State Route 411 (SR 411) is a

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located in Cowlitz County in the

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, serving Longview, Kelso,

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and Castle Rock. The roadway, which parallels the

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and (I-5), begins at an interchange with in Longview and travels north past a spur route, under and across the Cowlitz River to become

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with and end at an interchange with I-5, I-5 Business and in Castle Rock. The road first appeared on a map in 1951 and originally signed as (SSH 12H) in 1957, SR 411 was established in 1964 and ran from Kelso to Vader. In 1991, the highway was extended south to SR 432 in Longview, the former route becoming SR 411 Spur, and was shortened to I-5 / I-5 Business / SR 504 in Castle Rock.

Route description

State Route 411 (SR 411) begins at a

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with in Longview, located northwest of the

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of the

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and Columbia rivers. From the interchange, the highway travels north as 3rd Avenue to exit Longview and enter Kelso as First Avenue, where SR 411 Spur extends west from the main roadway to , which the road goes under after SR 4 travels across the Cowlitz River. After leaving Kelso and temporarily reenters Longview, SR 411 parallels the Cowlitz River, a

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route, the

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and (I-5). After passing the community of

, the highway turns east as PH No. 10 Road and crosses the Cowlitz River into Castle Rock. PH No. 10 Road becomes A Street and continues east to Huntington Avenue, signed as , where the roadway turns north,

with I-5 Business, to end at a

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with I-5 and the western terminus of . The busiest segments of the road in 2007 were the SR 432 interchange in Longview, SR 411 Spur intersection in Kelso and the Alpha Drive intersection in West Side Highway, all with an estimated daily average of 17,000 motorists. The Nevada Drive junction in Kelso was the busiest segment in 1970, with an estimated daily average of 6,800 motorists.

History

The current route of SR 411 first appeared on a

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(USGS) map of Southwest Washington in 1951. (SSH 12H) was established in 1957 and ran from Kelso to Vader. During the 1964 highway renumbering, SSH 12H became SR 411, which ran from in Kelso to east of Vader. In 1991, the highway was extended south to in Longview, the older section becoming SR 411 Spur, and shortened north into Castle Rock and ending at (I-5) and .

Former Castle Rock—Vader route (1964—1991)

Between 1964 and 1991, SR 411 was longer and extended north to Vader, a city in Lewis County. The former route started at an intersection with PH No. 10 Road west of Castle Rock and traveled north as the West Side Highway, paralleling a railroad, the

and I-5, into Lewis County to end at east of Vader. Between Castle Rock and Vader, six different railroads have had ownership or usage rights that paralleled the former route. In the 1870s the

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, built the route. And by 1951, it was also in use by the

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and Great Northern Railway. By 1968, the

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had also been given usage rights, but as of 2008, the BNSF Railway (the corporate descendant of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways) uses the railroad. The PH No. 10 Road intersection west of Castle Rock was the busiest segment of the Castle Rock to Vader route of SR 411 in 1970, with an estimated daily average of 2,350 motorists. The intersection was also the busiest segment in 1991, with an estimated daily average of 4,150 motorists.

Spur route

SR 411 has a

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in Kelso, identified by the

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(WSDOT) as SR 411 SP Kelso (SR 411 Spur) that extends west from SR 411 as West Main Street and north as 5th Avenue to . The busiest segment of the street is the SR 411 intersection, with an estimated daily average of 15,000 motorists in 2007. In 1970, the SR 4 intersection was the busiest, with an estimated daily average of 2,850 motorists. The highway was part of SR 411 from 1964 until 1991, when it was extended to .

Major intersections

References

External links

Highways of Washington State
{{State highways in Washington related to SR 4

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Transportation in Cowlitz County, Washington