Washington State Route 102
{{Short description|State highway in Mason County, Washington, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=102
|alternate_name=Dayton Airport Road
|spur_type=US
|spur_of=101
|section=168
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Washington State Route 102}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 102 highlighted in red
|length_mi=2.86
|length_ref={{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2011 |page=965 |link=yes |accessdate=January 29, 2013}}
|established=1984{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.168 |title=47.17.168: State route No. 102 |year=1984 |work=Revised Code of Washington |publisher=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=January 29, 2013}}
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a=Washington Corrections Center
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|US|101}} near Shelton
|county=Mason
|previous_type=US
|previous_route=101
|next_type=SR
|next_route=103
}}
State Route 102 (SR 102) is a {{convert|2.86|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway serving the Washington Corrections Center and Washington State Patrol Academy in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway extends northeast and east as Dayton Airport Road from the Washington Corrections Center through rural Mason County to an intersection with U.S. Route 101 (US 101) northwest of Shelton. SR 102 was established in 1984 on an unpaved roadway that was built by the 1950s.
Route description
SR 102 begins as the two-lane Dayton Airport Road at an intersection with the Washington Corrections Center access road and travels northeast into a heavily wooded area. The highway turns east, passing the Washington State Patrol Academy and The Ridge Motorsports Park, before it ends at an intersection with US 101 north of Sanderson Field and west of Turtle Lake. The entire highway is located northwest of Shelton in unincorporated Mason County.{{google maps |title=State Route 102 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=W+Dayton+Airport+Rd&daddr=WA-102+E%2FW+Dayton+Airport+Rd&hl=en&ll=47.246845,-123.1722&spn=0.033036,0.084543&sll=47.240798,-123.197272&sspn=0.00826,0.021136&geocode=FdjT0AIdViOo-A%3BFZcC0QId1vGo-A&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=16&t=m&z=14 |accessdate=November 21, 2010}}
Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that between 2,000 and 4,100 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly at the US 101 intersection.{{cite web |author=Staff |year=2011 |title=2011 Annual Traffic Report |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |page=132 |accessdate=January 29, 2013}}
History
SR 102 was established in 1984 on the existing Dayton Airport Road northwest of Shelton.{{cite map |publisher=Microsoft Research Maps |cartography=United States Geological Survey |title=Shelton Topographic Map |date=July 1, 1988 |url=http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=10&X=152&Y=1634&W=3&qs=%7cShelton%7cWA%7c |accessdate=January 29, 2013}} Dayton Airport Road (Mason County Road 990) was built as an unpaved road by the 1940s and was paved by the 1970s.{{cite map |year=1943 |title=Potlach Quadrangle, Mason County, Washington |type=Topographic map |scale=1:62,500 |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=2125d2666c099e1d283f2d37f5feec24 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=October 29, 2021}}{{cite report |date=June 1972 |title=A Legislative Study: An Extension, State Route 101 to Washington Correction Center |page=4 |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll20/id/3962/rec/2 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |accessdate=October 29, 2021}} A 1973 report to the state legislature recommended against including the road in the state highway system and estimated the costs to improve it to "acceptable standards" to be $417,000.{{cite report |date=January 1973 |title=Report of the Legislative Transportation Committee |chapter=Chapter 6: Highway Route Studies |page=21 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |url=https://cdm16977.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16977coll10/id/231/rec/17 |via=WSDOT Library Digital Collections |accessdate=October 29, 2021}} SR 102 was chipsealed by WSDOT in 2018 as part of improvements to US 101 in the area.{{cite news |last=Shephard Bull |first=Arla |date=March 26, 2018 |title=Mason County faces a busy summer of road projects |url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/communities/mason/2018/03/26/mason-county-faces-busy-summer-road-projects/459178002/ |work=Kitsap Sun |accessdate=October 29, 2021}}
Major intersections
{{WAinttop|county=Mason|length_ref=}}
{{WAint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road=Washington Corrections Center
|notes=Western terminus; continues as Dayton Airport Road}}
{{WAint
|location=none
|mile=2.86
|road={{jct|state=WA|US|101|city1=Shelton|city2=Port Angeles}}
|notes=Eastern terminus}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr102.html Highways of Washington State]
{{State highways in Washington related to US 101}}