Washington State Route 106

State Route 106 (SR 106) begins at a 3-way junction with {{nowrap|U.S. Route 101}} (US 101) in the census-designated place (CDP) of Skokomish, located north of Shelton. From the intersection, the road travels southeast to bridge Skobob Creek and curve north along the Skokomish River and Annas Bay to the community of Union. After passing Union, the highway continues along the southern shoreline of Hood Canal past Twanoh State Park to intersect {{nowrap|SR 3}} south of Belfair.{{google maps |title=State Route 106 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=N+US-101&daddr=E+WA-106&hl=en&geocode=FZ5E0gIdc7ao-A%3BFWbD0wIdhJmt-A&mra=ls&sll=47.3339,-123.159807&sspn=0.002639,0.004807&ie=UTF8&z=11 |accessdate=June 12, 2009}} The roadway approaching the SR 3 intersection near Belfair was used by 6,100 motorists daily in 2007 based on annual average daily traffic (AADT) data collected by the Washington State Department of Transportation;{{cite web|author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=2007 Annual Traffic Report |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf |year=2007 |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326014935/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf |archivedate=March 26, 2009 |df=mdy }} AADT data from 1970 shows that 2,000 motorists used the same section of SR 106 daily.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/1970_ATR.pdf |title=Annual Traffic Report, 1970 |author=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |page=125 |year=1970 |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625093148/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/1970_ATR.pdf |archivedate=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}

{{imageframe|width=215|content=100px  100px|caption=Before SR 106 was established in 1964, two older highways, {{nowrap|PSH 14}} (1937–1955, left) and {{nowrap|PSH 21}} (1955–1964, right) used the current route of the highway.|align=right}}

The first state-maintained highway on the current route of SR 106 was State Road 21, established in 1915 by the Washington State Legislature and Department of Highways and ran from Skokomish to Kingston.{{cite map|title=State Roads Established By Legislature of 1915 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/History/stateroads1893-1935.pdf |page=10 |year=1915 |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106090227/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/History/stateroads1893-1935.pdf |archivedate=November 6, 2005 }}{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7w4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |edition=1915 |date=March 19, 1915 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |page=491 |chapter=Chapter 64: Classification of Highways}} State Road 21 later became State Road 14, named the Navy Yard Highway, in a 1923 renumbering.{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |edition=1923 |date=March 19, 1923 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |page=631 |chapter=Chapter 185: Primary and Secondary Highways}} During the creation of the Primary and secondary highways, State Road 14 became {{nowrap|Primary State Highway 14}} (PSH 14) in 1937.{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |edition=1937 |date=March 18, 1937 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |page=1001 |chapter=Chapter 190: Establishment of Primary State Highways}} The Skokomish–Gorst section of PSH 14 was later added to {{nowrap|PSH 21}} in 1955.{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 83}} The 1964 highway renumbering divided PSH 21 into SR 106, {{nowrap|SR 3}} and {{nowrap|SR 104}}.{{cite web |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |author=C. G. Prahl |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |date=December 1, 1965 |page=12 |accessdate=June 12, 2009}}

Recently, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has arranged and completed some minor construction projects along the SR 106 corridor. The first project replaced a culvert over Skobob Creek with a bridge;{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr106/skobobcreek |title=SR 106 - Skobob Creek Fish Passage - Complete December 2005 |year=2005 |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929213528/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR106/SkobobCreek/ |archivedate=September 29, 2008 }} the project was completed in December 2005 and was located {{convert|0.85|mi|km|2}} east of Skokomish.{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=SR 106, Skobob Creek Fish Passage Map |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR106/SkobobCreek/map.htm |year=2005 |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708213118/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR106/SkobobCreek/map.htm |archivedate=July 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In 2007, WSDOT installed a traffic signal at the SR 106 / SR 3 intersection south of Belfair.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR3/SR106BelfairSignal/ |title=SR 3 - SR 106 South Belfair Signal - Complete July 2007 |year=2007 |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=June 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305174027/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR3/SR106BelfairSignal/ |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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