Project overview
This project will create a fourth truck climbing lane, or passing lane, for vehicles who travel along SR 26 between Dusty and Colfax in Whitman County. Three climbing lanes were constructed on this section of SR 26 between 2022 and 2023. The Washington legislature approved the addition of a fourth climbing lane which will be constructed in the summer of 2024. See climbing lane locations by clicking on the Maps & drawings tab below.
What to expect
All work on the project is now completed with no further impacts.
The SR 26 corridor is a rural farm-to-market route and is also heavily utilized by Washington State University students, who travel between the campus in Pullman and Western Washington. Prior to 2022, there were no existing climbing (passing) lanes for drivers to use. The addition of truck climbing lanes addresses the platooning of vehicles behind slow-moving trucks. Once complete, this will mark the fourth climbing lane - two westbound and two eastbound between the town of Dusty and Colfax.
