History
SR 26 became a state highway during the 1964 highway renumbering, in which the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) replaced the previous system of Primary and Secondary Highways with a new system called State Routes, which is still in use today. Before the Primary and Secondary system, SR 26 in 1923 was part of State Road 3, which later became U.S. Route 295 (US 295) in 1926. Later, in 1937, the route became parts of Secondary State Highway 11B (SSH 11B) from US 395, then known also as PSH 11, to PSH 3 / US 295 in Dusty, PSH 3 from Dusty to Colfax. SSH 7C from I-90, then known as PSH 7 and US 10, to US 395, then known also as PSH 11, was added at an unknown time. Those highways became SR 26 in 1964, and US 295 was later removed from the system of highways in 1967.
A couple of recent and current construction projects are occurring along SR 26. One of which, involves illuminating the highway's intersection with B SE, which was finished in 2008, and Reynolds Road, to be done in 2009, west and east of Othello, respectively. Another project added a left turn lane at a dangerous intersection between SR 26 and South Thacker Road west of Othello. The most major of the recent projects include the addition and demolition of ramps at the I-90 interchange. Another minor project, a bridge fixing project, was completed in 2007, located northeast of Dusty and southwest of Colfax.
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