Washington State Route 113
Washington State Route 113 (SR 113, generally Burnt Mountain Road ) is a 16.06 km long state highway in Clallam County on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It runs from U.S. Highway 101 in Sappho south to Washington State Route 112 south-east of Clallam Bay. Today's route formed the 1937-1955 Secondary State Highway 9A. Then SSH 9A received the course along what is now Washington State Route 112, the route was 1991 SR 113, SR 113 after the earlier 1975 for Washington State Route 20 was. She was previously a branch line of Primary State Highway 9 ( PSH 9 ) to Port Townsend and from 1937 to 1964 a branch of the Secondary State Highways 1D.
- 2.1 Route Discovery Bay Coupeville ( 1964-1973 )
- 2.2 route Sappho Clallam Bay (1991 -present)
Route description
State Route 113 (SR 113) begins at an intersection with U.S. Highway 101 (U.S. 101) in the town of Sappho, east of Lake Pleasant and north of the Sol Duc River. From here the route heads north-east, where it crosses a railway line three times and twice the Beaver Creek before it reaches the Beaver Lake. From the lake, the road leads north to Washington State Route 112, where it ends south-east of Clallam Bay. Not far from the junction with U.S. 101 reversed in 2007 on SR 113, on average, about 950 vehicles per day, which meant a decline compared to the estimate of 1,500 vehicles per day in 1991.
Former route (1964-1973)
The original route of SR 113 that was in effect 1964-1973, had a length of 16.29 miles ( 26.22 km ). The track chain in Discovery Bay on U.S. 101 and led to the former Washington State Route 525 (now SR 20 ) south of Coupeville. 1973 this section was westward slammed this highway in the prolongation of SR 20 from Fredonia to Discovery Bay. The route started on U.S. 101 in Discovery Bay, southwest of Port Townsend in Jefferson County. From there the road followed the shoreline of Discovery Bay, past the Jefferson County International Airport and the Airport Cutoff Road (now Washington State Route 19) in Port Townsend. Within the city, SR 113 was called Sims Way and Water Street, before they led to Iceland County via the ferry from Port Townsend to Keystone. There, the road led through the Fort Casey State Park and Ebey 's Landing National Historical Reserve, before northward and eastward led to its end at the SR 525 south of Coupeville. In 1970 the street at the Old Fort Townsend Road was used at Port Townsend on a daily average of about 3150 vehicles, so they had this section at that time the most traveled section of the former SR 113; 2011 was the busiest section of State Route section at the junction with the Airport Cutoff Road ( SR 19), where the average traffic of 17,000 vehicles was estimated on the date.
History
Route Discovery Bay Coupeville (1964-1973)
From 1964 used until 1973 SR 113, a route from Discovery Bay Coupeville, who in 1937 originated as a branch of Primary State Highway 9 ( PSH 9 PT ) to Port Townsend and as a branch of Secondary State Highway 1D (SSH 1D), as he Primary and Secondary highways were created in Washington. 1964 these two roads were merged as SR 113 in the new numbering system of the state, which was adopted by the Washington State Legislature and the Washington State Department of Transportation. When the Washington State Route 20 was extended westward from Fredonia, SR 113 was closed.
The ferry from Port Townsend to Keystone to 1994 was not part of SR 20, but then all connections to the Washington State Ferries have been incorporated into the federal highway system.
Line - Clallam Bay Sappho (1991 -present)
The current route of SR 113 was first entertained in 1937 by the state, while the introduction of the primary and secondary road system as SSH 9A, which led from Sappho to Port Angeles. The segment Sappho Clallam Bay was dropped in 1955 and SSH 9A instead westward out after Neah Bay. SSH 9A was on the highway renumbering 1964 on SR 112 and SR 113 has been assigned to a different route. In 1991, SR 113 was the current route of Sappho according to Clallam Bay. Further changes have since taken place.