Former Highway 10 route to receive new signage

Rachel Plager | Last updated Apr 14, 2016 12:0pm0

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HISTORIC ROUTE. These brown signs signifing the US 10 Highway are currently seen on First Avenue in RItzville. WIthin the next few months residents will see 14 new signs. -Journal photo by Rachel Plager

Former United States Highway 10 is an east-west highway built in 1926. It was one of the original long-haul highways and originated in Detroit, Michigan and extended to Seattle.

In Adams County, Highway 10 enters the county near Sprague Lake at the Lincoln County line and continues through Ritzville along First Avenue before it exits at the Grant County line. It became obsolete with the building of Interstate 90 in 1968.

During the March 28 meeting of the Adams County Commissioners 14 signs were approved to be purchased and erected marking the path of US 10 through Adams County.

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