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State Route 300 (SR 300) is a short state highway in Mason County, in the U.S. state of
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. It extends from
Belfair State Park Belfair State Park is a public recreation area located on Hood Canal southwest of Belfair in Mason County, Washington. The state park consists of of tidal flats, wetlands, and beaches with a shoreline. Park activities include camping, fishin ...
to SR 3 in the community of Belfair. The route serves as a connector from Belfair State Park to Belfair and SR 3. The highway was Secondary State Highway 21C (SSH 21C) from 1957 until 1964.


Route description

SR 300 runs from
Belfair State Park Belfair State Park is a public recreation area located on Hood Canal southwest of Belfair in Mason County, Washington. The state park consists of of tidal flats, wetlands, and beaches with a shoreline. Park activities include camping, fishin ...
to SR 3 in the community of Belfair. The route serves as a connector from Belfair State Park to Belfair and SR 3. WSDOT has found that more than 11,000 motorists utilize the road daily before the interchange with SR 3 based on
annual average daily traffic Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a ...
(AADT) data. SR 300 starts at the entrance to
Belfair State Park Belfair State Park is a public recreation area located on Hood Canal southwest of Belfair in Mason County, Washington. The state park consists of of tidal flats, wetlands, and beaches with a shoreline. Park activities include camping, fishin ...
west of Belfair. From the state park, the highway goes northeast along the coastline of the
Hood Canal Hood Canal is a fjord forming the western lobe, and one of the four main basins,


History

When the
Primary and Secondary Highways were realigned in 1957, the current SR 300 became
Secondary State Highway 21C State Route 300 (SR 300) is a short state highway in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It extends from Belfair State Park to SR 3 in the community of Belfair. The route serves as a connector from Belfair State Park to ...
(SSH 21C). SSH 21C became SR 300 in 1964 during the 1964 highway renumbering, in which the
Washington State Department of Transportation The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT or WashDOT, both ) is a governmental agency that constructs, maintains, and regulates the use of transportation infrastructure in the U.S. state of Washington. Established in 1905, it is ...
(WSDOT) replaced the previous system of Primary and Secondary Highways with a new system called State Routes, which is still in use today.


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Highways of Washington State
{{State highways in Washington related to SR 3
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Transportation in Mason County, Washington