Washington State Route 131

State Route 131 (SR 131) begins at the northern end of {{nowrap|Forest Route 25}} (FR 25) located at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary, which continues south (via FR 90), east of Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake, to {{nowrap|SR 503 Spur}} in Cougar.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Lewis+River+Rd%2FWA-503&daddr=Woods+Creek+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FQDBvgIdJq22-A%3BFYWkxQIdUiO7-A&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=15&sll=46.508258,-121.944251&sspn=0.021443,0.038495&ie=UTF8&ll=46.29002,-121.970215&spn=0.688942,1.231842&z=10 |title=Forest Routes 25 and 90 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}} From FR 25, the roadway travels northbound as Woods Creek Road to an intersection with Cispus Road, where it is renamed to the aforementioned street. The highway then crosses the Cowlitz River and ends at {{nowrap|U.S. Route 12}} (US 12) in Randle.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=46.506338,-121.953177&daddr=Chilcoat+Ave&hl=en&geocode=%3BFQITxgIdXxS7-A&mra=mi&mrsp=0,1&sz=16&sll=46.508524,-121.950753&sspn=0.010722,0.019226&ie=UTF8&ll=46.519894,-121.954937&spn=0.042878,0.076904&z=14 |title=State Route 131 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}} Before the US 12 intersection in Randle, the road was used by a daily average of 1,700 motorists in 2007, making this segment the busiest along the route.{{cite web |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf |title=2007 Annual Traffic Report |year=2007 |page=145 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}} The same intersection was also the busiest on SR 131 in 1992, only with a daily average of 3,100 motorists.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_1991.pdf |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=1992 Annual Traffic Report |year=1992 |pages=110–111 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}}

The first appearance of the current route on a map was in 1924, when a map of the area around Mount Rainier showed a road extending from Siler Creek to Randle.{{cite map |publisher=Washington State University |year=1924 |title=Mount Rainier (1924) |url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/pview.exe?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=476&CISORESTMP=/qbuild/buildplate11.html&CISOVIEWTMP=/qbuild/buildplate12.html&CISOROWS=2&CISOCOLS=5&CISOCLICK=title:subjec:creato:date:type |series=Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles |scale=1:125,000 |author=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=June 28, 2009}} The roadway ran north from the creek to a branch of {{nowrap|State Road 5}}, later {{nowrap|PSH 5}}.{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-yakima-1949.jpg |title=Yakima, 1948 |author=United States Geological Survey |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |year=1949 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}}{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-yakima-1963.jpg |title=Yakima, 1963 |author=United States Geological Survey |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |year=1963 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}}{{cite map |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-yakima-1971.jpg |title=Yakima, 1971 |author=United States Geological Survey |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |year=1971 |accessdate=June 28, 2009}} The highway then became SR 131 in 1991, when the Washington State Legislature revised the highway system.{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1991-92/Htm/Bills/Session%20Law%201991/5801.SL.htm |title=Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes - Revisions To (House Bill 5801) |year=1991 |author=Washington State House of Representatives |author-link=Washington State House of Representatives |publisher=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=June 28, 2009 |quote=New Section. Sec. 14. A state highway to be known as state route number 131 is established as follows: Beginning at the Gifford Pinchot national forest boundary south of Randle, thence northerly to a junction with state route number 12 in Randle.}}

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