Talk:Primary State Highway 1 (Washington)

Route Length

The PSH 1 infobox shows a length of 796 miles (1,281 km). Where was that length found? How does the length of PSH 1 branches factor into the length of PSH 1? PSH 1 generally follows the same route as I-5 in Washington. The Interstate 5 in Washington infobox dsiplays a lenth of 276 miles. Sehome Bay (talk) 22:40, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

History notes

1937 law:

A primary state highway to be known as Primary State Highway No. 1, or the Pacific Highway, is hereby established according to description as follows: Beginning at the international boundary line in the vicinity of Blaine in Whatcom county, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Bellingham, thence to the east of Lake Samish, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Mt. Vernon, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Centralia, Chehalis, Kelso and Vancouver to the Washington-Oregon boundary line on the interstate bridge over the Columbia river; also beginning at Bellingham on Primary State Highway No. 1, as herein described, thence in an easterly direction by the most feasible route to a point in the vicinity of Austin Pass in Whatcom county; also beginning at Bellingham on Primary State Highway No. 1, as herein described, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route by way of Blanchard to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1, as herein described, in the vicinity of Mt. Vernon; also beginning at Mt. Vernon on Primary State Highway No. 1, as herein described, thence in a westerly direction by the most feasible route to Anacortes; also beginning at Everett in the vicinity of Broadway Avenue, thence in a southwesterly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1, as herein described, in the vicinity south of Everett.

So this is:

• PSH 1, British Columbia to Vancouver
  • Defined as the Pacific Highway in 1913; became SR 1 in 1923
• PSH 1 AP, Bellingham to Austin Pass
  • Added as a branch of SR 1 in 1925
• PSH 1 CD, Bellingham to Mt. Vernon
  • Main route here added as a branch (Lake Samish Branch) of SR 1 in 1931
• PSH 1 AN, Mt. Vernon to Anacortes
  • Apparently added in 1937
• Broadway and Everett Mall Way, shown on [1] among others
  • Apparently added in 1937

Other branches are:

• PSH 1 TR, British Columbia to Blaine
  • Does not seem to have been separately defined
• PSH 1 MA, Marysville to east of Marysville?
  • Added in 1961: "beginning at a junction of primary state highway No. 1 south of Marysville to Marysville"
• PSH 1 RE, Riverton Heights to Alderwood Manor
  • Added in 1957: "beginning on primary state highway No. 1 in the vicinity south of Seattle, thence in a northeasterly direction to Renton, thence northerly east of Lake Washington to primary state highway No. 1 north of Seattle"
• PSH 1 WM, Foster to Seattle
  • Added in 1957: "until the federal aid interstate route No. 1 through Seattle is open to through traffic, beginning on primary state highway No. 1 in the vicinity south of Seattle, thence in a northwesterly direction west of the Duwamish river to Seattle"
• PSH 1 EP, Seattle to Redmond
  • Added in 1961: "beginning at Seattle on primary state highway No. 1, thence via the Evergreen Point bridge to a junction with primary state highway No. 1 east of Lake Washington"
• East Vancouver Bypass, north of Vancouver to Oregon
  • Added in 1961: "beginning on primary state highway No. 1 in the vicinity of Salmon Creek, north of Vancouver, thence in a southeasterly direction to the Washington-Oregon boundary line in the vicinity east of Vancouver"
• PSH 1 DC, Duwamish to South Seattle
  • Added in 1963 apparently

1918 routing (Route 33 Portland-Olympia; 35 Olympia-Tacoma; 321 Tacoma-Seattle; 243 Seattle-Bellingham; 245 Bellingham-Vancouver)

• Broadway, OR 99E, I-5, Washington, 6th, Main, Hazel Dell, 117th, Klineline, Highway 99, ??, 10th, 5th, 65th, 11th, Spencer, Timmen, Pollock, Pacific, SR 503, Old Pacific, I-5, Dupont?, Old Pacific, 1st, Meeker, Old 99, Kelso, Grade, Ash, Pacific, Columbia, Wood??, Pacific, Cowlitz Gardens, Pacific, Pleasant Hill?, Huntington, Old Pacific, Barnes??, Mandy, Jackson, Ray?, SR 505, ?, Jackson, Tucker?, Jackson, Market, National, Gold, Chestnut, Tower, 4th, Pearl, SR 507, 11th, Main, gone, Crowder, crossed railroad near Northcraft, SR 507, Old 99, Bonniewood?, 73rd, Cleanwater, Capitol, 2nd, Custer, Cleveland, Capitol
• 4th, Pacific, Old Pacific, Kuhlman, Nisqually Cut-Off, ?, Old Pacific, I-5, Pacific, Lakeview, Steilacoom, Tacoma, M, Center, Jefferson
• Puyallup, ?, 20th, 54th, Valley, West Valley, Interurban, 128th, East Marginal, Alaskan, Yesler
• 1st, Stewart, Eastlake, old bridge, 6th, 40th, University, Ravenna, Brooklyn, 63rd, Ravenna, 30th, 110th, 34th??, 35th, Erickson, SR 522 (exactly?), SR 527, Broadway, Beverly, Colby, 52nd, Rucker, Hewitt, Walnut?, Everett, US 2, SR 204, Sunnyside, 4th??, State, Smokey Point, SR 530, Pioneer, Cedarhome, 271st, 102nd, Old Pacific, Pioneer, Jones?, Main?, Cedardale?, Old 99, Blackburn, 3rd, Kincaid, 1st, Washington, 2nd, 4th, Riverside, Burlington, Old 99, Green, Kelleher, Butler Hill, Green, Prairie?, gone, Friday Creek, Old 99, Pacific, Manley?, Lake Samish, Old Samish, Lake Samish, SR 11, 12th, State, Boulevard, State
• Holly, Prospect, Dupont, Elm, Northwest, Axton, Main?, 3rd?, Vista, Bruce, Main, 4th, Arnie, Portal, Odell?, Hughes, Portal, Bayview, Adelia, Harrison, Martin, SR 548, E??, SR 543, Hwy 15, Hwy 1A, Hwy 99A?, Columbia, 12th, Kingsway, Main, Georgia

--NE2 20:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)