Washington State Route 502

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SR 502 begins as the four-lane Battle Ground Highway at exit 11 on I-5, a trumpet interchange located north of Mount Vista,{{cite web |date=January 7, 2009 |title=SR 5 - Exit 11: Junction SR 502 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR005/005X011.pdf |access-date=February 7, 2013}} and travels due east as 219th Street, crossing Gee Creek and passing the northbound Gee Creek rest area.{{cite web |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Safety Rest Area Locations: I-5 - Gee Creek Northbound (MP 11) |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/RestAreas/restareamap.htm#geecreek_north |access-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528020216/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/RestAreas/restareamap.htm#geecreek_north |url-status=dead }} The four-lane highway travels east through rural Clark County and the community of Dollars Corner before it enters the city of Battle Ground, where it becomes Main Street. SR 502 crosses over Mill Creek and travels through the city, ending at an intersection with SR 503 and Main Street.{{cite web |date=December 31, 1992 |title=SR 502: Junction SR 503 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tools/InterchangeViewer/pdf/SR502/502X007.pdf |access-date=February 7, 2013}}{{google maps |title=State Route 502 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=NE+219th+St&daddr=W+Main+St&hl=en&ll=45.780415,-122.610635&spn=0.064049,0.169086&sll=45.780626,-122.549078&sspn=0.004003,0.010568&geocode=FRCRugIdxyWw-A%3BFeqOugIdohKy-A&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=m&z=13 |access-date=February 7, 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 8,200 and 26,000 vehicles per day used the highway, mostly within Battle Ground.{{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=185 |access-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613043942/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/Annual_Traffic_Report_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }} The entire route is designated as part of the National Highway System,{{cite map |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |title=National Highway System: Portland, OR--WA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/oregon/portland_or.pdf |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=February 8, 2013}} which includes roadways important to the national economy, defense, and mobility.{{cite web |title=What is the National Highway System? |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=February 8, 2013}}

SSH 1S was created in 1937 during the formation of the primary and secondary state highways,{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |edition=1937 |date=March 18, 1937 |access-date=February 7, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Washington |chapter=Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways |page=997 |quote=(r) Secondary State Highway No. 1S; beginning at a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1 in the vicinity north of Woodland, thence in an easterly direction by the most feasible route to Amboy, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route to Battleground, thence in a westerly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1 in the vicinity north of Vancouver.}} traveling on a {{convert |57.60|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} route east from Primary State Highway 1 (PSH 1) and U.S. Route 99 (US 99) north of Mount Vista to intersect SSH 1U in Battle Ground and turned north towards Amboy and west to end at PSH 1 and US 99 in Woodland.{{cite web |author=Staff |year=1960 |title=Annual Traffic Report, 1960 |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/1960_ATR.pdf |pages=160–161 |access-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313165044/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/travel/pdf/1960_ATR.pdf |url-status=dead }} After PSH 1 and US 99 was realigned onto a four-lane limited-access highway in the late 1940s, SSH 1S was extended south over the old highway to intersect PSH 1 and US 99.{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Vancouver, 1949 |year=1949 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-vancouver-1949.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=February 7, 2013}}

SR 502 was established during the 1964 highway renumbering and codified in 1970 as the successor to the Mount Vista–Battle Ground section of SSH 1S, while US 99 was replaced by I-5.{{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 |access-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217112902/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Vancouver, 1967 |year=1967 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-vancouver-1967.jpg |scale=1:250,000 |format=JPG |access-date=February 7, 2013}} WSDOT constructed a new interchange between I-5 and 219th Street between April 2007 and October 2008 at a cost of $52 million.{{cite web |last=Tams |first=Chris |title=I-5 - SR 502 - Interchange - Complete October 2008 |date=October 2008 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr502/interchange/ |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 7, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Meunier |first=Andre |title=I-5 interchange for Battle Ground access to open Wednesday |date=October 13, 2008 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/i5_interchange_for_battle_grou.html |work=The Oregonian |access-date=February 7, 2013}} The new interchange and subsequent realignment shortened the total length of SR 502 by {{convert|1.46|mi|km|2}},{{cite web |author=Staff |year=2008 |title=State Highway Log: Planning Report 2008, SR 2 to SR 971 |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/roadway/pdf/HwyLog2008.pdf |page=5 |access-date=February 7, 2013}} however, the mileposts were not updated, {{as of|2011|lc=y}}. During construction of the interchange, WSDOT uncovered archaeological remains belonging to a Coast Salish settlement at Gee Creek that were at least 8,000 years old.{{cite web |date=October 2008 |title=Gee Creek Archaeological Sites - Introduction |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR502/Interchange/archSites.htm |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 7, 2013}} The entire highway was christened the "Battle Ground Highway" in May 2009 to signify the importance of SR 502 connecting the city of Battle Ground to I-5.{{cite web |title=Resolution No. 692 |date=May 20, 2009 |url=http://www.wstc.wa.gov/Meetings/Resolutions/692.pdf |publisher=Washington State Transportation Commission |access-date=February 7, 2013}}{{cite news |title=Two Battle Ground highways are being renamed |date=June 1, 2009 |url=http://www.katu.com/news/local/46671757.html |work=KATU |access-date=February 7, 2013}}

WSDOT began preparing to install a median barrier and widen SR 502 to four lanes between the I-5 interchange and the western Battle Ground city limit in July 2012 to accommodate increasing traffic on the highway, which has a speed limit up to {{convert|50|mph|km/h|0}}. Construction for the $85 million project began in earnest in 2014.{{cite news| title= New Highway 502 taking shape: Long-in-the-works project will widen well-traveled corridor|url= http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jul/07/new-highway-502-taking-shape/ | date= July 7, 2014| first= Eric|last= Florip | newspaper= The Columbian| access-date= July 8, 2014}} New Mill Creek wetlands were created, to mitigate for wetlands buried by construction, which included the driving of 1,200 concrete pilings. The new, four-lane highway, which includes {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=on}} shoulders for bicycle and pedestrian travel and traffic signals at major intersections, opened on June 27, 2016.{{cite web |last=Tams |first=Chris |title=SR 502 - Widening From I-5 to Battle Ground |url= http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr502/widening/ |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=February 7, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Littman |first=Adam |date=June 27, 2016 |title=Ribbon cutting celebrates Highway 502 improvements, widening |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/27/ribbon-cutting-highway-502-battle-ground/ |work=The Columbian |access-date=June 28, 2016}} An expansion of the I-5 interchange to provide a western connection to Ridgefield was proposed in 2021.{{cite news |last=Macuk |first=Anthony |date=March 26, 2021 |title=Ridgefield plans second connection to I-5 |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/mar/26/ridgefield-plans-second-connection-to-i-5/ |work=The Columbian |access-date=October 28, 2021}}

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