Route Description
SR 25, named the Coulee Reservoir Highway, begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 2 (US 2) east of Davenport and the eastern terminus of SR 28. The highway travels northwest through farmland and grasslands in rural Lincoln County. Near Fort Spokane, part of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, From Fort Spokane, the roadway travels over the Spokane River on the Spokane River Bridge, a steel cantilever span built in 1941 to replace an older bridge that was flooded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, into Stevens County. From the bridge, SR 25 turns northeast, paralleling the Columbia River upstream through Hunters and Cedonia to Gifford. At Gifford, the highway serves as eastern terminus of the Gifford–Inchelium Ferry that travels across the Columbia River to the community of Inchelium in Ferry County and is owned by the Colville Confederated Tribes. There isn't a fare for the ferry, named the MV Columbia Princess, and it runs daily every 15 minutes from 6:30 am to 10:45 pm. From the ferry, the road continues north through forests and the community of Rice to Kettle Falls. West of Kettle Falls, SR 25 passes under an overpass used by the Kettle Falls–Grand Forks, BC route operated by the Kettle Falls International Railway.
Immediately north of the overpass, the highway intersects U.S. Route 395 (US 395), co-signed with SR 20. From the intersection, the roadway continues northeast paralleling the Columbia River and the Kettle Falls–Columbia Gardens, BC route of the Kettle Falls International Railway through Marcus and Ryan to Northport. In Northport, the highway becomes Center Street and travels through the city center before intersecting the Northport–Boundary Road, which was formerly SR 251 until 1983. Center Street ends and SR 25 turns northwest to cross the Columbia River on the Northport Bridge, a steel cantilever span built in 1951. From the bridge, the highway travels north and rapidly turns west and reverts to north towards the Canadian border. The road is named Little Sheep Creek Road and crosses into Canada as British Columbia Highway 22 (BC 22) to a customs checkpoint.
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