Washington State Route 237

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State Route 237

SR 237 highlighted in red.
Route information
Auxiliary route of SR 20
Maintained by WSDOT
Length9.07 mi[1] (14.60 km)
Existed1975[2]–1991[3]
Major junctions
South end SR 20 in Fredonia
North end SR 11 near Edison
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
Highway system
← SR 231→ SR 240
← SR 536→ SR 538

State Route 237 (SR 237, now Best Road, Farm to Market Road, Mactaggart Avenue and West Bow Hill Road) was a 9.07-mile (14.60 km)

Secondary State Highway 1C
and was renumbered to State Route 537 in 1964, before being renumbered to SR 237 in 1975. The road was decommissioned in 1991.

Route description

State Route 237 (SR 237) began at an intersection with

daily average of 1,410 motorists, making it the most used section of the roadway as a whole.[7] In 1991, the busiest section moved south, before the intersection with Ovenell Road, the southern connector to Skagit Regional Airport, with a daily average of 2,300 motorists.[1]

History

During the creation of the

1964 highway renumbering.[9][10][11] SR 20 was extended west to Discovery Bay in 1973 and two years later, in 1975, SR 537 was renumbered to SR 237.[2][12] SR 237 was later removed from the highway system in 1991.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Skagit County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Fredonia0.000.00Best Road – La Conner, Conway
SR 20 – Oak Harbor, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley
​9.0714.60 SR 11 – Bellingham, Burlington
Bow Hill Road – Bow
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c Washington State Department of Transportation (1991). "1991 Annual Traffic Report" (PDF). p. 120. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Washington State Legislature (1975). "RCW 47.17.453: State route No. 237". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Washington House of Representatives (1991). "Chapter 342, Laws of 1991: State Highway Routes – Revisions To (House Bill 5801)". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved June 19, 2009. New Section. Sec. 65. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed: (6) RCW 47.17.453 and 1975 c 63 s 11.
  4. ^ Washington State Railroad System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by United States Geological Survey. Washington State Department of Transportation. September 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  5. ^ Google (June 19, 2009). "State Route 237" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  6. ISBN 1-894570-90-1
    . Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  7. Department of Highways (1970). "Annual Traffic Report, 1970"
    (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 205. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  8. ^ Washington State Legislature (March 18, 1937). "Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways". Session Laws of the State of Washington (1937 ed.). Olympia, Washington: Washington State Legislature. pp. 994–995. Retrieved June 19, 2009. (c) Secondary State Highway No. 1A; beginning at a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1 in the vicinity south of Blanchard, thence in a southerly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Primary State Highway No. 1 in the vicinity of Whitney; also beginning at Burlington on Primary State Highway No. 1, thence in a westerly direction by the most feasible route to a junction with Secondary State Highway No. 1C, as herein described, in the vicinity north of Whitney.
  9. ^ C. G. Prahl (December 1, 1965). "Identification of State Highways" (PDF). Washington State Highway Commission, Department of Highways. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  10. ^ Washington State Legislature (1964). "RCW 47.17.775: State route No. 537". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  11. ^ United States Geological Survey (1966). Victoria, 1966 (Map). 1:250,000. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  12. ^ Washington State Legislature (1964). "RCW 47.17.080: State route No. 20". Retrieved June 19, 2009.

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