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This is an index of articles that appeared in Washington Highway News, the monthly/bi-monthly newsletter of the Washington State Highways Department. An online archive of editions from 1951 to 1972 is available at the WSDOT Library Digital Collections.

This index excludes briefs and regular features, such as the director's comments and memorial listings.

1950s

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1957

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March 1957 (Vol. 6, No. 9)
  • New Methods Help on Interstate Bridge (p. 2)
  • Hearing on Loon Lake Bypass [PSH 3/US 395] (p. 5)
  • Construction Around District 1 (p. 5)
  • Fort Lewis Bottlenecks to be Broken [US 99/I-5] (p. 8)
  • Ritzville Bypass Proposed [US 10/I-90] (p. 11)
  • Guatemala Job Provides Interesting Experiences (p. 12)
  • Information Gathered on Cost of Operating Motor Vehicles (p. 14)
  • Proposed New Route for PSH 15 [SR 522] (p. 17)
  • Plan for Renumbering State Highways (p. 19)
  • Road Association Offered Plan in 1915 (p. 22)
  • Gas Tax, License Fee Revenue (p. 24)
  • Price Level Index Shows Decrease (p. 26)
  • Seminar Held for Resident Engineers (p. 27)
  • Materials Laboratory to Use Electronic Computer (p. 28)
  • Tallamy Assumes Federal Highway Administrator Duties (p. 29)
  • Program for Engineering Trainees (p. 30)
  • Work Picks Up on New Echo Lake Branch [SR 18] (p. 31)
  • Slide a t Monitor on PSH 2 Gives Trouble (p. 32)
  • Route for New Alignment of PSH 1 Through Blaine [I-5] (p. 34)

1960s

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1962

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May–June 1962 (Vol. 9, No. 12)
  • Rhododendron Festival (p. 2)
  • National Highway Week (p. 3)
  • Ferries Commute to Fair (p. 4)
  • Seattle Art Museum Plays Host (p. 6)
  • How to Safeguard Children (p. 8)
  • Blaine, the Border City (p. 9)
  • Missing "Link" Will Open [SSH 13A/SR 105] (p. 10)
  • Spokane Freeway (p. 12)
  • Yakima Freeway (p. 14)
  • Seattle Freeway (p. 16)
  • W.A.S.H.O. Conference (p. 18)
  • Pat on the Back (p. 25)
  • Cal Fox and Wickwire (p. 26)
  • Transportation In the Future (p. 27)
  • Your Game Department (p. 31)
  • District News (p. 33)
  • Action With the Commission (p. 38)
  • News in Brief (p. 39)

1967

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March 1967 (Vol. 14, No. 1) – Pictorial Review
  • Interstate 5 (p. 6)
    • Vancouver, Centralia, Lacey/Nisqually, Tacoma
    • Metropolitan interchange map (p. 9)
    • The Big Zipper (p. 14), Blaine
  • Interstate 405 (p. 17)
  • Interstate 82 (p. 19)
  • Interstate 90 (p. 20)
  • North Cross-State Highway [SR 20] (p. 22)
  • U.S. 410 (p. 23)
  • Ferries (p. 24)
    • Hyak, Kaleetan, Colman Dock rebuild
  • Un-tolled Bridges (p. 25)
    • Tacoma Narrows, Interstate, Longview, Astoria, Vernita
  • Maintenance (p. 27)
  • Technology (p. 28)
  • Services (p. 29)
  • Signs (p. 30)
  • Beauty Along Our Highways (p. 31)
  • Safety (p. 32)

1969

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May 1969 (Vol. 20, No. 2)
  • Accelerated Beauty (p. 2)
  • Useful as Well as Ornamental (p. 4)
  • Gardens on Highways (p. 6)
  • Green Thumbs for Engineers (p. 7)
  • A Major Face-lifting: State Highway 16 (p. 8)
  • Daylight After Dark (p. 10)
  • A wards for Beauty (p. 11)
  • Charles G. Prahl: A Tribute (p. 13)
  • A Look at the Future (p. 15)
  • Commission Report (p. 18)
  • Non-Stop on Interstate 5 (p. 18) [Marysville opening]
  • About Highways People (p. 20)
  • New Map and "How of Highways" (p. 22)
  • Progress Report (p. 23)
  • The D.O.T. at the TOP (p. 25)
  • Recent Ribbon-Cuttings (p. 26)

1970s

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1971

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April 1971 (Vol. 22, No. 2) – The Interstate Story
  • Special edition describing Interstate features
  • 73 percent of the total system now open