Route description
State Route 140 (SR 140) originated as 15th Street at an intersection with in Washougal, Washington, Washougal, located about east of the eastern terminus of on the shoreline of the Columbia River. 15th Street traveled north through Downtown, crossing the Vancouver, Washington, Vancouver–White Salmon, Washington, White Salmon rail route of the BNSF Railway and intersecting the former alignment of SR 14, E Street, before turning northeastward onto 17th Street. The highway crossed the Washougal River out of Washougal in a large forest and became the Washougal River Road. The roadway paralleled the river northeast and later east into the forests and mountains of Skamania County, Washington, Skamania County until the river turned north. SR 140, renamed Canyon Creek Road, turned southeast and encountered a series of sharp turns until terminating at SR 14 in Prindle, Washington, Prindle.History
SR 140 began as Canyon Creek Road and first appeared on a map in 1911. The first numbered highway on the road was Secondary State Highway 8B (SSH 8B), established in 1937. The roadway traveled along the Washougal River and Canyon Creek between (PSH 8), co-signed as (US 830), between Washougal, Washington, Washougal and Prindle, Washington, Prindle. SSH 8B remained unchanged until the 1964 state highway renumbering (Washington), 1964 highway renumbering, when the route was renumbered as State Route 120 and PSH 8 became . After was extended west across Washington in 1967, SR 12 became SR 14 and SR 120 became SR 140. In 1968, US 830 was deleted and SR 14 was realigned south onto a newer alignment. In 1992, SR 140 was removed from the state highway system.Major intersections
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