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{{Infobox road
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=25
|alternate_name=Coulee Reservoir Highway
|section=105
|map=Washington State Route 25.svg
|length_mi=121.17
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="log">{{cite web |author=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |title=State Highway Log, 2009 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/TDO/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/HwyLog2009.pdf |year=2009 |pages=623–631 |format=PDF |accessdate=}}</ref>
|established=1964<ref name="rcw">{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=47.17.105 |title=RCW 47.17.105: State route No. 25 |year=1970 |author=[[Washington State Legislature]] |accessdate=}}</ref>
|counties=[[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln]], [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens]]
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WA|US|2}} in [[Davenport, Washington|Davenport]]
|junction={{jct|state=WA|US|395|SR|20}} in [[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]]
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=BC|BC|22}} at the [[Canada – United States border]]
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=23
|next_type=SR
|next_route=26
}}
'''State Route 25''' ('''SR 25'''), named the Coulee Reservoir Highway, is a {{convert|121.17|mi|km|2|adj=on}} long [[State highways in Washington|state highway]] serving communities in [[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln]] and [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]. The highway begins at an intersection with {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]]}} (US 2) east of [[Davenport, Washington|Davenport]] and continues northwest to cross the [[Spokane River]] on the [[Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane]]. From the bridge, SR 25 parallels the [[Columbia River]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake]] upstream through several small communities, passing the [[Gifford–Inchelium Ferry]], to [[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]]. In Kettle Falls, the roadway 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 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==
SR 25, named the Coulee Reservoir Highway, begins at an intersection with {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]]}} (US 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 Recreation Area]],<ref name="fortspokane1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/laro/historyculture/fort-spokane.htm |title=Fort Spokane |author=[[National Park Service]], [[United States Department of Interior]] |date=9 February 2007 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="fortspokane2">{{cite map |publisher=National Park Service, United States Department of Interior |url=http://www.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/maps/showmap.cfm?alphacode=laro&parkname=Lake%20Roosevelt%20National%20Recreation%20Area |title=Lake Roosevelt NRA |year=2010 |accessdate=}}</ref> From Fort Spokane, the roadway travels over the [[Spokane River]] on the [[Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane]], a [[Cantilever bridge|steel cantilever]] span built in 1941 to replace an older bridge that was flooded by [[Lake Roosevelt]],<ref name="historicbridges">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/culres/bridges.htm |title=Historic Bridges |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |year=2010 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="nhrplist">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/983CD749-D2B2-4BDA-828A-AC61E0BE9095/0/NRHP_BridgesInventory.pdf |title=NHRP Washington State Historic Highway Bridges |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |date=12 April 2009 |pages=6; 9 |accessdate=}}</ref> into [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens County]]. From the bridge, SR 25 turns northeast, paralleling the [[Columbia River]] upstream through [[Hunters, Washington|Hunters]] and [[Cedonia, Washington|Cedonia]] to [[Gifford, Washington|Gifford]]. At Gifford, the highway serves as eastern terminus of the [[Gifford–Inchelium Ferry]] that travels across the Columbia River to the community of [[Inchelium, Washington|Inchelium]] in [[Ferry County, Washington|Ferry County]] and is owned by the [[Colville Indian Reservation|Colville Confederated Tribes]].<ref name="ferry">{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8035 |title=Inchelium-Gifford Ferry |last=Wilma |first=David |date=18 December 2006 |publisher=[[HistoryLink.org]] |accessdate=}}</ref> There isn't a fare for the ferry, named the M/V ''Columbia Princess'', and it runs daily every 15 minutes from 6:30am to 10:45pm.<ref name="ferry2">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/choices/ferries.cfm |title=Travel by Ferry |year=2010 |author=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=}}</ref> From the ferry, the road continues north through forests and the community of [[Rice, Washington|Rice]] to [[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]]. West of Kettle Falls, SR 25 passes under an [[overpass]] used by the Kettle Falls–[[Grand Forks, British Columbia|Grand Forks, BC]] route operated by the [[Kettle Falls International Railway]].<ref name="rail1">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Washington State Rail System, 2009 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F49791DE-9C4E-433E-8673-72B0C95E58E3/0/Rail2009.pdf |year=2009 |cartography=WSDOT State Rail and Marine Office |accessdate= |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="rail2">{{cite map |publisher=[[Kettle Falls International Railway]] |title=Kettle Falls International Railway |url=http://www.omnitrax.com/files/images/Railroads/kfr.png |year=2005 |cartography=DeskMap Systems |accessdate=}}</ref>
[[File:Gifford Ferry.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Gifford–Inchelium Ferry]] operates across the [[Columbia River]] from [[Inchelium, Washington|Inchelium]] to SR 25 in [[Gifford, Washington|Gifford]].]]
