A portion of U.S. Highways 2 & 97 have been memorialized as the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.
Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson Lauren Loebsack says the honorific stretch of highway is between the Odabashian Bridge north of Wenatchee and the Beebe Bridge near Chelan Falls.
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The Washington State Transportation Commission took the next step in switching the state to a pay-per-mile system rather than a gas tax by approving recommendations that will be passed on to the legislature and Governor's office.
Amongst the suggestions, a transition time, charge for electric and hybrid vehicles which currently pay little to no gas tax, and addressing inter-state travel...
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