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Washington State Route 113

This article is about the current State Route 113. For the former highway in Jefferson and Island counties, see Washington State Route 20.

State Route 113 (SR 113), also known as Burnt Mountain Road, is a Washington state highway in Clallam County on the Olympic Peninsula. It connects U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Sappho to SR 112 near Clallam Bay, traveling north along Beaver Creek and the Pysht River for 10 miles (16 km).

State Route 113 marker
State Route 113
Burnt Mountain Road
Map
SR 113 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 101
Maintained by WSDOT
Length9.98 mi[1] (16.06 km)
Existed1991[2]–present
Major junctions
South end US 101 at Sappho
North end SR 112 near Clallam Bay
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
Highway system
← SR 112→ SR 115

The highway follows a wagon road constructed in 1892 and maintained by the county government until it was transferred to the state highway system in 1937. It was part of Secondary State Highway 9A (SSH 9A), which connected Sappho to Port Angeles along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The north–south section of SSH 9A was removed from the state highway system in 1955 and was transferred back to Clallam County and renamed Burnt Mountain Road.

The county road gained Forest Highway status in 1961 and was rebuilt and paved with federal and state funds over the following decade. Burnt Mountain Road was re-added to the state highway system in 1991 as SR 113, reusing a previous designation that had been replaced by SR 20 in 1973.

Route description

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US 101 at the southern terminus of SR 113

SR 113 begins at a junction with US 101 in the community of Sappho, which lies on the Sol Duc River near Beaver and Lake Pleasant. The highway travels north on Burnt Mountain Road, which follows Beaver Creek upstream to Beaver Lake in the Olympic National Forest. The road then turns northeast as it climbs out from the Sol Duc Valley, leaving the national forest in the process, and makes several turns as it travels around Burnt Mountain and other ridges in the northern Olympic Mountains. SR 113 then follows the Pysht River north and terminates at a junction with SR 112, which continues north to Clallam Bay and east to Port Angeles.[3][4]

The two-lane highway is 10 miles (16 km) long and serves mainly as a connector between US 101 and SR 112, traversing timberlands with few residences.[3] SR 113 is maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), which conducts an annual survey on state highways to measure traffic volume in terms of annual average daily traffic. Average traffic volumes on the highway in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 1,100 vehicles at SR 112 to a maximum of 1,200 vehicles at US 101.[5] The corridor is also served by a Clallam Transit bus route that connects Forks to Neah Bay, with intermediate stops at both termini of SR 113.[6]

History

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An unpaved wagon road connecting Forks to Clallam Bay was constructed by pioneer E.C. Burlinghame in 1892.[7][8] The Bloedel–Donovan Logging Company completed a logging railroad along the road in 1924 from Beaver to Sekiu to transport harvested timber.[9][10] By the late 1920s, the dirt road had been surfaced with gravel road by the Clallam County government.[11]

Burnt Mountain Road was added to the state highway system in 1937 as part of Secondary State Highway 9A (SSH 9A), which connected US 101 and Primary State Highway 9 at Sappho to Port Angeles.[12] In June 1955, the state government swapped highways with the Clallam County government, extending SSH 9A west from Clallam Bay to Neah Bay and transferring the north–south section from Sappho to the county.[13][14] The narrow and winding road remained in heavy use by tourists and logging trucks, prompting county and state officials to lobby the United States Forest Service (USFS) for Forest Highway status.[15][16]

The USFS added Burnt Mountain Road to the Forest Highway system in January 1961 and also approved $150,000 in requested funds (equivalent to $1.17 million in 2023 dollars)[17] to rebuild and pave the road.[18] Construction of the road's new alignment began in 1962 near Sappho after the county agreed to contribute $220,000 (equivalent to $1.54 million in 2023 dollars)[17] to the project.[19][20] Crews contracted by the Federal Highway Administration fully reopened the road in August 1968, but it remained unpaved until 1972.[21][22] A section of the new Burnt Mountain Road was discovered to have settled and was rebuilt in 1975 using $200,000 in state funding (equivalent to $879,640 in 2023 dollars).[17][23]

