Washington State Route 283

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

{{Infobox road

|state=WA

|type=SR

|route=283

|spur_type=SR

|spur_of=28

|section=515

|map=Washington State Route 283.svg

|map_notes=SR 283 is highlighted in red.

|length_mi=14.86

|length_round=2

|length_ref={{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2011 |pages=1319–1320 |link=yes |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}

|established=1964{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.515 |title=47.17.515: State route No. 283 |year=1970 |work=Revised Code of Washington |publisher=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|SR-Spur|281}} near George

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=WA|SR|28}} near Ephrata

|counties=Grant

|previous_type=SR

|previous_route=282

|next_type=SR

|next_route=285

}}

State Route 283 (SR 283) is a state highway serving rural Grant County in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels for {{convert|15|mi|km}} in a northeasterly direction between George and Ephrata, traveling from SR 281 Spur at its interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90) to SR 28. SR 283 was created during the 1964 highway renumbering as the successor to a branch of Primary State Highway 7 (PSH 7), codified in 1949 and built in the 1950s.

Route description

SR 283 begins at an intersection with SR 281 at its interchange with I-90 northeast of George.{{cite web |date=March 23, 2007 |title=SR 90 - Exit 151: Junction SR 281 SP Burke |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR090/090X151.pdf |accessdate=February 5, 2013}} The two-lane highway travels due northeast through farmland in rural Grant County, passing Grigg Farm Airport and crossing over the Winchester Wasteway, before ending at an intersection with SR 28 southwest of Ephrata.{{cite web |date=November 24, 2009 |title=SR 28: Junction SR 283 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR028/028X042.pdf |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}{{google maps |title=State Route 283 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=WA-283+N&daddr=WA-283+N&hl=en&ll=47.176915,-119.71572&spn=0.249703,0.676346&sll=47.249924,-119.600451&sspn=0.003896,0.010568&geocode=FYK_zgIdroXb-A%3BFSr60AIdPAvf-A&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=m&z=11 |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}

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 2,100 and 2,500 vehicles per day used the highway to travel between George and Ephrata.{{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 |pages=166–167 |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}

History

SR 283 was created during the 1964 highway renumbering as the successor to the George–Ephrata branch of PSH 7.{{cite web |last=Prahl |first=C. G. |title=Identification of State Highways |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |date=December 1, 1965 |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Ritzville, 1965 |year=1965 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-ritzville-1965.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |accessdate=February 5, 2013}} The branch, created in 1949 to connect Ephrata to U.S. Route 10 (US 10),{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1949 |date=March 22, 1949 |accessdate=February 5, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcc4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 225: Establishing of Primary and Secondary State Highways |page=773}} was built and paved as a two-lane highway in the 1950s.{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Ritzville, 1953 |year=1953 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-ritzville-1953.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |accessdate=February 5, 2013}} The bridge over Winchester Wasteway was built in 1953 and replaced with a newer concrete bridge that opened in April 2006.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |title=SR 283 - Winchester Wasteway - Bridge Deck Repair - Complete April 2006 |date=April 28, 2006 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Regions/NorthCentral/projects/SR283WinchesterBridge/default.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=February 5, 2013}}

Major intersections

{{WAint

|location=none

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=WA|SR-Spur|281|to2=to|I|90|city1=Seattle|city2=Spokane|city3=Quincy}}

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{WAint

|location=none

|mile=14.86

|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|28|city1=Ephrata|city2=Soap Lake|city3=Quincy}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

References

External links

[https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr283.html Highways of Washington State]

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Category:Transportation in Grant County, Washington