Route Description
It will run from I-90 just east of Downtown Spokane northward about 10.5 miles (16.9 km), and will meet the existing US 395 just north of Spokane at Wandermere. However in the late 1990s, a new bridge was built across the Little Spokane River, and a freeway interchange was added at Hatch Road. Upon completion of the North Spokane Corridor, it is likely that no distinction will be made for the earlier section, and the freeway will be seen as running from I-90 to Hatch Road. Beyond Hatch Road, an additional 3.3 miles was widened to four lanes, with minimal cross traffic.
The North Spokane Corridor is planned to bypass the busy Division Street corridor. The new freeway will carry the US 395 designation, and run about one mile (1.6 km) east of where it was originally planned in the 1960s and 1970s.
While the new freeway would also be a good routing for US 2 to bypass Spokane, that highway is scheduled to stay on its current routing in order to keep most of Division Street in the state highway system. Nevertheless, it will be easy for motorists on US 2 to avoid this by using the freeway instead of Division Street. On the north side, a full interchange has been constructed at US 2 in the Mead area near Farwell Road. This route uses the entire North Spokane Corridor except the northernmost one mile (1.6 km) section between US 2 and Wandermere. Division street between the "Y" (historical US 395 and US 2 split) and Wandermere will no longer be in the state highway system. This includes about one-half mile of the new section of Division Street just north of Farwell Road.
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