U.S. Route 101, SR 20 to SR 117

 

MP: 282.37

Location: US-101 and W Uncas Rd, Discovery Bay, Jefferson Cty

What the fuck is that? Three digits worth of two digit fonts on a two digit shield, I guess.

 

MP: 278.2

Location: US-101 and Old Gardiner Rd, Gardiner, Jefferson Cty

Reassurance shield after Gardiner

 

MP: 274.55

Location: US-101 and Chicken Coop Rd, Clallam Cty

Reassurance shield after a couple intersections warranting their own turn lanes

MP: 268.87

Location: US-101 and Barker Rd, Clallam Cty

Reassurance shield after the gates to Sequim Bay State Park

MP: 266.24

Location: US-101 and Simdars Rd, Sequim

Reassurance shield after Simdars Rd exits off of US-101

MP: 264.19

Location: US-101 and Sequim Ave, Sequim

Reassurance shield after the Sequim Ave interchange. This is another one of those weird two lane limited access highways.

 

MP:  262.54

Location: US-101 and River Rd, Sequim

Reassurance shield after the River Rd interchange

MP: 261.18

Location: US-101 and Carlsborg Rd, Sequim

Reassurance shield as we head out of downtown Sequim and the freeway ends

MP: 252.61

Location: US-101 and Buchanan Rd, Sequim

Reassurance shield as we exit Sequim and pass through a forest to Port Angeles

MP: 250.01

Location: E 1st St and Baker St, Port Angeles

Reassurance shield as we enter Port Angeles, we will soon head downtown

MP: CPLT/250.45

Location: E Front St and Washington St, Port Angeles

We enter the one-way grid of Port Angeles. In early 2006, there was a beautiful properly formatted US-101 sign here. Now there’s this. 🙁

MP: CPLT/250.46

Location: E Front St and Washington St, Port Angeles

On the other side of the road, another reassurance shield

MP: CPLT/251.09

Location: E Front St and N Peabody St, Port Angeles

US-101 will turn left, rejoin the other side of the couplet, and get out of twon

MP: 251.14

Location:  E Front St and N Peabody St, Port Angeles

Reminder that US-101 is going to turn

MP:  CPLT/251.25

Location: E Front St and N Lincoln St, Port Angeles

US-101 is turning left, don’t you know

MP: 251.29

Location: E Lincoln St and E 1st St, Port Angeles

As we pass the northbound couplet, we get the option to head east on northbound US-101

MP: 246.94

Location:  W Lauridsen Blvd and S Lincoln St, Port Angeles

WTF? Advance signing for a non-interstate in Washington? NEVER. It’snice to see, in all honesty. We come up on JCT SR 117 without signage or access, as it is designed to be accessed from the other direction to use as a truck route

 

S to SR 112, N to SR 104

N to Port of Port Angeles

E to SR 19