Washington (state) Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it
Washington State Route 106 Washington State Route 106 State Route 106 (SR 106) is a Washington state highway in Mason County, extending from (US 101) in Skokomish to south of Belfair. The road was once a section of State Road 21 in 1915, which later became State Road 14 in 1923 and (PSH 14) in 1937 and in 1955. PSH 21 became SR 106 in 1964 and since, the Washington State Department of Transportation has arranged and completed minor projects to improve the roadway. State Route 106 (SR 106) begins at a 3-way junction with (US 101) in the census-designated place (CDP) of Skokomish,