:Washington State Route 903

{{Short description|State highway in Kittitas County, Washington, US}}

{{Infobox road

|state=WA

|type=WA

|route=903

|section=840

|spur_type=I

|spur_of=90

|map=Washington State Route 903.svg

|map_notes=A red line indicating SR 903 through Kittitas County.

|map_alt=A map indicating the path of the highway in relation to others in the area.

|length_mi=10.06

|length_ref={{cite web|url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/roadway/pdf/HwyLog2009.pdf|title=State Highway Log Planning Report 2009 SR 2 to SR 971|publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)|pages=1744–1748|access-date=October 30, 2010}}

|length_round=2

|established=1964

|direction_a=South

|direction_b=North

|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|SR|970}} near Cle Elum

|terminus_b=File:Forest Service logo.svg Wenatchee National Forest boundary near Ronald

|tourist=File:WA Scenic and Recreational Highway.svg Swiftwater Corridor Scenic Byway

|counties=Kittitas

|previous_type=WA

|previous_route=902

|next_type=WA

|next_route=904

}}

State Route 903 (SR 903) is a {{convert|10.06|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway located entirely in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The highway links Lake Cle Elum to Roslyn, Cle Elum and SR 970, which provides access to Interstate 90. The highway has existed as a numbered highway since at least 1939, however a highway linking Lake Cle Elum to Cle Elum has existed since 1897. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) had previously considered turning control of the highway over to Kittitas County, however this never happened, and WSDOT continues to maintain the highway.

Route description

SR 903 begins at an intersection with SR 970 just north of the Interstate 90 (I-90) / SR 970 interchange, headed westerly into the town of Cle Elum. Before entering Cle Elum, the highway intersects its spur route, SR 903 Spur, which serves as a bypass for travelers on SR 970 who wish to avoid the main interchange of SR 903. The roadway parallels a railroad line before it terminates in South Cle Elum. The highway jogs to the north for a block before turning back west along Second Street, exiting the town and turning northwesterly. SR 903 continues through a roundabout before entering the town of Roslyn. The highway continues through town, turning southwesterly on Nevada Street, before turning back northwesterly at Seventh Street, exiting Roslyn. The highway continues through Ronald before terminating at the boundary of the Wenatchee National Forest, east of Cle Elum Lake. The roadway continues northerly however as Salmon La Sac Road.{{bing maps|url=http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=47.227645765007935~-121.0114374384284&lvl=12&sty=r&rtp=pos.47.18760602736823_-120.89987363666296_near%20Sunset%20Hwy%2C%20Cle%20Elum%2C%20WA%2098922___a_~v.47.18932675029921_-120.90708341449499_SR-903~v.47.22732154524138_-120.99716272205114_SR-903%20%2F%20N%201st%20St~v.47.22541261561844_-121.00140061229467_SR-903%20%2F%20Nevada%20Ave~pos.47.26046184086159_-121.06225457042456_near%2014075%20Salmon%20la%20Sac%20Rd%2C%20Roslyn%2C%20WA%2098941___a_&mode=D&rtop=0~0~0~|access-date=October 30, 2010|title=SR 903}}

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) measures traffic counts, measured in terms of annual average daily traffic, with as few as 1,100 cars at the northern terminus, and as many as 7,400 cars just past the intersection at Pennsylvania Avenue in Roslyn.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2009.pdf|title=2009 Annual Traffic Report|publisher=WSDOT|pages=216–7|access-date=October 30, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616135639/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2009.pdf|url-status=dead}}

