Talk:U.S. Route 395 in Washington

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Old 395 a gritty, bygone blacktop (Tri-City Herald,

year unknown)

Floodgap guide

History notes

1918 routing (Route 528 Pasco-Spokane; 460; 464)

Followed a more easterly route between Pasco and Ritzville...then Danekas, Rehn, Klein, Danekas, Max Harder (roughly), 1st, Sprague, unnamed road between I-90 and railroad, Lake Valley, Sprague, I-90 (roughly), E?, Old PSH 11, SR 904, ??, Cameron?, SR 904, Cameron, SR 904, 2nd, F?, SR 904, Melville, Hayford, Hayford Bridge, Thorpe, US 2, Sunset, Rosamond, 13th, Lindeke, Sunset, 6th, Cannon, 2nd, Maple, Riverside, Sprague

Other Pasco-Spokane notes

1912 1923 1925 1925 1926 1927 topos

Started basically along the railroad the whole way, including on 1913, 1915 state highway maps

Pasco to Eltopia: two early roads
- West route: 4th, continued just west of the railroad to near Selph Landing Road, then roughly Selph Landing and along the east side to near Sagemoor, then along the west side and into Eltopia on Seattle Avenue
- East route: mostly gone, several miles east of the railroad
- 1923: west route; by 1925 definitely east of the railroad (essentially current Oregon and US 395)
- Bypass of Oregon Street by 1970 (traffic report)
Eltopia to Connell
- Originally along the railroad (mostly on the west side)
- By 1924 (state highway map) it had moved to a more easterly route via Blanton Road
- Current route along the railroad ca. 1979
Connell to Lind
- Originally near the railroad, crossing several times
- By 1924 (state highway map) it was farther east on Lind, Foulkes, Wahl
- Current route nearer the railroad ca. 1956
Lind to Ritzville
- Originally west of the railroad all the way?
- By 1925, mostly east via US 395, crossed to Newland, Heineman, crossed near I-90
Ritzville to Sprague
- Originally crossed twice near Coker
- By 1925, stayed east via Danekas, Rehn, Klein, Seidl?, Danekas
Sprague to Cheney
- Originally all west of the railroad
- By 1925, all east? probably an error, and used Sprague, I-90?, SR 904
Cheney to Spokane
- Originally via Andrus Road to Marshall, then Cheney-Spokane Road
- By 1924 (state highway map), north probably via SR 904, Hayford
- Geiger Boulevard built ca. 1944

--NE2 13:39, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bridge dates

1953 over Lewis
1966 under Sylvester
1966 under Court
1983 over I-182
1972 over I-182
2003 under Kartchner
1979-92 over Old Maid Coulee, Russell
1992 under SR 17
1995 under SR 260
1966 over Clark/Nordheim
1995 under SR 26
1956 over Lind Coulee
1995 under SR 21
1995 over Paha-Packard
1995 under Urquhart
1996 over 1st
1995-96 under I-90
1952-58 over SR 261
1958 under Wellsandt
1958 under Coker
1958 over Hills
1958 under Tokio
1967 under Keystone
1968 over RR
1968 under Bob Lee
1968 over Sprague-Lamona
1967 over SR 23
1967 over CR 502
1967 under Fishtrap
1966 under SR 904
1966 under SR 902
1966 over Medical Lake
1966 over RR
1966 under SR 904
1965 under SR 902
1962 under Geiger Field
1962 over Abbott
1962 under US 2
1963 under Garden Spring
1962 under Rosamond
1962 under RR
1962 under Lindeke
1974 under RR
1962 under RR
1963 under US 195
1963 over Hangman Creek
1970 under RR
1967 over/under viaduct
1915 under RR
1992 over Spokane River
1985 over Whitworth
1994 (old 1953) over Little Spokane River
2001 over Hatch Road
1951 over Dragoon Creek

Old route:

1944 under old US 2
1988 under Rosamond
1972 under RR
1911 over Latah Creek
1936 over Inland Empire Way
1916 under RR

--NE2 08:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reassessment

The RD was added. --CG was here. (T - C - S - E) 18:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

With a portion of the History section empty and tagged for expansion, as well as a somewhat short lead section, I believe "C" class is a more appropriate article rating at this time. Once the gap is filled in, there should be no problem re-promoting to "B" class. --LJ (talk) 02:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

U.S 395, S.R. 240, and Columbia Dr.

These converted refs where part of edits I made that where reverted.

US 395 - Columbia Drive to SR 240 Rebuild Interchange. Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
Tri-City Herald September 26, 2009. "Northbound Highway 395 to close for 8 days" by Pratik Joshi. p. B1. (Online version. Retreived November 13, 2009.)

I edited the first one before placing it here. -- allen四names 00:27, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

North Spokane Corridor merger

I personally think that this needs to be merged here, after a good does of summarization. We're talking about a construction project, which unlike the Big Dig, isn't notable enough for a stand-alone article. A good summary of this project in the main highway's article will be needed for it to be comprehensive. We should merge all of the completed construction into the History section of the US 395 article. Any unfinished, un-started phases of the project should be in a Future section. The junction list on US 395 should be updated as changes are made and the highway is moved, but otherwise the junction list in the project article can be discarded. The North Spokane Corridor article is pushing undue weight to just copy/paste the content directly; it needs to be summarized in the merger. Imzadi 1979 → 23:01, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Per nom. Dough 48 72 01:29, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Don't merge The North Spokane Corridor has way more impact and significance than any other part of this highway - it's not even close. It's not just a construction project, its a permanent freeway, just like the Alaskan Way Viaduct was not just a construction project and the Gardiner Expressway was not just a construction project. This freeway will define the Spokane area (home to over 300,000) for decades to come. And, for the record, a straight merge would not be undue weight, due to this section's much greater significance than the rest. 69.7.41.230 (talk) 19:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No merge This should not be merged until the last half is completed and connected to I-90. This is definitely not just another construction project - it will be a lifeline for Eastern Washington and a multi-year project such as this that is as important to so many people as it is deserves to have all the information available on its own page, rather than summarizing it to stuff into another article. The freeway itself is important enough to rip through residential, commercial and industrial developments, and property acquisition has been ongoing for years and years for this project, it affects a large population of the people here and I do not believe the time is right to merge this info into another article. Drunauthorized (talk) 16:16, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Don't merge I have driven on this road multiple times and believe that, in the spirit of the goals (as I understand them) of the U.S. Roads WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to roads in the United States, this article will be more helpful and consistent with those goals if it remains separate. Respectfully, Frank Niro (talk) 02:09, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]