Washington State Route 28 - History

History

State Route 28 (SR 28) was built on a corridor that was designated as two highways in 1915: the Sunset Highway from East Wenatchee to Quincy and the North Central Highway, a secondary highway from Quincy to Davenport. The Sunset Highway became State Road 10 and the North Central Highway became State Road 7 in a 1923 renumbering. The western and eastern terminus of what would become SR 28 was U.S. Route 10 (US 10, established in 1926 with the United States Numbered Highway System. During the introduction of the Primary and secondary state highway system in 1937, both routes kept their former numeral designations, becoming Primary State Highway 10 (PSH 10) and Primary State Highway 7 (PSH 7). US 10 was re-routed south and the former route was designated as U.S. Route 10 Alternate in the 1940s, until U.S. Route 2 (US 2) was extended from Idaho in 1946. SR 28 was established during the 1964 highway renumbering and written into law in 1970. In 1975, the highway was extended north to a new junction with US 2, now concurrent with U.S. Route 97 (US 97). State Route 285 (SR 285) was established in 1977 to maintain the former route of US 2, mainly the Senator George Sellar Bridge, being extended through Downtown Wenatchee to Sunnyslope. Since 1975, no major revisions to the highway have occurred, however the Washington State Department of Transportation is, as of January 2013, building an extension to Eastmont Street in East Wenatchee, ending at the western terminus of SR 28.