History
An unpaved road connecting the Manson area to Chelan was built in the 1890s after the establishment of Chelan in 1886, with an extension of the road to Chelan Falls was built in 1919 to connect to the newly-dedicated Beebe Bridge. During the formation of the Primary and secondary state highway system in 1937, the route from Manson to Chelan became SSH 10C, ending at US 97, and the route from Chelan to Chelan Falls became a segment of SSH 10D, beginning at US 2 in Orondo and traveling north to US 97. During the 1964 highway renumbering, SSH 10C became SR 150 and SSH 10D became SR 151. US 97 was re-routed onto the former route of SR 150 towards Chelan Falls in 1987, proposed in the 1950s, and SR 151 was extended to the new bypass of Chelan. U.S 97 Alternate was created on the former route of US 97, becoming concurrent with SR 150 in Downtown Chelan. No major revisions to the route of the highway have occurred since 1987, however WSDOT stabilized unstable slopes near the roadway east of Manson in May 2011 and is planning to replace an intersection with No See-Um Road northwest of Chelan with dedicated left turn lanes or a roundabout in 2014.
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