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 285 Washington State Route 285 State Route 285 (SR 285) is a state highway serving Douglas and Chelan counties, located in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway serves Wenatchee and begins at an interchange with State Route 28 (SR 28) in East Wenatchee, crosses the Columbia River on the Senator George Sellar Bridge into Downtown Wenatchee and continues north to end at an interchange with U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and US 97 north of the Wenatchee River in Sunnyslope. The highway originally crossed the Columbia River on an earlier bridge built in 1908. The bridge was signed as part