Interstate 90 West - Sprague to Ritzville

Harper Island rises from within Sprague Lake south of I-90/U.S. 395 near the railroad siding of Pifer.

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Ghens Road passes over I-90/U.S. 395 just south of the Adams County line at Pifer.

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Sprague, a city of around 500, is 27 miles to the southwest at the crossroads with SR 23. Seattle is four hours away.

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I-90/U.S. 395 line the eastern shore of both Willow and Granite Lakes to the west of Wrights Hill.

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The eastbound roadway travels above the westbound lanes besides Granite Lake. A pair of rest areas were previously located in the clearing ahead.

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A rock cluster appears within the median of I-90/U.S. 395 within the vicinity of Big Swamp and Canyon Creek.

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SR 902 (Salnave Road) returns to Interstate 90 at a diamond interchange (Exit 264) south of Cedar Lake.

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Salnave Road continues east from Interstate 90 as a locally maintained road to the city of Cheney.

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Medical Lake is a seven mile drive northward via SR 902 east from Exit 264. Malloy Prairie Road stems west from SR 902 nearby as part of a route to Waukon.

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Continuing southwest, I-90/U.S. 395 traverse vastly undeveloped forest and swamp land to the community of Tyler.

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SR 904 runs 11 miles southwest from Cheney to the diamond interchange at Exit 257.

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Exit 257 departs I-90/U.S. 395 west for SR 904 east to Tyler. Malloy Prairie Road south and Boston Road tie into the west end of SR 904 from adjacent rural areas.

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U.S. 395 is inconsistently signed along the overlap with Interstate 90.

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Sprague is the next community along I-90 west in 11 miles, followed by Ritzville in 35 miles. Seattle is 255 miles away.

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Interstate 90 travels 44 miles across Spokane County to southeastern Lincoln County.

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Exit 254 joins I-90/U.S. 395 with Sprague Highway Road at Fishtrap in one mile. Fishtrap is the name of a siding along the BNSF Railroad nearby.

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Sprague Highway Road loops east from Exit 254 to Sprague along the former alignment of U.S. 10/395.

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Wide open steppe extends to the horizon as I-90/U.S. 395 turn more westerly ahead of Sprague.

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SR 23, a 66 mile long route from Harrington to U.S. 195 at Steptoe, meets I-90/U.S. 395 at Exit 245. The state route runs 30 miles southeast to Columbia Plateau Trail State Park and St. John.

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SR 23 meets I-90/U.S. 395 at a diamond interchange (Exit 245) on the outskirts of Sprague. Sprague offers the last services along Interstate 90 west for 15 miles.

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North from Sprague, SR 23 travels 22 miles to SR 28 at Harrington. SR 231 stems north from SR 23 nearby to Edwall and Reardan.

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The first rest area in Washington along Interstate 90 westbound lies west of Sprague on a hill north of Sprague Lake.

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Sprague Lake spreads along the east side of I-90/U.S. 395 over a five mile stretch south from the rest area.

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I-90/U.S. 395 pass over the BNSF Railroad again west of Pifer and east of Keystone.

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Old U.S. 10/395 (Danekas Road) shifts sides with I-90/U.S. 395 at the exchange (Exit 231) near Tokia.

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Danekas Road arcs west to Tokia, a BNSF Railroad siding, later becoming 1st Avenue through Ritzville. A weigh station lines the westbound on-ramp.

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I-90/U.S. 395 progress southwest through a wide and low valley ahead of Ritzville.

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The freeway climbs onto a plateau ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 226) with Schoessler Road.

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Schoessler Road west to Danekas Road (old U.S. 10/395) provides a truck route into Ritzville. Ritzville is the county seat and home to 1,673 per the 2010 census.

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Exit 226 leaves I-90/U.S. 395 south for Schoessler Road. East from the rural exit, Schoessler Road heads through agricultural areas to Hills Road.

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The first of two Ritzville exits joins I-90/U.S. 395 west with Division Street north and the southbound beginning of SR 261.

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U.S. 395 separates from I-90 for an expressway leading southwest by Lind. U.S. 395 connects with Interstate 182 at Pasco in 73 miles.

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Division Street curves northwest from the diamond interchange at Exit 221 to the Ritzville city center at 1st Avenue (old U.S. 10/395). SR 261 continues the road southward 27 miles to Ralston and Washtucna. The state route stretches 62.7 miles to U.S. 12, north of Dayton.

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Interstate 90 west gains an auxiliary lane from SR 261 to the wye interchange (Exit 220) where U.S. 395 parts ways. U.S. 395 comprises a freeway or expressway to the Tri-Cities, where the route combines with I-182 before turning south to Kennewick and I-82.

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U.S. 395 and Exit 220 link I-90 west with adjacent 1st Avenue. That exit was a parclo B2 interchange until 1996, when it was reconfigured to accommodate the expressway upgrade along U.S. 395. 1st Avenue was formerly part of a business loop for I-90 in addition to U.S. 10/395.

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Paha-Packard Road meets Interstate 90 west at a diamond interchange (Exit 215) in one mile.

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Paha-Packard Road connects the settlement of Paha and U.S. 395 to the south with the former railroad siding of Packard through mostly open farm land.

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