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 213 was established in Anacortes. Beginning in 2008, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been maintaining a short, long segment of the proposed SR 213 as the a state route. The highway between Malott and SR 20 will be eventually built as state law dictates it. Washington State Route 213 State Route 213 (SR 213) is the shortest state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. The long unsigned highway serves Malott, a community in Okanogan County. Extending from (US 97) over the Okanogan River via a bridge to First Avenue in Malott, the roadway is semi-complete, as state