History

File:WA-SSH2-E.svg

The current highway was numbered Secondary State Highway 2E (SSH 2E) since at least 1939,{{cite map|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|title=Washington State Highway Map|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=28|access-date=October 30, 2010|year=1939}} though maps show a roadway following roughly the same alignment in existence since at least 1897.{{cite map|publisher=United States Geological Survey (USGS)|title=Mount Stuart Quadrangle|url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,473|year=1897|scale=1:125,000|access-date=October 31, 2010|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120721/http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?%2Fmaps%2C473|url-status=dead}}{{cite map|publisher=USGS|title=Snoqualmie Pass Quadrangle|url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,468|access-date=October 31, 2010|year=1901|scale=1:125,000|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194254/http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?%2Fmaps%2C468|url-status=dead}} During the 1964 state highway renumbering, the designation was changed from SSH 2E to SR 903.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/state-route-numbers.pdf|title=Sign Route Numbers with Corresponding Legislative Highway Numbers|date=December 1, 1965|publisher=Washington State Department of Highways|page=15|access-date=October 30, 2010|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023216/https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/state-route-numbers.pdf|url-status=dead}} WSDOT was considering dropping SR 903 from the state highway system and turning over the highway to Kittitas County in 1992;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rm9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Uo8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6671,4897205&dq=state-route-903&hl=en|title=County Opposes Turnover|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=April 17, 1992|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|publisher=Pioneers Newspapers Inc.|page=7|access-date=October 31, 2010}} however, the idea was quickly dropped.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A0JPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hY8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6794,5625717&dq=state-route-903&hl=en|title=Officials Approve Rezone|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=April 27, 1994|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|publisher=Pioneers Newspapers Inc.|page=16|access-date=October 31, 2010}} The roundabout at Bullfrog was first proposed in 2002,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xDgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-NAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1254,4235211&dq=state-route-903&hl=en|title=Changes Coming to Bullfrog Road|last=Gallagher|first=Michael|date=December 12, 2002|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|publisher=Pioneers Newspapers Inc.|access-date=October 31, 2010}} and was estimated to cost $1.2 million, paid for by Suncadia Resort.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dQofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IcsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2699,7107325&dq=bullfrog-road+roundabout&hl=en|title=Suncadia Resort Work is in High Gear|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=October 22, 2004|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|publisher=Pioneers Newspapers Inc.|access-date=October 31, 2010}} The roundabout opened to traffic sometime between May 7 and July 15, 2005.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NH4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wMoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1425,719184&dq=bullfrog-road+roundabout&hl=en|title=Roundabout Paving Near Roslyn Begins Next Week on SR 903|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=May 7, 2005|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|publisher=Pioneers Newspapers, Inc.|access-date=October 31, 2010}} Completed in August 2007, WSDOT repaved {{convert|8.1|mi|km|abbr=on}} of highway between Cle Elum and the National Forest boundary for a cost of $2 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr903/cleelumtonationalforestboundary/|title=Project - SR 903 - Cle Elum to National Forest Boundary - Paving|publisher=WSDOT|access-date=October 31, 2010|archive-date=June 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629141121/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr903/cleelumtonationalforestboundary/|url-status=dead}}

Major intersections

File:WA 903 Spur Interchange-2.jpg

{{WAint

|location=none

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|970}}

|notes=At-grade intersection; southern terminus; access to I-90 via SR 970 west}}

{{WAint

|location=none

|mile=0.18

|mile2=0.21

|road={{Jct|state=WA|SR-Spur|903|dir1=east}}

|notes=}}

{{WAint

|location=none

|mile=10.06

|road=File:Forest Service logo.svg Wenatchee National Forest

|notes=Northern terminus; roadway continues as Salmon La Sac Road}}

Spur route

{{infobox road small

|state=WA

|type=SR-Spur

|route=903

|location=Cle Elum

|length_mi=0.33

|length_ref=

|length_round=2

}}

Washington State Route 903 Spur is a {{convert|0.33|mi|m|adj=on}} long two-lane spur route of SR 903, constructed between 1973 and 1984.{{cite map|publisher=Microsoft Research Maps|title=Cle Elum Topographic Map|url=http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=13&Z=10&X=411&Y=3267&W=1|date=July 1, 1973|cartography=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 7, 2010}}{{cite map|publisher=Microsoft Research Maps|title=Cle Elum Topographic Map|url=http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=10&X=823&Y=6534&W=1|date=July 1, 1984|cartography=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 7, 2010}} The spur route serves as a short connector allowing travelers on SR 970 who wish to continue west towards Cle Elum along SR 903 to bypass the main junction between SR 903 and SR 970 just north of I-90.{{cite map|publisher=WSDOT|title=JCT SR 903/SR 903 SP CLEELM|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR970/970X000.pdf|access-date=October 30, 2010|date=September 9, 2004|format=PDF|archive-date=October 8, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008163552/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/interchange/pdfs/SR970/970X000.pdf|url-status=dead}} On average, 3,000 cars-per-day travel over the spur route.

References

External links

[https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr903.html Highways of Washington State]

Category:Transportation in Kittitas County, Washington

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