Washington State Route 290
{{Short description|State highway in Spokane County, Washington, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=290
|alternate_name=Hamilton Street, Trent Avenue
|section=520
|map=Washington State Route 290.svg
|map_notes=
|length_mi=18.33
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{WSDOT State Highway Log |year=2022 |pages=1277–1284 |link=yes |accessdate=June 13, 2023}}
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|I|90}} in Spokane
|junction={{jct|state=WA|SR|27}} in Spokane Valley
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=ID|SH|53}} at Idaho state border
|counties=Spokane
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=285
|next_type=SR
|next_route=291
}}
State Route 290 (SR 290), named Hamilton Street and Trent Avenue, is an {{convert|18|mi|km|0|adj=on}} long state highway serving Spokane County in the U.S. state of Washington. SR 290 travels parallel to a Union Pacific railroad from {{nowrap|Interstate 90}} (I-90) in Spokane through Millwood and across the Spokane River thrice towards Spokane Valley, where the highway intersects {{nowrap|SR 27}}. From Spokane Valley, the roadway continues to the Idaho state border, where it becomes {{nowrap|Idaho State Highway 53}}.
The current route of SR 290 was formerly county roads between 1901 and 1937 when it became Secondary State Highway 2H (SSH 2H). The highway ran from {{nowrap|U.S. Route 2}} (US 2) and {{nowrap|US 395}} in Downtown Spokane to Idaho until a 1964 renumbering of state highways, which re-designated SSH 2H as SR 290. A short spur route connecting the main highway to I-90 was also added during the renumbering, but SR 290 was realigned to replace the route in 2005.
Route description
SR 290 begins as a short freeway at a directional T-interchange with {{nowrap|Interstate 90}} (I-90) east of downtown Spokane. This interchange was originally built for a planned North Spokane Corridor in the 1970s. The freeway continues north to an interchange with 2nd Avenue that only allows eastbound traffic to enter and westbound traffic to exit the freeway.{{cite map |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR090/090X282.pdf |title=SR 90 – Exit 282: Junction SR 290 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |date=August 30, 2017 |format=PDF |access-date=December 29, 2019}} The highway is named Hamilton Street and travels north over Sprague Avenue, BNSF Railway tracks,{{cite map |title=Washington State Rail System |year=2008 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1DFCBFA0-1A9D-4838-A74F-7841BF22E9C3/0/Railmap_update_Sept2008.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |format=PDF |access-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105154044/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1DFCBFA0-1A9D-4838-A74F-7841BF22E9C3/0/Railmap_update_Sept2008.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=live }} and the Spokane River before intersecting Trent Avenue, the former route of the roadway prior to 2005. At the intersection, located near Gonzaga University, SR 290 turns east and becomes Trent Avenue before crossing the Spokane River again. Trent Avenue travels northeast through an industrial district, paralleling the Spokane International branch of the Union Pacific Railroad,{{cite map |format=PDF |publisher=Union Pacific Railroad |title=UPRR Common Line Names |url=http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/upcomnam.pdf |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514174900/http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/upcomnam.pdf |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=live }} through Millwood before intersecting {{nowrap|SR 27}}, locally named Pines Road. The highway crosses the Spokane River a third time and enters the Trentwood neighborhood of Spokane Valley, where it intersects Sullivan Road by way of a diamond interchange.{{cite map |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR290/290x010.pdf |title=SR 290: Junction Sullivan Road |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |date=October 21, 1992 |format=PDF |access-date=December 29, 2019}} From Spokane Valley, the roadway travels northeast through farmland to Newman Lake, where it crosses into Idaho and becomes {{nowrap|Idaho State Highway 53}}, which continues east to Rathdrum as Trent Road.{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=47.735903,-117.04172&hl=en&geocode=Ffom1wIdnL0A-Q%3BFV9k2AIdyBUG-Q&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=17&sll=47.654353,-117.391158&sspn=0.002775,0.006834&ie=UTF8&ll=47.69527,-117.219065&spn=0.17747,0.437393&z=11 |title=State Route 290 |access-date=November 25, 2010}}
SR 290 is maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), which conducts an annual survey on state highways to measure traffic volume in terms of annual average daily traffic. Average traffic volumes on the highway in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 7,000 vehicles at Havana Street in eastern Spokane to a maximum of 35,000 vehicles at the intersection of Hamilton Street and Trent Avenue.{{cite report |year=2017 |title=2016 Annual Traffic Report |page=173 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=December 29, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812180326/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2016.pdf |url-status=dead }} One of the main uses for SR 290 is to connect Interstate 90 to Spokane's University District, which includes the campuses of Gonzaga University, Washington State University, and Eastern Washington University.{{cite web |date=March 19, 2018 |title=Corridor Sketch Summary – SR 290: I-90 Jct (Spokane) to Idaho State Line |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/09/CSS446-SR290-i90JctSpokane-IdahoStateLine.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=December 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230060049/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/09/CSS446-SR290-i90JctSpokane-IdahoStateLine.pdf |url-status=dead }}