Immediately north of the overpass, the highway intersects {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. Route 395]]}} (US 395), co-signed with {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 20|SR 20]]}}. From the intersection, the roadway continues northeast paralleling the Columbia River and the Kettle Falls–[[Columbia Gardens, British Columbia|Columbia Gardens, BC]] route of the Kettle Falls International Railway through [[Marcus, Washington|Marcus]] and [[Ryan, Washington|Ryan]] to [[Northport, Washington|Northport]]. In Northport, the highway becomes Center Street and travels through the city center before intersecting the Northport–Boundary Road, which was formerly {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 251|SR 251]]}} until 1983.<ref name="251rcw">{{cite web |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/dispo.aspx?cite=47.17.270 |title=47.17.470: State route No. 251 |author=[[Washington State Legislature]] |year=1970, repealed 1983 |accessdate=a}}</ref> Center Street ends and SR 25 turns northwest to cross the Columbia River on the [[Columbia River Bridge at Northport]], a steel cantilever span built in 1949.<ref name="nhrplist"/> From the bridge, the highway travels north and rapidly turns west and reverts back to north towards the [[Canada – United States border|Canadian border]]. The road is named Little Sheep Creek Road and crosses into Canada as {{nowrap|[[British Columbia Highway 22]]}} (BC 22) to a [[customs]] [[Border checkpoint|checkpoint]].<ref name="map">{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-2+E%2FMorgan+St&daddr=48.151105,-118.17283+to:Paterson-Trail+Hwy%2FBC-22+N&hl=en&geocode=FYYn1wIddlD1-A%3BFUG63gIdYtP0-CktAuTvlpSdVDHchyFiEiT5TQ%3BFYOw6wIdRwj6-A&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&sll=49.000443,-117.831483&sspn=0.000676,0.001709&ie=UTF8&ll=48.440134,-117.839355&spn=1.399374,3.499146&z=8&via=1 |title=State Route 25 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="map2">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=Washington State Highways 2008–2009 |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/87105CAD-83A9-49A7-80F3-5719637C1E2D/0/FrontMapBig.pdf |edition=2008 |year=2008 |cartography=[[United States Geological Survey]] |scale=1:842,000 |accessdate=}}</ref>
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==History==
[[File:WA-PSH22.svg|thumb|100px|right|SR 25 was {{nowrap|[[Primary State Highway 22 (Washington)|PSH 22]]}} until 1964.]]
