Washington State Route 270
highway in Washington
State Route 270 (SR 270) is a state highway in
Whitman County, Washington, United States. It connects the city of Pullman to U.S. Route 195 (US 195) at its west end and Idaho State Highway 8 near Moscow, Idaho, at its east end. The 10-mile-long (16 km) highway is one of the main roads in Pullman and connects the campuses of Washington State University and the University of Idaho.
Route description
SR 270 begins at an un-signalized Y intersection with US 195 in the hills west of Pullman. The two-lane highway travels east through a cut in the hills on Davis Way and passes several residential subdivisions on the outskirts of the city. After descending from a hill and following the South Fork Palouse River and a freight railroad into downtown Pullman, SR 270 turns southeast and begins a short concurrency with its parent route, SR 27, on Grand Avenue. The two highways travel south on Grand Avenue for a two blocks before SR 270 turns east onto a pair of one-way streets: Southeast Paradise Street for eastbound traffic and East Main Street for westbound traffic.
The two streets carrying SR 270 reunite after three blocks and the highway continues east on the four-lane Main Street towards the Washington State University campus. The highway turns southeast and bypasses the campus, crossing over the river and railroad and passing several student dormitories. After intersecting Bishop Boulevard, SR 270 turns due east onto the Pullman–Moscow Highway, which follows Paradise Creek along the south side of the university campus.
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