Washington State Route 14
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| State Route 14 |
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| RCW 47.17.060 | |||||||||
| Length: | 180.68 mi (290.78 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1968 | ||||||||
| West end: |  I-5 in Vancouver |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-205 in Vancouver SR 500 in Camas SR 141 in Bingen SR 142 in Lyle US 197 near Dallesport US 97 in Maryhill SR 221 in Paterson |
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| East end: |   I-82/US 395 in Plymouth |
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State Route 14, also called the Lewis and Clark Highway, is a state highway in Washington, U.S.A. It extends for approximately 200 miles from a junction with Interstate 5 in Vancouver in the west, to a junction with Interstate 82 and U.S. Route 395 in the east; just across the Washington/Oregon state line from Umatilla, Oregon, and south of Kennewick.
SR-14 originates in downtown Vancouver at a junction with Interstate 5 just north of the Interstate Bridge. It proceeds east as a freeway for approximately 18 miles until it reaches the city of Camas, at which point it becomes a two-lane road. It then continues east along the north bank of the Columbia River (through the Columbia River Gorge) for the remainder of its journey.
The stretch of SR-14 between Vancouver and Maryhill was formerly designated as U.S. Route 830.
Other than the stretch of freeway in Clark County, SR-14 is a two-lane highway which often runs along steep bluffs as high as 800 feet through the Columbia Gorge, where frequent high winds can be a driving hazard. At the town of Lyle the forest scenery gives way to arid grasslands in a remarkably rapid transition. Despite the fact that it runs parallel to Interstate 84 on the Oregon side of the river, SR-14 sees a lot of freight traffic, perhaps owing to the weight-mile tax levied upon trucks in Oregon.
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State routes in Washington related to SR 14 |
| SR 141 (Spur) - SR 142 | |
| Former or proposed: SR 140 - SR 143 | |
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