Interstate 182

Interstate 182
Route information
Defined by RCW 47.17.372
Maintained by WSDOT
Length: 15.19 mi[1] (24.45 km)
Existed: 1986 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-82 / US 12 near Richland
  SR 240 in Richland
US 395 in Pasco
East end: US 12 in Pasco
Highway system

Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
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State highways in Washington
Interstate • US • State
Former PSH • 1964 renumbering • Former SR

← SR 181 SR 193 →

Interstate 182 (I-182) is a 15.19-mile (24.45 km) Interstate Highway that extends from I-82 west of Richland to US 12 in Pasco. It serves the Tri-Cities.[2][3][4] The whole length of I-182 is concurrent with US 12, which extends westwards to Yakima, Naches, and Aberdeen and extends eastwards to Walla Walla, Lewiston, Idaho, Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan. I-182 is the only auxiliary Interstate spur of Interstate 82. An estimated 43,000 motorists use the road daily in Washington.[5]

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Route description

I-182 starts at an interchange with I-82/US 12 west of Richland at Goose Gap. Then, the freeway, now concurrent with US 12, goes 3 miles (4.8 km) east into Richland, where I-182/US 12 become concurrent with SR 240 for one mile (1.6 km), and then SR 240 splits south into Kennewick; meanwhile I-182/US 12 goes over the Columbia River on the Lee/Volpentest Bridge into Pasco.

Within Pasco, I-182/US 12 passes the Broodmoor Mall and continues southeast into Downtown Pasco, where the freeway joins US 395 and passes the Columbia Basin College and Tri-Cities Airport. At an interchange with SR 397, US 395 exits off and goes north towards Spokane and I-182 ends shortly beyond the interchange. From the ending of I-182, US 12 continues onto Lewiston, Idaho.[2][6][7][8][9]

History

As part of Washington's first connected state highway system, the Washington State Legislature designated the Inland Empire Highway between Ellensburg and Laurier in 1913.[10][11] The State Highway Board selected a route that would connect the main cities of Eastern Washington and the Inland Empire, which were Ellensburg, Yakima, the Tri Cities, Colfax, and Spokane.[12][13] In 1923, by which time the entire road had been improved,[14] the highway became State Road 3 (Primary State Highway 3 after 1937), but retained its name.[15] By that time, all of the route of Interstate 182 became a part of US 410 and US 395; both were established in 1926.[16][17][18]

When I-82 was approved in 1956, the Tri-Cities wanted an Interstate, since Interstate 82 bypassed the cities. Interstate 182 was the solution and created a connection to the Tri-Cities. Legally, I-182 is defined by the Revised Code of Washington § 47.17.372.[19] A project is currently awaiting funding on I-182.[20]

In 1978, the Federal Route Log listed I-182 as having 33.42 miles.[21]

Exit list

County Location Mile[1] # Destinations Notes
Benton 0.00 I-82 / US 12 west – Prosser, Yakima, Umatilla, Pendleton Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Richland 2.93 3 Queensgate Drive Signed as exits 3A (south) and 3B (north) westbound
3.83 4 SR 240 west / Wellsian Way – Vantage West end of SR 240 overlap
4.95 5A SR 240 east – Kennewick East end of SR 240 overlap
4.95 5B George Washington Way
6.04 Interstate 182 Bridge over the Columbia River
Franklin Pasco
7.31 7 Broadmoor Boulevard
9.33 9 Road 68
12.24 12A US 395 south – Kennewick, Pendleton West end of US 395 overlap
12.68 12B North 20th Avenue – Columbia Basin College
13.76 13 North 4th Avenue – Pasco City Center
14.37 14A SR 397 south (Oregon Avenue) – Finley
14.37 14B US 395 north – Spokane East end of US 395 overlap
15.19 US 12 east – Walla Walla Continuation beyond US 395 north

