History
Originating as a county road by 1911, SR 538 was designated Secondary State Highway 1G (SSH 1G) in 1937. SSH 1G ran from Primary State Highway 1 (PSH 1), co-signed as U.S. Route 99 (US 99), to SSH 1A. During the 1964 highway renumbering, SR 538 was created to replace SSH 1G, PSH 1 and US 99 were replaced with Interstate 5 (I-5) and SR 9 replaced SSH 1A. I-5 was not built until after 1966 and the western terminus of SR 538 was still US 99. Between early June and late July 2007, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) constructed a roundabout at the SR 9 and Schopf Lane intersection, the first in Skagit County. The new roundabout reduced the length of SR 538 by 0.05-mile (0.08 km). In early 2009, between I-5 and 18th Street, WSDOT repaved the highway and expanded the Riverside Drive intersection. Cemex Pacific Holdings was awarded the contract for repaving the road on 20 January and construction began with the closure of the Riverside Drive intersection on 31 May. The closure, which was delayed from 3 May, lasted until 4 June. Actual repaving happened in late June of that year.
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