Route Description
State Route 28 (SR 28) begins at an intersection in the Grant County city of East Wenatchee with the concurrent U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and U.S. Route 97 (US 97) and a future extension of Eastmont Avenue. The highway extends south through suburban areas parallel to the Columbia River and the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail into East Wenatchee. SR 28 passes the historic Columbia River Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and intersects State Route 285 in a partial cloverleaf interchange west of the Wenatchee Valley Mall, forming a pair of one-way streets. The road gradually turns east along the bank of the Columbia River, exiting East Wenatchee into farmland and passing Pangborn Memorial Airport, the busiest section of the entire route with a daily average of 35,000 vehicles in 2011. SR 28 passes through the community of Rock Island and turns southeast, serving the Rock Island Dam before leaving Douglas County and entering Grant County.
Entering Grant County, the highway travels east away from the Columbia River and parallel to a BNSF rail line into Quincy, where SR 28 becomes F Street and intersects SR 281. The East Wenatchee–Qunicy section is part of the National Highway System, a network of strategic highways within the United States. The highway leaves Quincy and turns northeast at an intersection with SR 283 and enters Ephrata, becoming Basin Street. Basin Street intersects SR 282, a short connector to the Ephrata Municipal Airport, in Ephrata before intersecting SR 17 in nearby Soap Lake. The highway turns east and passes through the rural communities of Adco, Stratford, and Wilson Creek before exiting Grant County and entering Lincoln County. East of the Lincoln County boundary, SR 28 becomes 1st Avenue in Odessa and intersects SR 21. The highway continues northeast through Lamona and intersects SR 23 in a bypass of Harrington. The roadway turns north and enters Davenport, where SR 28 ends at US 2 west of the southern terminus of SR 25.
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