Route Description
State Route 6 (SR 6) begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Downtown Raymond as Henkle Street. Paralleling the basic route of the Willapa River, the highway turns southeast to leave Raymond and become unnamed. Continuing past Menlo, the roadway realigns directly south to Holcomb before curving back eastward to Lebam and Frances to exit Pacific County and enter Lewis County. Once in Lewis County, the Willapa River ends in the Willapa Hills, while the road turns northeast and later east into Pe Ell. In Pe Ell, SR 6 is named 4th Avenue and crosses the Chehalis River, while the highway is once again unnamed at the Main Street intersection. At the Main Street intersection, the roadway is realigned north to Doty and east to Dryad and Rainbow Falls State Park, where the road goes south and curves northeast to Adna. In Adna, SR 6 starts to parallel a railroad owned by the Port of Chehalis and operated by the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad and then the highway crosses the Chehalis River again. The road leaves the community and Littell to intersects Co Road, which had been SR 603 before 1991. After crossing the Chehalis River for the final time into Chehalis, the roadway ends at a diamond interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5), co-signed as US 12. The busiest segment of SR 6 in 2007 was the I-5 / US 12 interchange in Chehalis, with an estimated daily average of 13,000 motorists. In 1970, the busiest segment was the US 101 intersection in Raymond, with an estimated daily average of 4,800 motorists.
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