Primary State Highway 5 (Washington)

Infobox road
state=WA
type=PSH
route=5
alternate_name=National Park Highway
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established=1937
decommissioned=1964
direction_a=West
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previous_type=PSH
previous_route=4
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Primary State Highway 5, the National Park Highway, was a highway in the state of Washington, U.S.A., from 1937 to 1964. The National Park Highway was the primary north-south route through Washington, with the main (trunk) route of the highway extending from Seattle in the west through the Cascade Mountains in the east, terminating at PSH 3 in Yakima

PSH 5 was originally established as "State Road No. 5" by the state legislature in stages between 1905 and 1909. State Road No. 5 would later share its routing with portions of one major highways: US 12 for the Naches-Yakima section. State Road No. 5 was designated Primary State Highway 5 by the state legislature when it created the primary and secondary state highways systems in 1937.

Highways in Washington were renumbered in 1964, and PSH 5 was removed from the state highway system. Today, PSH 5 is US 12, and other state routes.

Branches

PSH 5 had 8 named branches. 1 unknown branch exists as part of the system, but was never built.

PSH 5 WP (White Pass)

PSH 5 WP goes from PSH 5 at Naches to PSH 1. The route is now part of US 12.

=PSH 5 TR (Tacoma-Mount Rainier)=

PSH 5 TR started at PSH 1 in Tacoma then goes southeast to the southwest entrance of Mount Rainier National Park via Elbe. From Tacoma to Elbe, PSH 5 TR became SR 7. From Elbe to Mount Rainier National Park, PSH 5 TR is SR 706.

=PSH 5 EK (Elbe-Kosmos)=

PSH 5 EK started at PSH 5 TR in Elbe and headed south to PSH 5 WP in Kosmos. The end of the road was moved west to Morton, while PSH 5 WP took PSH 5 EK from Morton to Kosmos. Now, PSH 5 EK from Elbe to Morton is SR 7 and from Morton to Kosmos is part of US 12.

=PSH 5 EF (Enumclaw-Fairfax)=

PSH 5 EF started at PSH 5 in Enumclaw and went south to the Mowich Lake entrance of the Mount Rainier National Park. It became US 410 (now SR 410) from Enumclaw to Buckley and from Buckley to Mount Rainier isSR 165, which is the only unpaved state route for the first seven miles.

=PSH 5 AT (Auburn-Tacoma)=

PSH 5 AT started at PSH 5 in Auburn and went southwest to PSH 1 in Tacoma. PDH 5 AT became part of the original route of US 410 in the 1950s, then became part of SR 167 in 1964.

PSH 5 CP (Cayuse Pass)

PSH 5 CP started at PSH 5 WP near Packwood and went into the southeast area of Mount Rainier National Park. After leaving the Mount Rainier National Park, PSH 5 CP went north to PSH 5 in Cayuse Pass. In 1964, PSH 5 CP became SR 143, since SR 14 was the new designation of PSH 5 WP. When US 12 used the route through White Pass and SR 14 was rerouted south, SR 143 became SR 123 in 1967.

PSH 5 SB (Sumner-Buckley)

PSH 5 SB went from PSH 5 AT in Sumner to PSH 5 EF in Buckley. In the 1950s PSH 5 SB was part of the original US 410. When US 12 came to Washington in 1967, PSH 5 SB became part of SR 410.

=PSH 5 ER (Enumclaw-Renton)=

PSH 5 ER went from PSH 5 in Enumclaw then went north to PSH 2 (was redesignated as PSH 2 RE, now I-405) in Renton. PSH 5 ER is now SR 169.

Naches Pass Highway (Unbuilt Branch)

In the 1940s, Washington's Highway Department designated the Naches Pass Highway to be built, but it was never built. It became SR 168, but it was never built by WSDOT.

Secondary State Highways

PSH 5 had 13 secondary branches; see secondary state highways as branches of Primary State Highway 5.

See also

*Primary State Highways (Washington)

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/psh005.html Highways of Washington State]