SR 25 began as a series of county roads connecting small communities on the [[Columbia River]] that were constructed between 1909 and 1912.<ref name="map1909">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=38 |accessdate= |year=1909 |format=[[DjVu]]}}</ref><ref name="map1912">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=33 |accessdate= |year=1912 |format=[[DjVu]]}}</ref> In 1913, the [[Inland Empire Highway]] was established and included a segment from [[Meyers Falls, Washington|Meyers Falls]], currently known as [[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]], to the [[Canada – United States border|Canadian border]] at Boundary was included.<ref name="law1913">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W7w4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate= |edition=1913 |series=Session Laws of the State of Washington |date=12 March 1913 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=[[Olympia, Washington|Olympia, Wash.]] |page=221 |chapter=Chapter 65: Classifying Public Highways}}</ref> The Inland Empire Highway was shifted east in 1915 and several roads from Meyers Falls to [[Davenport, Washington|Davenport]] became State Road 22 (SR 22) and crossed the [[Spokane River]] with the [[Detillion Bridge]].<ref name="law1915">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=w7w4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate= |edition=1915 |series=Session Laws of the State of Washington |date=19 March 1915 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |page=488 |chapter=Chapter 164}}</ref><ref name="map1915">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=27 |accessdate= |year=1915 |format=[[DjVu]]}}</ref><ref name="map1919">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Bissel (1919) |url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=454&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |year=1919, cartography c. 1944 |cartography=[[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] |scale=1:125,000 |accessdate=}}</ref> SR 22 remained unchanged through a 1923 restructuring of the state road system,<ref name="law1923">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G784AAAAIAAJ |accessdate= |edition=1923 |series=Session Laws of the State of Washington |date=19 March 1923 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |page=632 |chapter=Chapter 185}}</ref><ref name="map1929">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Colville (1929) |url=http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=439&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |year=1963, cartography c. 1929 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:125,000 |accessdate=}}</ref> but was extended north to the Canadian border at Boundary in 1931.<ref name="law1931">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |accessdate= |edition=1931 |series=Session Laws of the State of Washington |year=1931 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |chapter=Chapter 37}}</ref><ref name="map1931a">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |title=State Roads As Established by Legislature, 1893 to 1935 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051106090227/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/History/stateroads1893-1935.pdf |page=18 |year=1931 |accessdate= |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="map1931b">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=34 |accessdate= |year=1931 |format=[[DjVu]]}}</ref> In 1937, SR 22 became {{nowrap|[[Primary State Highway 22 (Washington)|Primary State Highway 22]]}} (PSH 22) and the northern terminus was realigned to end northwest of [[Northport, Washington|Northport]], while the old route became {{nowrap|[[Secondary State Highway 22A (Washington)|Secondary State Highway 22A]]}} (SSH 22A).<ref name="law1937">{{cite book |author=Washington State Legislature |title=Session Laws of the State of Washington |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dcQ4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate= |edition=1937 |series=Session Laws of the State of Washington |date=17–18 March 1937 |publisher=Washington State Legislature |location=Olympia, Wash. |pages=942, 1011&nadsh;1012}}</ref> Washington [[1964 highway renumbering (Washington)|renumbered its highways]] in 1964 to correspond to a new sign route, later state route, system. PSH 22 became SR 25 and SSH 22A became {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 251|SR 251]]}}, an [[auxiliary route]] of SR 25.<ref name="rcw"/><ref name="sr1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6836215D-E301-43F3-895A-472BD2FDE86A/0/Identification.pdf|title=Identification of State Highways, Part 1|first=C. G.|last=Prahl|format=PDF|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 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 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 [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake]].<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 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="map1950">{{cite map |publisher=Washington State Highway Commission |title=Washington State Highways|url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/maps_detail.aspx?m=29 |accessdate= |year=1950 |format=[[DjVu]]}}</ref> A bridge across the Columbia River at Northport began construction in 1949 and was completed as the [[Columbia River Bridge at Northport]] on June 13, 1951.