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Washington State Department of Transportation, State Highway Log, 2006
  2. ^ a b Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of I-182 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=46.244332,-119.35813&daddr=I-182+E%2FUS-12+E+%4046.250591,+-119.074783&hl=en&geocode=2030258381468926231,46.244805,-119.353300%3B1681659664576368145,46.250591,-119.074783&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=46.24641,-119.355297&sspn=0.018104,0.035706&ie=UTF8&ll=46.262968,-119.214706&spn=0.144787,0.285645&z=11. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  3. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation (2008). Official State Highway Map (Map). 1:842,000. Official State Highway Maps. Cartography by U.S. Geological Survey (2008-2009 ed.). Olympia, Washington. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 
  4. ^ GM Johnson (2007). Washington Large Print (Map). GM Johnson Large Print State Maps (2007 ed.). Burnaby, British Columbia. http://store.maplink.com/map.aspx?nav=MS&cid=10056,10078&pid=538387. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  5. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation (2007). "Washington Annual Average Daily Traffic Data". http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  6. ^ Rand McNally (2008). The Road Atlas (Map). p. 108. ISBN 0528939610. 
  7. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation (2008). Official State Highway Map (Map). 1:842,000. Official State Highway Maps. Cartography by U.S. Geological Survey (2008-2009 ed.). Olympia, Washington. Section G6. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  8. ^ GM Johnson (2008). Yakima, Yakima County Wineries (Map). City Street Map (2008 ed.). Burnaby, British Columbia. http://store.maplink.com/map.aspx?nav=MS&cid=10056,10078&pid=523006. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  9. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation. "WSDOT Interchange Viewer - Interstate 182". http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Traffic/InterstateGuide/i82/I82_GrangerToOreBorder.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  10. ^ Session Laws of the State of Washington. 1913 chapter 65, p. 221. "An act relating to public highways, classifying the same and naming and fixing the routes of certain state roads.": "A highway connecting with the Sunset Highway at or in the vicinity of the city of Ellensburg; thence by way of North Yakima, Kennewick, Pasco, Walla Walla, Dayton, crossing the Snake River at either Almota or Penawawa, Colfax, Rosalia, Spokane, Deer Park, Loon Lake, Colville, to the international line at boundary, which shall be known as the Inland Empire Highway."
  11. ^ Washington State Legislature (1913) [1913]. "65". Session Laws of the State of Washington. Session Laws of the State of Washington (1913 ed.). Olympia, Washington: Washington State Legislature. pp. 221. http://books.google.com/books?id=W7w4AAAAIAAJ&pgis=1. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  12. ^ State Highway Board (1912). Road Map of Washington Showing Main Traveled Roads (Map). http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=33. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  13. ^ State Highway Board. Map of Washington State Highways Authorized by Legislative Acts of 1913 (with 1915 changes marked) (Map). http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=755. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  14. ^ Rand McNally. Official 1923 Auto Trails Map, District No. 14: Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Western Idaho (Map). http://www.usautotrails.com/MultistatePage/1923RandMcNallyATWAandORPage/image1.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  15. ^ Session Laws of the State of Washington. 1923 chapter 185, p. 627-628. "An act relating to, classifying, naming and fixing the routes of certain state highways, amending Section 6796, and repealing Sections 6791, 6792, 6793, 6794, 6795, 6797, 6798, 6799, 6800, 6801, 6802, 6803, 6804, 6805, 6806, 6808, 6809, 6811, 6812, 6813 and 6816 of Remington's Compiled Statutes.": "A primary state highway, to be known as State Road No. 3, or the Inland Empire Highway, is established as follows: Beginning at the international boundary line at Laurier in Ferry County; thence by the most feasible route in a southerly direction through Colville, Spokane, Colfax, Dayton to Walla Walla; thence in a northwesterly direction through the cities of Wallula, Pasco, Sunnyside, Yakima, Ellensburg, to a junction with the Sunset Highway at or near Virden in Kittitas County; also from a junction at Dodge in Garfield County; thence in an easterly direction through the cities of Pomeroy and Clarkston; thence in a southerly direction to Asotin in Asotin County; also from a junction at Wallula; thence in a southwesterly direction to the Oregon state line; also from a junction at Walla Walla in a southerly direction to the Oregon State line."
  16. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (1926-11-11). Final 1926 Plan of the U.S. Highway System (Map). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1926us.jpg. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  17. ^ Department of Highways (1933-04-01). Highway Map: State of Washington (Map). http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=70. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  18. ^ Department of Highways (1939). Highways of the State of Washington (Map). http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=28. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  19. ^ Washington State Legislature. "RCW 47.17.372: State route No. 182". http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.372. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  20. ^ Washington State Department of Transportation. "WSDOT - Construction Projects on Interstate 182". http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I182/. Retrieved 2008-08-11. 
  21. ^ Kurumi. "Kurumi 3-digit Interstates from I-82". http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix82.html#182wa. Retrieved 31 Dec 09. 

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