – Prosser
		179.87		Plymouth Road – Plymouth	Former SR 143
		180.68		I-82 (US 395) – Kennewick, Umatilla, Pendleton	Interchange

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Washington State Department of Transportation, State Highway Log, 2006

External links

• Highways of Washington State