SSH 9A was later renumbered to SR 112 in 1964 under the new sign route (now state route) system.[24] In a 1971 study, the Washington State Department of Highways recommended that Burnt Mountain Road be re-added to the state highway system as SR 111, but it remained under county control.[25][26] The state legislature approved the restoration of the corridor to the state highway system in 1991, assigning SR 113 to it.[27] The SR 113 designation had been created in 1964 for the Discovery Bay–Coupeville highway,[24][28] which was replaced by SR 20 in 1973.[26][29]

SR 113 and the western section of SR 112 were designated as the "Korean War Veterans Blue Star Memorial Highways" by the state legislature in 2007 and dedicated in 2014.[30][31]

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Clallam County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.000.00  US 101 (Olympic Highway) – Port Angeles, Forks
​9.9816.06  SR 112 – Neah Bay, Port Angeles
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b Multimodal Planning Division (January 4, 2021). State Highway Log Planning Report 2020, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 956. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "RCW 47.17.216: State route No. 113". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. 1991. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Corridor Sketch Summary – SR 112/113: Port Angeles to Neah Bay" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. March 28, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "State Route 113" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  5. ^ 2016 Annual Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. 2017. p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Route 16 – Neah Bay". Clallam Transit. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  7. ^ Anderson Map Company's Map of Washington (Map). Seattle: Anderson Map Company. 1909. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via David Rumsey Map Collection.
  8. ^ "County's road system greatly improved from early years". Port Angeles Evening News. June 16, 1962. p. T7. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Port Angeles". The Timberman. XXVI (1): 220. November 1924. OCLC 1606947. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History, Volume III: Oregon, Washington. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780870043666. OCLC 13456066.
  11. ^ "Rand McNally Junior Auto Road Map of Washington" (Map). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States and Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. 1:1,500,000. Rand McNally. 1923. pp. 82–83. OCLC 2078375. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via David Rumsey Map Collection.
  12. ^ "Chapter 207: Classification of Public Highways" (PDF). Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1937. Washington State Legislature. March 18, 1937. p. 1006. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  13. ^ "Chapter 383: Highways" (PDF). Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1955. Washington State Legislature. March 21, 1955. p. 1587. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "Golden Road Title Fits 101, Scribe Says After Annual Highway Tour". Port Angeles Evening News. October 13, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Governor urge funds for Burnt Mt. road". Port Angeles Evening News. July 20, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Rosellini promises Highway 9A study". Port Angeles Evening News. May 25, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ a b c Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
  18. ^ "City's $2 million in work tops construction in 1961". Port Angeles Evening News. January 5, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Burnt Mtn road bids due soon". Port Angeles Evening News. April 21, 1962. p. 8. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Burnt Mountain Road". Port Angeles Evening News. June 30, 1964. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Burnt Mountain Road link officially open". Port Angeles Evening News. August 29, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Paxson, Donald V. (March 27, 1970). "A busy decade for Peninsula highways: When the Hood Canal bridge opened they scratched another ferry run". Port Angeles Evening News. p. E6. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Burnt Mountain Road to be fixed with state money". Port Angeles Evening News. September 16, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ a b Prahl, C. G. (December 1, 1965). "Identification of State Highways: Legislative Highway Numbers With Corresponding Sign Route Numbers" (PDF). Washington State Highway Commission. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  25. ^ Washington State Department of Highways (June 1972). "A Legislative Study: An Extension, State Route 101 to State Route 112 – Burnt Mountain Road". Washington State Highway Commission. p. 2. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
  26. ^ a b Washington State Department of Highways (1973). Washington State Highways (Map). Olympia: Washington State Highway Commission. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
  27. ^ "Chapter 342: State Highway Routes—Revisions to". 1991 Session Laws of the State of Washington, Volume 2 (PDF). Washington State Legislature. May 21, 1991. p. 1902. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  28. ^ Washington State Department of Highways (1964). Washington State Highways: Official Highway Map and Tourist Guide of the State of Washington (Map). Olympia: Washington State Highway Commission. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via WSDOT Library Digital Collections.
  29. ^ "Chapter 151: State Highways—Route Designations" (PDF). Session Laws of the State of Washington, 1973 1st extraordinary session. Washington State Legislature. April 25, 1973. pp. 1101–1103. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  30. ^ Dickerson, Paige (April 22, 2007). "Highway to be named in honor of Korean War vets". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  31. ^ "Korean War Veterans Blue Star Memorial Highways dedicated". Sequim Gazette. March 18, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
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