History
A road following the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway line from Spokane to the Idaho state border at Newman Lake has existed since 1901.{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Spokane (1901) |url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=467&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |year=1901 |version=cartography c. 1915 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:125,000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172553/http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmaps&CISOPTR=467&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=33 |access-date=November 25, 2010 |year=1912 |format=DjVu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215044450/http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=33 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |url-status=live }} In 1937, the road became Secondary State Highway 2H (SSH 2H) and ran from {{nowrap|Primary State Highway 2}} in Spokane to Wellesley Avenue at the Idaho state border.{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |access-date=November 25, 2010 |edition=1937 |date=March 18, 1937 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |page=999 |chapter=Chapter 207 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001194858/http://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |archive-date=October 1, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Spokane, 1955 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-spokane-1955.jpg |year=1955 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:250,000 |access-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111184455/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-spokane-1955.jpg |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |url-status=live }} SSH 2H was scheduled to be designated SR 290 in 1970 after a highway renumbering in 1964. The new designation was made to align with the sign route, now state route, system.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2005/04/26/Identification-of-state-highways.pdf|title=Identification of State Highways, Part 1|first=C. G.|last=Prahl|date=December 1, 1965|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|page=7|access-date=November 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030044024/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf|archive-date=October 30, 2008|url-status=dead}} In 1967, the eastern terminus of SSH 2H was shifted north to align with {{nowrap|Idaho State Highway 53}} (ID 53).{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1967 |year=1967 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |chapter=Chapter 145}}{{cite map|publisher=Washington State Highway Commission|title=Washington State Highways|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=29|access-date=November 25, 2010|year=1950|format=DjVu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612122838/http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=29|archive-date=June 12, 2013|url-status=live}} In 1970, the state route system came into effect and SR 290 was formally established.
The state legislature established a spur route of SR 290 in 1977 to connect it with I-90, using a recently built interchange at Liberty Park that was intended for the cancelled north–south freeway project.{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=July 9, 2018 |title=Getting There: Hamilton Street on-ramp closure just a blip in bridge's uneven history |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/09/getting-there-hamilton-street-on-ramp-closure-just/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=November 7, 2021}} The spur would require a new crossing of the Spokane River, named the James E. Keefe Bridge, and funding for its construction was delayed several times due to other needs in the state.{{cite news |last=Harper |first=Robert |date=March 2, 1980 |title=Hamilton Street bridge delayed again |page=A12 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88492090/hamilton-street-bridge-delayed-again/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=November 7, 2021}} The bridge's construction was plagued with issues, including a survey error that resulted in several misplaced piers, and an audit was conducted by the state after it was completed in November 1984.{{cite news |last=Bonino |first=Rick |date=November 4, 1984 |title=Keefe Bridge to open; other jobs stalled |page=C1 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88492121/keefe-bridge-to-open-other-jobs-stalled/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=November 7, 2021}} In 2005, the western terminus of SR 290 was moved southeast to an exit with I-90, replacing the spur route.{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202005/5356.SL.pdf |title=Senate Bill 5356: Chapter 14, Laws of 2005 |author=Washington State Senate |author-link=Washington State Senate |date=April 8, 2005 |access-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323141913/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202005/5356.SL.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite WSDOT map |year=2004 |inset=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041205102136/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/communications/Map/PDFs/enlargements/Spokane.pdf Spokane Area] |access-date=September 27, 2021}}
