History
The first state-maintained highway on the current route of SR 106 was State Road 21, established in 1915 by the Washington State Legislature and Department of Highways and ran from Skokomish to Kingston. State Road 21 later became State Road 14, named the Navy Yard Highway, in a 1923 renumbering. During the creation of the Primary and secondary highways, State Road 14 became Primary State Highway 14 (PSH 14) in 1937. The Skokomish–Gorst section of PSH 14 was later added to PSH 21 in 1955. The 1964 highway renumbering divided PSH 21 into SR 106, SR 3 and SR 104.
Recently, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has arranged and completed some minor construction projects along the SR 106 corridor. The first project replaced a culvert over Skobob Creek with a bridge; the project was completed in December 2005 and was located 0.85 miles (1.37 km) east of Skokomish. Later in 2007, WSDOT installed a traffic signal at the SR 106 / SR 3 intersection south of Belfair. The signal was tested on May 11 and the project concluded in July.
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