Talk:Washington State Route 410

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[edit] References for the change

  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Highway Designation Sought, April 23, 1967: the Washington Highway Commission chose the all-weather route for extending US 12 into Washington
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, May 29, 1967: [this is about the Lewis and Clark Trail] "On eastbound trip following spring, the explorers traveled overland, crossed the Columbia near Wallula, struck off across land due eastward until they hit the Touchet, then followed that river to Dayton before turning over the hills to Pomeroy and thence along present U.S. 410 back to the Lewiston-Clarkston area. The highway designation of the 1961 Washington State legislature six years ago had this wording: "Beginning at a junction with primary state highway No. 1 in the city of Vancouver, thence on the routes of primary state Highways No. 8 and No. 3 via Kennewick, Walla Walla and Pomeroy to the Washington-Idaho state line at Clarkston." Reasoning behind the routing through Walla Walla at that time was to bring easterners through the historic Walla Walla Valley generally and especially to such historic points of national interest as Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Fort Walla Walla and other historic spots of interest."
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Highway 12 Route Will Run Through the City, June 22, 1967: "...from the Idaho border to the ocean, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) said Wednesday...The U. S. 12 designation was awarded to Washington over an application by Oregon for the route to the Pacific on the south side of the Columbia River."
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, November 24, 1967: "The longest highway in the state is U.S. 410, which serves this area. Most of this road is to be re-numbered as U.S. 12, officials say. It gives the motorist a long ride, from Clarkston in the southeastern corner, to Aberdeen and the Grays Harbor area on the coast."
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Highway 410 is now U.S. No. 12, December 27, 1967: includes a photo of a sign being changed: "Former U.S. Highway 410 route signs were changed locally Tuesday to an official designation as U.S. Highway 12 rom Clarkston to Grays Harbor, completing the mid-west and western portion of an eventual route from the Atlantic to the Pacific...U.S. Highway 12 formerly extended from Detroit, Mich., to Lewiston, Idaho, proceeding west through Chicago, Minneapolis, South Dakota, a corner of North Dakota, the northern tier of Montana to Helena, then southwest across the Lolo Pass to Lewiston. The new portion of U.S. 12 begins at Clarkston and continues to Walla Walla, the Tri-Cities, Yakima and across the Cascades on White Pass to Interstate 5. U. S. Highway 410 was designated through Chinook Pass. U. S. 12 changes at the Grand Mound interchange and follows former State Highway 8 to Grays Harbor. Purpose of changing the highway number, said White, is to [?]" "...display the "old" and "new" number designations which changed U.S. Highway 410 to a link in a future U.S. 12 scenic transcontinental route." "A similar route from Detroit to a point on the Atlantic coast is being sought to complete transcontinental U.S. Highway 12."
  • Tri City Herald, Route 410 Renamed Highway 12, December 31, 1967: "Highway 410, which comes into the Tri-Cities across the Snake River Bridge from Burbank and extends on through Prosser, is now officially U.S. Highway 12...The highway, running from Clarkston to Grays Harbor, completes the mid-west and western portion of an eventual route from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. U.S. 12 formerly extended from Detroit to Lewiston, Idaho, proceeding west from Chicago, Minneapolis, South Dakota, a corner of North Dakota, the northern tier of Montana to Helena, then southwest across the Lolo Pass to Lewiston."
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Highway 410 Is Now Designated 12, February 12, 1968: "The U.S. 410 number was dropped by the American Association of State Highway Officials because the highway was almost entirely within Washington. The new number, U.S. 12, begins in Detroit and now continues westward through Minneapolis to the Grays Harbor area. Part of the change included the naming of U.S. 830 as State Highway 14. The remaining portion of U.S. 410 has been changed to State Highway 410 from Naches Junction over White Pass to Enumclaw, Tacoma and Olympia."
  • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, U-B Action Line, September 29, 1968: "Why isn't highway 410 designated as such instead of just highway 12? This would help tourists immensly. Mrs. J.R. Answer: Since the route designation changes, highway 410 does not go through Walla Walla anymore. What is now marked as highway 12 IS highway 12, and so designated on 1968 road maps. Route 12 runs between Lewiston, Walla Walla, Yakima and over White Pass to Interstate 5. Route 410 now is between the junction northeasterly of Naches, over Chinook Pass to Puyallup and Tacoma, state Department of Highways Resident Engineer Orville Headding told Action Line."

--NE2 14:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Route 410

Shouldn't U.S. Route 410 have its own seperate article about its own history? All other defunct U.S. Routes do. ComputerGuy890100TalkPolls 23:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Not really; there are a lot of redirects in Category:Former U.S. Highways. Basically all information about the history of US 410 would be duplicated either here, in US 12, or in SR 8. --NE2 09:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)