<ref name="northportbridge">{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8024 |title=Northport Bridge spanning the Columbia in Stevens County opens to motorists on June 13, 1951. |first=Priscilla |last=Long |date=10 |month=December |year=2006 |publisher=[[HistoryLink.org]] |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="map1958">{{cite map |publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Sandpoint, 1958 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-sandpoint-1958.jpg |year=1958 |cartography=United States Army Corps of Engineers |scale=1:250,000 |accessdate=}}</ref> On March 28, 1995, the Spokane River Bridge at Fort Spokane was listed on the [[National Historic Register of Places]] and was joined by the Columbia River Bridge at Northport on May 24, 1995.<ref name="nrhp">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/Weekly_Register_List_1995.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places - Weekly Register List of 1995 |author=[[National Park Service]] |publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]] |format=PDF |pages=20; 33 |year=1995 |accessdate=}}</ref>
A [[Gifford–Inchelium Ferry|ferry]] between [[Inchelium, Washington|Inchelium]] and SR 25 [[Gifford, Washington|Gifford]] on the Columbia River has operated since 1898 under various owners and with various vessels. In 1898, the ferry was first opened to public traffic, a result of a Congressional decision to open up the [[Colville Indian Reservation]] to mineral mining. When Franklin 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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==Major intersections==
{| class=wikitable
!County
!Location
!Mile<ref name="log"/>
!Destinations
!Notes
|-
|[[Lincoln County, Washington|Lincoln]]
|[[Davenport, Washington|Davenport]]
|0.00
|{{jct|state=WA|US|2|city1=Spokane|city2=Wenatchee}}
|Southern terminus
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens]]
|[[Kettle Falls, Washington|Kettle Falls]]
|81.07
|{{jct|state=WA|US|395|SR|20|city1=Colville}}, [[Grand Forks, British Columbia|Grand Forks, BC]]
|
|-
|[[Northport, Washington|Northport]]
|113.67
|Northport–Boundary Road
|Former [[Washington State Route 251|SR 251]]
|-
|
|121.17
|{{jct|state=BC|BC|22|city1=Rossland|city2=Trail}}
|[[Canada – United States border]]
{{jctbtm|col=5}}
==Related routes==
{{main|Washington State Route 251}}
{{Infobox road small
|state=WA
|type=SR
|route=251
|location=[[Northport, Washington|Northport]]–[[Canada – United States border|Canadian border]]
|length_mi=10.86
|length_ref=<ref name="1982ATR">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/tdo/PDF_and_ZIP_Files/Annual_Traffic_Report_1982.pdf |title=1982 Annual Traffic Report |author=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |year=1982 |page=98 |accessdate= |format=PDF}}</ref>
|length_round=2
|formed=1964
|deleted=1983
|yr_ref=<ref name="251rcw"/>
}}
Three digit state highway numbers are considered [[auxiliary routes]] of their one or two digit parent route,<ref name="wsdot blog">{{cite web|url=http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/name-that-highway.html|title=The WSDOT Blog: Name that highway|last=Terpening|first=Dustin|date=July 6, 2010|publisher=WSDOT|accessdate=}}</ref> thus SR 25 has one [[wikt:decommissioned|decommissioned]] auxiliary route, {{nowrap|[[Washington State Route 251|SR 251]]}}.
SR 251 was a {{convert|10.86|mi|km|2|adj=on}} long highway that ran from [[Northport, Washington|Northport]],<ref name="1982ATR"/> paralleling the [[Columbia River]] and a railway operated by [[Kettle Falls International Railway]],<ref name="rail1"/> to the [[Canada – United States border|Canadian border]] at Boundary.<ref name="map1950"/><ref name="sr251-map">{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Northport-Boundary+Rd%2FNorthport-Waneta+Rd&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&geocode=FYhs6gId9Nv6-A%3BFcew6wId7S39-A&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&sll=49.000661,-117.625374&sspn=0.000676,0.001709&ie=UTF8&ll=48.966019,-117.723999&spn=0.086551,0.349503&z=12 |title=Former State Route 251 |accessdate=}}</ref> Originally county roads until 1912,<ref name="map1912"/> the roads became part of the [[Inland Empire Highway]] from 1913 until removal in 1915.<ref name="law1913"/><ref name="law1915"/> The roadway became state-maintained again when State Road 22 was extended north to Canada in 1931.<ref name="law1931"/><ref name="map1931a"/><ref name="map1931b"/> In 1937, the extension became {{nowrap|[[Secondary State Highway 22A (Washington)|SSH 22A]]}},<ref name="law1937"/> which later became SR 251 from 1964 until 1983.<ref name="251rcw"/><ref name="sr1"/> The roadway is now known as the Northport–Boundary Highway and continues to be maintained by [[Stevens County, Washington|Stevens County]].
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
{{portal|Washington|U.S. Roads}}
*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/sr025.html Highways of Washington]
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