State Route 500, SR 503 to SR 14

 

MP: 7

Location: NE Padden Pkwy and NE 117th Ave, Vancouver

Reassurance shield after the turn onto Padden Pkwy

 

MP: 8

Location: NE Padden Pkwy and NE 137th Ave, Vancouver

On this new stretch of roadway WSDOT did a fantastic job signing and they put the reassurance shields on the mileposts which is interesting

 

MP: 8.71B

Location: NE Padden Pkwy and NE 152nd Ave, Vancouver

Another reassurance shield

 

 

MP: 8.97B

Location: NE Ward Rd and NE Padden Pkwy, Vancouver

Reassurance shield as Padden Pkwy merges with Ward Rd. Note that they even sign the “B”

 

MP: 9.16B

Location: NE Ward Rd and NE 162nd Ave, Vancouver

SR 500 turns south on 162nd to make its trek back to its old alignment along Fourth Plain

 

MP: 9.23B

Location: NE Ward Rd and NE 162nd Ave, Vancouver

SR 500 turns south down 162nd Ave

 

MP: 9.27B

Location: NE 162nd Ave and NE Ward Rd, Clark Cty

Reassurance shield after the turn off Ward Rd

 

MP: 9.64B

Location: NE 162nd Ave and NE 78th St, Clark Cty

Another reassurance shield on one of my nominations for the best signed stretch of highway in Washington

 

MP: 10.03B

Location: NE 162nd Ave and NE Fourth Plain Blvd, Clark Cty

We finally arrive back at NE Fourth Plain Blvd, the original alignment of SR 500. That took a while

 

MP: 10.11B

Location: NE 162nd Ave and NE Fourth Plain Blvd, Clark Cty

SR 500 turns east again

 

MP: 8.34

Location: NE Fourth Plain Blvd and NE 162 Ave, Clark Cty

Reassurance shield after the turn. Note the mileposts jump back to their original numbering

 

MP: 12.42

Location: NE 237th Ave and NE 53rd St, Clark Cty

We finally get out of the urban area and wind our way through the suburban/rural grid to Camas

 

MP: 13.79

Location: NE 242nd Ave and NE Dresser Rd, Clark Cty

SR 500 turns left onto Dresser Rd

 

MP: 13.88

Location: NE Dresser Rd and NE 242nd Ave, Clark Cty

Reassurance shield after the turn

 

MP: 18.77

Location: SE Everett St and NE 14th Ave, Camas

No signage for a while till we get to Camas and SR 500 winds its way through town to SR 14

 

MP: 18.8

Location: SE Everett St and NE 14th Ave, Camas

A reminder to turn left under the yellow sign

 

MP: 19.28

Location: NE 3rd Ave and NE Dallas St, Camas

SR 500 turns right on 3rd to head through downtown

 

MP: 19.36

Location: NE Dallas St and NE 2nd Ave, Camas

Continue straight to stay on SR 500. Not sure why have the straight arrow there

 

MP: 20.17

Location: SE 6th Ave and SE Union St, Camas

One final left turn before SR 14

MP: 20.34

Location: SE Union St and SR 14, Camas

Turn left for SR 14 east across the Columbia River Valley to JCT I-82 near Umatilla, Ore or turn right to head into Vancouver

 

W to SR 503

W to I-205, E to SR 141 SPUR

S to SR 500, N to SR 502