History
A two-laned, paved road that extended southwest from Othello, parallel to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, first appeared on a 1922 United States Geological Survey map of Othello. A similar road extending from Yakima to Moxee along a Northern Pacific Railway line first appeared on a 1938 map of East Yakima. Both roads became segments of Secondary State Highway–11A (SSH 11A) during the 1937 establishment of the Primary and secondary state highways, extending from U.S. Route 410 (US 410), later U.S. Route 12 (US 12), to Primary State Highway 11 (PSH 11). The road from Yakima to Moxee was extended into Black Rock Canyon to the Hanford Reach until it was closed off during World War II. SSH 11A became State Route 24 (SR 24) in the 1964 highway renumbering and was realigned north of the Hanford Site by 1967, but remained un-built in several areas until the 1970s. The Vernita Bridge over the Columbia River began construction in October 1964 and was completed the following September, being tolled for several years after to pay for the bridge. Since the completion of the Vernita Bridge and the road to Othello, no major revisions to the route have occurred.
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