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{{Infobox road
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=25
|alternate_name=Coulee Reservoir Highway
|section=105
(contracted; show full)ay intersects {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|US 395]]}}, co-signed with {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 20|SR 20]]}} and continues north to [[Northport]], where former {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 251|SR 251]]}} is intersected and SR&nbsp;25 crosses the [[Columbia River]] on the [[Columbia River Bridge at Northport]]. The highway travels northwest to the [[Canada – United States border|Canadian border]], where it becomes {{nowrap|[[British Columbia Highway 22]]}}.

==Route description==
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[[File:Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane.jpg|thumb|right|SR&nbsp;25 crosses the [[Spokane River]] using the [[Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane]].]]

SR&nbsp;25, named the Coulee Reservoir Highway, begins at an intersection with {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]]}} (US&nbsp;2) east of [[Davenport, Washington|Davenport]] and the eastern terminus of {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 28|SR 28]]}}. The highway travels northwest through farmland and grasslands in rural [[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln County]]. Near [[Fort Spokane]], part of [[Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area]],<ref name="fortspokane1">(contracted; show full)date=December 1, 1965|publisher=[[Washington State Highway Commission]]|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="map1966">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Sandpoint, 1966 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-sandpoint-1966.jpg |year=1966 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:250,000 |accessdate=}}</ref> SR&nbsp;251 was later removed from the state highway system in 1983.<ref name="251rcw"/>


[[File:Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane.jpg|thumb|left|SR&nbsp;25 crosses the [[Spokane River]] using the [[Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane]], which opened in 1941.]]⏎
The [[Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane]], successor of the Detillion Bridge, was opened in 1941 to replace the span, which was flooded by [[Lake Roosevelt]].<ref name="historicbridges"/><ref name="map1942">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Marcus (1942) |url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=446&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |year=1942 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:125,000 |acc(contracted; show full)ville Indian Reservation]] to mineral mining. When [[Fraklin D. Roosevelt Lake]] was created after the [[Grand Coulee Dam]] was built in 1941, the ferry was moved to higher ground. Ferry service remained privately-owned until 1974, when it was closed due to low traffic. In 1981, the [[Colville Confederated Tribes]] and [[United States Bureau of Indian Affairs]] began a new ferry service with the M/V ''Columbian Princess'' and continues to the present.<ref name="ferry"/>

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==External links==
{{portal|Washington|U.S. Roads}}
*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr025.html Highways of Washington]
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