Until its closure in 2020, the highway crossed the Spokane River on the East Trent Bridge, which was constructed in 1910 by the Spokane city government. The concrete arch bridge was demolished and replaced over a three-year period at a cost of $25 million.{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=March 26, 2018 |title=Getting There: Historic bridge on Trent soon to be removed |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/26/getting-there-goodbye-to-a-bridge/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{cite press release |date=May 27, 2020 |title=Spokane's Historic East Trent Bridge closing June 1 for demolition and replacement |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/news/2020/05/27/spokanes-historic-east-trent-bridge-closing-june-1-demolition-and-replacement |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=May 28, 2020}} The new bridge at the location, which incorporated similar design features but also includes bicycle lanes and wider walkways, opened to traffic in July 2023.{{cite news |last1=Fuller |first1=Samantha |last2=Simonson |first2=Roberta |date=July 10, 2023 |title=Getting There: Trent bridge to reopen this week after 3-year closure, bringing relief to nearby businesses, nonprofits |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jul/10/getting-there-trent-bridge-to-reopen-this-week-aft/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}
Major intersections
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{{WAint
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|lspan=4
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|road={{jct|state=WA|I|90|city1=Seattle}}, Coeur d'Alene
|notes=Western terminus; directional T-interchange}}
{{WAint
|mile=0.15
|type=incomplete
|road=2nd Avenue
|notes=Eastbound entrance and westbound exit}}
{{WAint
|mile=
|place=East end of freeway}}
{{WAint
|mile=0.67
|road=Trent Avenue / Spokane Falls Boulevard / Hamilton Street – Downtown Spokane
|notes=Former SR 290; Former SR 290 Spur}}
{{WAint
|location=Spokane Valley
|lspan=3
|mile=8.36
|road={{jct|state=WA|SR|27|name1=Pines Road|city1=Pullman}}
|notes=}}
{{WAint
|mile=10.46
|road=Sullivan Road
|notes=Diamond interchange}}
{{WAint
|mile=12.59
|road=Wellesley Avenue / Barker Road – Otis Orchards
|notes=Former {{abbr|SSH 2H|Secondary State Highway 2H}}}}
{{WAint
|location=none
|mile=18.33
|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|53|name1=West Trent Road|city1=Rathdrum}}
|notes=Eastern terminus; Idaho state border}}
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Spur route
{{Infobox road small
|state=WA
|type=SR-Spur
|route=290
|location=Spokane, Washington
|length_mi=0.67
|length_round=2
|formed=1977
|deleted=2005
}}
Washington State Route 290 Spur was a {{convert|0.67|mi|km|2|adj=on}} long spur route of SR 290 prior to 2005. The spur route served as a short connector to {{nowrap|Interstate 90}} (I-90) east of downtown Spokane and ran from SR 290 at the intersection of Trent Avenue and Hamilton Street near Gonzaga University to a directional T-interchange with I-90, via a bridge over the Spokane River.{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=N+Hamilton+St&hl=en&geocode=FU4k1wIdpL8A-Q%3BFcBC1wIdMqwA-Q&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=47.661767,-117.39619&sspn=0.001387,0.003417&ie=UTF8&ll=47.657865,-117.39394&spn=0.0111,0.027337&z=15 |title=Former State Route 290 Spur |access-date=November 25, 2010}} The highway was originally established in 1977 to connect I-90 with SR 290, which went east from {{nowrap|U.S. Route 2}} (US 2) and {{nowrap|U.S. Route 395}} (US 395) in downtown Spokane to Idaho. This spur route followed a portion of the cancelled North/South Freeway, which was intended to bypass Downtown Spokane and the Division Street corridor.{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US395/NorthSpokaneCorridor/NSCHistory.htm |title=US 395 – North Spokane Corridor – History |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2009 |access-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104025743/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US395/NorthSpokaneCorridor/NSCHistory.htm |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The western terminus of SR 290 was realigned in 2005, ending at I-90 along the former route of SR 290 Spur.
;Major intersections
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{{WAint
|mile=0.00
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|notes=Northern terminus; at-grade intersection}}
{{WAint
|mile=0.55
|road=2nd Avenue
|notes=Northbound entrance and southbound exit}}
{{WAint
|mile=0.67
|road={{jct|state=WA|I|90|city1=Seattle}}, Coeur d'Alene
|notes=Southern terminus; directional T-interchange}}
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References
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External links
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{{Portal|U.S. roads|United States}}
- [https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr290.html Highways of Washington State]
- [http://wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/cameras/default.aspx?cam=4012 WSDOT – S. Hamilton Street Traffic Camera]
{{State highways in Washington related to US 395}}